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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting for Civil Rights

[Originally published in Synapse on February 1, 1979.] President Carter in his State of the Union address Wednesday, called for a “New Foundation” — “building a world where every child is nurtured and can look to the future for hope.”
January 29, 2023
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Protestors in Uvalde.

Traumatic Grief and Dismantling Anti-Brownness in the Uvalde School Mass Shooting Aftermath

January 15, 2023
Giselle Pérez-Aguilar
On Sunday, July 10th, the communities of Uvalde and the families of the children and teachers who lost their lives...
Social Justice
Martin Luther King junior delivering a speech.

This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2023
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[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 1993.] Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most enduring words were delivered August 28, 1963...
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Harvey Milk

This Date in UCSF History: A Tribute to Harvey Milk

November 28, 2022
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Originally published in Synapse on November 30, 1978. Written by Andrew Zysman. Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death on...
Social Justice
Anti-Asian racism demonstration.

A Trainee’s Reflections of Anti-Asian Racism: Keep us in the Conversation

November 8, 2022
Michelle Tong
Only two-and-a-half years ago I was a third-year medical student completing my first clinical rotation when the news hit about...
Social Justice
Hands reaching for vaccine graphic.

Seeking Vaccine Equity

November 1, 2022
Cindy Ow
Since the start of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, billions of lives globally have been irreversibly changed. Public health safety measures...
Social Justice
Pro-choice activists protest.

This Date in UCSF History: Anti-abortionists Threaten Family Planning Funds

November 1, 2022
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[Originally published on November 7, 1985.] Local family planning agencies and prochoice groups are concerned about a move by congressional...
Social Justice
Methods of contraception

This Date in UCSF History: Birth Control Aborted in United States

October 3, 2022
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[Originally published in Synapse on October 4, 1990.] Americans have fewer choices in practicing birth control than people in many...
Social Justice
Hands assembling

This Date In UCSF History: Necessary Dialogue

September 24, 2022
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[Originally published in Synapse on September 29, 1993.] A campus forum on “Interracial Racism,” held Sept. 21 in Toland Hall...
Social Justice
abortionmarchweb

UCSF Marches for Abortion Rights

May 20, 2022
Eszter Kish
I grew up in a small conservative town in Texas where abortion is considered murder, queerness is considered amental illness...
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Pagination
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