OHSU Coalition for Structural Change

[Description, team members involved, coalition gmail account]

[Link to google calendar of events]

Community Initiatives

  • Petition: Ban Tear Gas

Join Oregon Student Service Corps and other community organizations in calling upon local government to ban the use of tear gas during protests, given the increased risk of viral transmission and more severe COVID-19 cases.

Sign here

  • PDX Protest Bail Fund

Women in Science and Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science are joining forces to raise money for the PDX Bail Fund.

Donate here

Learn more about PDX Bail Fund

  • Support BLM Protesters

Initiative organized by OHSU graduate students to support BLM protesters through tabling and a supply drive.

Twitter

Sign up

Slack channel

  • Advocacy Night for Black Lives

Join several OHSU student interest groups on June 22 @ 6 PM in advocating for local change in the Black Lives Matter movement. This night will include a mini-training on advocacy through phone calls and emails. We will provide a guide on the issues, scripts to call different government officials, and time for us to do the work in solidarity. Please email Cassandra Kasten-Arias (kasten@ohsu.edu) or Erin Urbanowicz (urbanowi@ohsu.edu) with any questions.

Webex link

 OHSU Initiatives

  • Petition: Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science

Petition to get AVDS on the agenda for the June 26 OHSU Board of Directors meeting. If you are in a position of influence (faculty, administration, etc.),  leverage that influence by emailing the Board, or its members directly, on our behalf. Contact Katy Lehman (lehmannk@ohsu.edu).

Sign petition

Resources

  • Prison Divest + Accountability Campaign

Join demand for divestment in prisons and use of prison labor at OHSU. Contact Allie Dyer (dyera@ohsu.edu) to learn more. Taylor Vega (vegat@ohsu.edu) and Michael Anderson (anmichae@ohsu.edu) are working on a report to present to OHSU Chief of Police.

  • OHSU Curriculum Initiatives

Students at OHSU are actively petitioning for changes to training curricula to have a health justice and anti-racism focus.

Contact Chris Graulty (graulty@ohsu.edu)

 OHSU Student Groups and Leadership

Click here for a full list of OHSU student interest groups.

  • Students for Structural Change

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  • OHSU All Hill Student Council

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  • Alliance for Visible Diversity in Science (AVDS)

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  • White and Non-Black POC Accomplice Group

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  • Oregon Student Service Corps (OrSSC)

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  • Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

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  • Health Equity Circle

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  • Health of Incarcerated Populations

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  • Health Policy Interest Group

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  • School of Public Health Leadership Council - OHSU/PSU

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  • Students Against Gun Violence

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 National Student Organizations

  • White Coats for Black Lives

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  • Student National Medical Association

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  • American Medical Women’s Association

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  • Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association

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  • Latino Medical Student Association

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 Resources

Resources could be compiled here by subject