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Luwowo Coltan mine near Rubaya, North Kivu.

It's Time For Change, We Cannot Let Ukraine Be the Next Congo

The environment one lives in directly impacts one’s health — common sense tells us this. If someone knowingly harms another’s health, clear grounds for reparations exist. What happens, then, if our institutions repeatedly fail to hold these perpetrators accountable?
May 6, 2025
Tyler Stepaniak
Tyler Stepaniak
Social Justice
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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...
Social Justice
Occupy Wall Street protest.

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

October 22, 2024
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...
Social Justice
War ravaged land.

about women and war

October 1, 2024
Sohini Halder
[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat...
Social Justice
Man shushing

This Date in UCSF History: Gender Equity Backlash

May 7, 2024
Synapse
[Originally authored by Dr. Amy Levine — Director of UCSF’s Center for Gender Equity — and published in Synapse on...
Social Justice
LGBTQI flag

This Date in UCSF History: LGBTQI Health Forum A Success

April 9, 2024
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on April 5, 2012.] Over 200 students and community members flocked to a two-day UCSF LGBTQI...
Social Justice
Woman writing on a legal pad.

This is a Sick Note

March 26, 2024
Shradha Ranganath
This is a sick note. A sick note for a nation that is perpetually tired. Tired because we have been...
Social Justice
Gaza war damage

Toward Justice: An Urgent Appeal for A Ceasefire in Gaza

March 19, 2024
Mayar Dahmani
In the war-torn town of Gaza, Palestine, where the echoes of desperate pleas for a ceasefire reverberate through the rubble-filled...
Social Justice
Wilma Scott Heide holding up a fist

This Date in UCSF History: Empowering Nurses

March 19, 2024
Synapse
[Originally published in Synapse on March 20, 1974.] Wilma Scott Heide, the first nurse to be elected national president of...
Social Justice
Overdose prevention site.

Beyond Judgment: Empathy as the Antidote in the Opioid Crisis

March 12, 2024
Kaitlin Linne
A place where individuals can inject drugs with either in-person or virtual supervision may sound like a dystopian reality, but...
Social Justice
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