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 ...
April 2023 Below please find updates on Emerging Health Professional Activist Projects that SF Bay PSR has supported recently through the Dr. Tom Hall Student and Young Professionals Fund. Please consider a donation to support our future leaders. Donate here. The fund was started with a generous bequest by Dr. Tom Hall, professor of epidemiology ...
March 15, 2023 SF Bay PSR and other members of the Bay Area Clean Air coalition sponsored this important resolution! BIG NEWS! On March 15, after six hours of public comments and nail biting....the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) passed the nation's first zero-emissions appliance standard to gradually transition Bay Area homes to ...
March 2023 We are thrilled to welcome our 2023 intern Sienna Marley! And we say thank you, farewell, and best wishes to our 2022 intern Allie Smith. Please take a moment to read about these two inspiring emerging health activist voices! Farewell to our 2022 Intern Allie Smith! 1. I am so grateful that this ...
March 2023 SF Bay PSR provides community-led projects with financial, administrative, and scientific support to honor our commitment to environmental justice organizations throughout the Bay Area. Marin City Climate Resilience and Health Justice (MCCRHJ) is an African-American led environmental justice organization comprised of community members and allies advocating for climate resilience and health justice. Their ...
