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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.
September 19, 2023
Giselle Pérez-Aguilar
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Haiti’s Earthquake: The Need for Trauma-Informed Care, Part One

October 31, 2021
Woodger Faugas
One of the most cataclysmic events in the 21st century has a guttural, sonic signature. Burying more than 316,000 Haitians...
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Uyghurs Suffering Horrific Healthcare Violations

October 12, 2021
Sarah Siddiqui
Human rights activists have been shocked down to their core as they received proof of the Chinese government’s horrific removal...
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This Date in UCSF History: Examining Race’s Impact on Medicine

October 10, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on October 19, 2006.] What does the term “race” mean? Is it a social construct or...
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This Date in UCSF History: Prof Claims Rape Stats Inflated, Gets Pushback

October 9, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on October 10, 1991.] UC Berkeley Professor Neil Gilbert’s article, “The Phantom Epidemic of Sexual Assault,”...
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Fight for Abortion & Reproductive Justice

September 21, 2021
Neha Pondicherry
Are you looking for ways to advocate and be more involved in reproductive justice, especially following the horrendous​ Texas abortion...
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[This Date in UCSF History] Socialized Medicine is Respectable in Norway, the UK

September 19, 2021
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Originally published on September 22, 1994. This author, a graduate student who works for the Department of Otolaryngology in the...
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9 minutes and 29 seconds

May 29, 2021
Wynton Sims
Under the weight of one man 9 minutes and 29 seconds An atrocity that many of us claimed to not...
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This Date in UCSF History: Campus Group Organizes for Civil Rights Protection

May 27, 2021
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[Originally published on May 27, 1966.] The Committee for Independent Political Action, a recognized on-campus political organization, has announced plans...
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This Date in UCSF History: Stop Glorifying the Police

May 15, 2021
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[Originally published in Synapse on May 20, 1992.] In the violent aftermath of the acquittal of the officers who beat...
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