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This Date in UCSF History

This Date in UCSF History: Refugees Counsel Compatriots

[Originally published in Synapse on May 26, 1988.] Case: A 29 year-old Salvadoran woman, mother of three, is unable to speak about her experiences in El Salvador. She has been in San Francisco for three years and is currently eligible for temporary residency under amnesty laws.
May 27, 2025
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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
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[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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This Date in UCSF History: Anti-LGBTQ Law Passes

March 12, 2024
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[Originally published on March 9, 2000.] As many people in the community had anticipated, Proposition 22, which limited the definition...
Social Justice
Women's equality movement symbol

This Date in UCSF History: A Hopeful Era for Women

March 5, 2024
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 5, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...
Social Justice
pills

Protecting Medication Abortion is Reproductive Justice

February 27, 2024
Kristen Fu
The next attack on abortion rights in the United States threatens far-reaching and drastic consequences on the state of reproductive...
Social Justice
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My Experience as a Black Man and Prospective Juror In San Francisco’s Hallowed Halls of Justice

February 20, 2024
Woodger Faugas
It was a rainy and blustery Tuesday morning. Clutching a white, large-canopied umbrella, with rainwater splashing around my footsteps, I...
Social Justice
African American historical figures.

This Date in UCSF History: A Textbook Case of Historical Distortion

February 20, 2024
Synapse
[Originally authored by pharmacy student Gina Jones and published in Synapse on February 18, 1993.] “History is a people’s memory...
Social Justice
Pro choice protest sign.

Community Partnerships and Transformative Legislature: The Route to Equitable Abortion Access

February 13, 2024
Charlotte Celikyol
It has been nearly one and a half years since Roe V. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
Social Justice
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