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 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 ...
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 ...
SF Chronicle Op-Ed: Misinformation on gas stoves is swirling around the internet. Here’s what you need to know Dr. Robert M. Gould, president SF Bay PSR Jan. 13, 2023Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 10:18 p.m. text for space Overnight, gas stoves have become the latest flashpoint in America’s culture war — and once again, the scientists and ...
DECEMBER 20, 2022 Dear Friends: As the new year approaches, we want to share with you some of our exciting 2023 projects, and some news from young health-professional activists who are poised to become our future leaders. Please invest in our future today. GIVE HERE. We need to raise more funds to move these projects ...
DECEMBER 6, 2022 Dear Friends: We wish you healthy and happy holidays! We also want to THANK YOU for your support and share with you a MATCHING GIFT opportunity. If we can raise $20,000 through our end-of-year campaign, an anonymous donor will match it. We need $8,000 more to reach our goal. PLEASE GIVE HERE. ...
“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 ...
