SF Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility
2025 Annual GALA: Gathering for Action, Leadership, and Advocacy
Democracy Under Threat: Health, Climate, and Global Security at Risk
Missed our GALA? WATCH the RECORDING HERE!
WOW, what a huge success! THANK YOU to all those who attended our Gala on Sept 10, 2025! With your help, our annual GALA was a meaningful and successful community gathering with over 90 guests in attendance, and we raised over $70,000 for our work.
We hope our community gathering bolstered your determination to continue to resist the unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration on science, public health, climate mitigation, the EPA and hard won regulations of air, water, and soil pollution. And spurred you to oppose our government's sale of armaments to Israel that are used in the indiscriminate slaughter of children, health workers, journalists and other civilians. Together we are stronger—and we can make a difference in such challenging times.
So now, more than ever, we need the strength of our community.
Our present stakes were laid out vividly by both of our featured speakers.
Norman Solomon eloquently explained the nature of our escalating warfare state and threats to democracy.
Book: War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine
Guardian: Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique
The Nation: 80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher
Tracey Woodruff illuminated the urgent need to act to save our health and democracy from unprecedented corporate power, evinced by the wrecking of government agencies tasked with protecting health such as the EPA.
UCSF: Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment
UCSF: Center to End Corporate Harm
UCSF: Industry Documents Library
We will also recognized six brave Emerging Health-Activist Awardees, spotlighting the next generation of changemakers. READ about these inspiring new leaders HERE!
Our heartfelt gratitude to our generous Individual GALA sponsors!
Champions: $10,000
Barbara C. Erny, MD
Robert M. Gould, MD & Patrice Sutton, MPH
Janice L. Kirsch, MD, MPH
Nancy J. Newman & Mark Walstrom
Tom Newman, MD, MPH & Johannah Newman, PharmD
Sustainers: $5,000
Michael J. Martin, MD, MPH & Jeannee P. Martin, RN, MPH
Supporters: $2,500
Mary L. Williams, MD & Peter M. Elias, MD
Advocates: $1,000
Bret Andrews, DO
Michael D. Geschwind, MD, PhD
Marj Plumb, DrPH & Tracy Weitz, PhD
Contributors: $500
Anonymous
Henry L. Abrons, MD, MPH
Robin Cooper, MD and Bob Harrison, MD
Martin L. Fishman, MD, MPA
Rebecca Lee
Jeff Ritterman, MD & Vivien Feyer, EdM, CAS
Thank you to our Institutional GALA Sponsors!
