Ku Klux Klan rally in Washington DC.

This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting the Klan

[Originally published in Synapse on April 16, 1981.] Last Saturday, International Committee Against Racism (InCAR) and Progressive Labor Party took a leading role in forcibly preventing a Ku Klux Klan recruiting rally from occurring in San Jose. I’d like to share some impressions of that event...

April 15, 2025

Campus

Forced Displacement of Gaza Strip Residents During the Gaza-Israel War 23-25.

Talking About Palestine is an Exercise in Public Health

March 25, 2025

For the past 17 months, we have witnessed in real-time how a genocide unfolds and what the essential components of...

Angela Davis

This Date in UCSF History: Angela Davis Says Vote for Jackson

March 18, 2025

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984.] The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues...

Woman raising fist.

This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era For Equality

March 11, 2025

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...

First black federal elected representatives.

This Date in UCSF History: The First Black Congressmen

February 25, 2025

[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt...

Yelling through megaphone.

This Date in UCSF History: Four Free Speech Campus Areas Designated

February 18, 2025

[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.] As a result of recent action on the part of The Regents...

Notable Black figures in American history.

This Date in UCSF History: Black History Month - A Purpose Revisited

February 11, 2025

[Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin...

Surgeons looking downwards towards patient.

I Am

January 21, 2025

Medical Students

I am my mother; A distant land; I am my father; Shouldering the burden of hope

May 2024 Oaxacan wildfire road closures.

Ecological Disaster in LA Highlights Indigenous Firekeeping

January 21, 2025

Giselle Pérez-Aguilar

After a decade of moving between the Bay Area, the Midwest, and Mexico, in August of last year, I finally...

Occupy Wall Street protest.

This Date in UCSF History: What is ‘Occupy’ Achieving?

October 22, 2024

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...