"As a healthcare provider, I feel compelled to work with SF Bay PSR because PSR is aggressively and thoughtfully working to reduce the risks we all face from climate change, nuclear weapons, and the degradation of our environment. By working together with other healthcare professionals, I can have a real and tangible impact. That gives ...
"As a health worker, PSR is a home where I can find current information on what social responsibility in health means, and take action on things that are important, not just for health, but for our entire community.” Dr. Rohini J. Haar, SF Bay PSR Board Member NOVEMBER 14, 2023 Dear Friends: As you know, ...
November 1, 2023 Health Care and Public Health Professionals Call to Immediate Action to Address the Violence in Israel and Gaza and Its Health Consequences Initiated by the Peace Caucus in affiliation with the American Public Health Association (APHA) As health care and public health professionals, we unequivocally condemn terrorist attacks against civilians and violence ...
OCTOBER 17, 2023 Together we helped to do all this! Bravo to all the environmental justice groups who led so many of these efforts! And THANK YOU to all of you who signed, called, wrote, and donated!!! California Forges Path to End Fossil Fuels! California is the fifth largest economy in the world—so what we ...
OCTOBER 12, 2023 We are thrilled to share below four impressive Emerging Health-Activist Awardees and updates on our exciting intern and early career projects. The Emerging Health-Activist Awards were presented at our Annual Gala last month! If you missed the Gala, it will be posted on our YouTube channel soon! We are also writing to ...
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 Global Climate Marches to End Fossil Fuels CA Sues Big Oil Companies! Sept 2023: Ask Governor Newsom to sign AB 1167 into law and thank him for his other climate actions! Sept 27, 2023: Support our Activism! Buy Tixs or Donate to our Gala Fundraiser! Global Climate Marches to End Fossil Fuels ...
AUGUST 2, 2023 This week, as we solemnly commemorate the 78th anniversary of the twin bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that by the end of 1945 killed over 200,000 human beings from heat, blast, and radiation, we have had unprecedented reminders of our horrific nuclear legacy, and the continued key role of health professionals in ...
JUNE 1, 2023 THANK YOU to everyone who gave to our Dr. Tom Hall Student and Young Professionals Fund! It's never too late to give, click here! CONGRATULATIONS to the following SF Bay PSR awardees and interns: Dr. Karly Hampshire, pictured above, for graduating from UC San Francisco with her MD, receiving the the 2023 ...
JUNE 1, 2023 Here in California, our health voices are countering corporate influence over policymakers and supporting frontline community efforts for healthy homes and environments. We are also working to oppose Carbon Capture Sequestration and hydrogen blending in homes. Below please find just a few examples of policies and actions we have been working on ...
JUNE 1, 2023 Physicians for Social Responsibility has for decades been centrally focused on moving our world away from our gravest threats exemplified by nuclear weapons and our climate emergency. Against the backdrop of Vladimir Putin’s threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine and rising tensions between the United States and China, we (SF Bay ...
