“As health professionals we are on the frontlines working to ensure patient and community health. Now more than ever, we must use our knowledge and societal power to support community-led efforts and to counter the fossil-fuel industry’s undue influence over our representatives.” Dr. Robert M. Gould, board president, SF Bay PSR NOVEMBER 29, 2022 Dear ...
“The climate crisis is leading to greater international conflict, and stockpiling nuclear weapons redirects precious resources away from equitable climate actions, while increasing risk of a nuclear conflict.” PSR Leaders, Dr. Ira Helfand and Dr. Marjaneh Moini, “A Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Will Save Lives,” in Common Dreams. NOVEMBER 15, 2022 Dear Friends: Like you, ...
OCTOBER 13, 2022 Young Health Activists Give Us Hope We are thrilled to share below four impressive Young Health Activist Awardees and information about our exciting intern, student, and early career projects. The Young Health Activist Awards were presented at our Annual Gala last month! If you missed the Gala, you can watch it here. ...
Twenty California State University – East Bay public health students, under the leadership of Professor Nidhi Khosla, partnered with SF Bay PSR to complete their capstone project in May, focusing on identifying strategies to advance inter-generational activism on nuclear weapons abolition and our climate emergency. Working together in 4 groups, the students researched the mental ...
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 Before we dive into the news, we want to invite you to our Virtual Gala on Sept 21 to celebrate everyone’s efforts below and to hear the inside-scoop on federal efforts to address climate equity by U.S. Senior Advisor Arsenio Mataka! BUY TICKETS HERE! We have LOTS of environmental policy news ...
By Alma Hernandez, B.A., Building Electrification SF Bay PSR Intern AUGUST 2022 Background Building electrification (BE) is the shift toward zero-carbon electricity, which would be not only beneficial for the planet but also for public health and safety. Gas stoves emit hazardous gasses that harm the health of people and contribute to the development of ...
This project was made possible with generous funding from the Resources Legacy Fund. In support of a residential-grade cleanup of the AstraZeneca toxic waste site on Richmond’s southeast shoreline, the SF Bay Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Richmond Shoreline Alliance (RSA) are undertaking a community engagement and capacity-building process called the Healthy Environment Project. The goal of ...
Welcomes and Farewells! SEPTEMBER 2022 We are thrilled to welcome our new staff members Alfredo Angulo, Giselle Bergmeier, Anlan Cheney, Brandy Khansouvong, and our new intern Lilah Blalock! And we say farewell and best wishes to our interns Alma Hernandez and Jasmine Campos. Please take a moment to read about what our former interns loved ...
text for space AUGUST 9, 2022 NEWS, ACTIONS, READINGS & RESOURCES Dear PSR Friends and Family, As we solemnly commemorate the 77th Anniversary of the dreadful bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we are bearing witness to our world spinning out of control regarding the confluence of our climate and nuclear crises coming on top of ...
AUGUST 9, 2022 By Howard Kornfeld, MD, SF Bay PSR member and assistant clinical professor at University of California, San Francisco This account tracks my experience of awakening as an anti-nuclear activist in 1979 to a reawakening this year and my attendance at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Nuclear Ban Forum, in ...
