AUGUST 6, 2024 Dear PSR Friends and Colleagues, This week, we ask you to join us in commemorating the 79th anniversary of the horrific bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Beyond the lethal toll from heat, blast and radiation that caused the deaths of over 200,000 human beings in Japan by the end of 1945, the ...
JANUARY 17, 2024 Our hearts are heavy as this momentous election year threatens our democracy, and the Israel-Gaza war has killed more than 23,000 people (mostly women and children) and continues to become an even larger humanitarian and health atrocity. On Monday, we reflected on the words of Martin Luther King Jr. whose wisdom guides ...
DECEMBER 28, 2023 It's not too late. You can still make an end-of-year GIFT HERE! You can still help us to reach our goal of $15,000 that will be matched. We need just $1,440 more. Please give today! Does reading news about our world's multiple, urgent crises make you wonder how can you help to ...
"Every step we take to move the world toward peace, health, equity, and justice gives us hope for our children and grandchildren's future. That is why I give to SF Bay PSR!" Patrice Sutton, co-chair of SF Bay PSR's Environmental Health Committee DECEMBER 20, 2023 This holiday season, investing in our future is a gift ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
MARCH 14, 2023 Advocating for health-based solutions to our world's crises for more than 40 years! I am pleased to reach out to you with SF Bay PSR’s 2023 Map, now that the CA legislative session is under way, and we've set our 2023 goals. We invite you to join us! Never before have we ...
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 ...
