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Healing Cycles of Institutional Harm with Indigenous Wisdom
As a 32-year-old Indigihood femme, several physical injuries and inflammatory conditions have taken toll on my mental and spiritual health.
This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth
[Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon in...
This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited
[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...
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...
Traumatic Grief and Dismantling Anti-Brownness in the Uvalde School Mass Shooting Aftermath
On Sunday, July 10th, the communities of Uvalde and the families of the children and teachers who lost their lives...
This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 1993.] Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most enduring words were delivered August 28, 1963...
This Date in UCSF History: A Tribute to Harvey Milk
Originally published in Synapse on November 30, 1978. Written by Andrew Zysman. Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death on...
A Trainee’s Reflections of Anti-Asian Racism: Keep us in the Conversation
Only two-and-a-half years ago I was a third-year medical student completing my first clinical rotation when the news hit about...
Seeking Vaccine Equity
Since the start of the novel COVID-19 coronavirus, billions of lives globally have been irreversibly changed. Public health safety measures...
This Date in UCSF History: Anti-abortionists Threaten Family Planning Funds
[Originally published on November 7, 1985.] Local family planning agencies and prochoice groups are concerned about a move by congressional...