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The Benito Bowl was a Line Drawn in Public

The Benito Bowl was not just a half time show. It was a deliberate cultural statement that forced the United States to confront whose stories are allowed on America’s biggest stages and whose presence still makes people uncomfortable.
February 17, 2026
Allan Polendey Dumlao
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Bush declares war on Iraq, March 19, 2003.

This Date in UCSF History: Students Act Against Impending War

March 21, 2023
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[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...
Social Justice
Pregnant belly

This Date in USCF History: Pregnancy Equity

March 13, 2023
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[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...
Social Justice
Toan Truong

This Date in UCSF History: Vietnam’s Elusive Truth

February 27, 2023
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[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...
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Composite of Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and Barack Obama.

This Date in UCSF History: A Purpose Revisited

February 20, 2023
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[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...
Social Justice
Alfred 'Skip' Robinson.

This Date in UCSF History: Fighting for Civil Rights

January 29, 2023
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[Originally published in Synapse on February 1, 1979.] President Carter in his State of the Union address Wednesday, called for...
Social Justice
Protestors in Uvalde.

Traumatic Grief and Dismantling Anti-Brownness in the Uvalde School Mass Shooting Aftermath

January 15, 2023
Giselle Pérez-Aguilar
On Sunday, July 10th, the communities of Uvalde and the families of the children and teachers who lost their lives...
Social Justice
Martin Luther King junior delivering a speech.

This Date in UCSF History: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 2023
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[Originally published in Synapse on January 14, 1993.] Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most enduring words were delivered August 28, 1963...
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Harvey Milk

This Date in UCSF History: A Tribute to Harvey Milk

November 28, 2022
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Originally published in Synapse on November 30, 1978. Written by Andrew Zysman. Supervisor Harvey Milk was shot to death on...
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Anti-Asian racism demonstration.

A Trainee’s Reflections of Anti-Asian Racism: Keep us in the Conversation

November 8, 2022
Michelle Tong
Only two-and-a-half years ago I was a third-year medical student completing my first clinical rotation when the news hit about...
Social Justice
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