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PSR/Sacramento is a non-profit, educational organization of health
care professionals and other concerned citizens committed to the following goals:
- the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction
- the achievement of a sustainable environment
- the reduction of interpersonal violence and its causes
- universal access to necessary medical care for all residents of our state and our country, without regard to income level or ability to pay
PSR combines the credibility of the medical profession with the power of an active and concerned citizenry in working toward our goals through education, advocacy, and activism. Click on the links to the left to learn more about our organization and how you can join us in helping to make the world a healthier, safer place.
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PSR Announces the Winners of the 2009 Scholarship
Essay Contest
The Sacramento Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility congratulates the winners of the 2009 PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest. The students were chosen from a field of 144 essays for their outstanding essays based on this year's prompt:
"We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
--Albert Einstein
First place - Sarah Lightstone, C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento
Second place - Monika Robbins, Mira Loma High School, Carmichael
Third place - Noah Muldavin, C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento
The other finalists are:
Jessica Blair, Golden Sierra High School, Cool
Emily Bush, Bella Vista High School, Orangevale
Bianca Fox, Loretto High School, Shingle Springs
Claire McCammon, Colfax High School, Grass Valley
Morgan Sander, Golden Sierra High School, Garden Valley
Hear Morgan's interview on the May 4, 2009 Insight program.
Ryan Suleiman, Mira Loma High School, Gold River
Amy Williams, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay
Please click on the student's name to read their essay.
The ten student finalists presented their essays orally at the PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Finals Dinner which was held on Sunday, May 3 at the Dante Club in Sacramento. The first place winner received a $2,500 scholarship, second place a $1,500 scholarship, and third place a $1,000 scholarship. The other seven finalists received $750 scholarships.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners were chosen by a panel of distinguished judges:
Sharon Chandler, educator, journalist, and author; Bob Dresser, Chair of Jewish Community Relations Council; Basim Elkarra, Executive Director of the Sacramento Valley chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations; Heather Fargo, past mayor of the city of Sacramento; and Marielle Tsukamoto, president of the Florin Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
Thanks to everyone who helped make the 2009 PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest a success, and, especially, to all the students who entered the contest. Please return to this website in January 2010 for information about next year's contest.
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Urge California Members of Congress to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home.
Click here for an update on the Cost of the Iraq War
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PSR Regular Monthly Meetings
Physicians for Social Responsibility holds meetings on the second Wednesday of most months at 6:30 pm in the Director's Conference Room of the Davis Tower of UC Davis Sacramento Medical Center Main Hospital, 2315 Stockton Boulevard. The Director's Conference Room is on the ground floor, just inside the main entrance of the Davis Tower. (The entrance to the conference room is opposite the small coffee shop.)
All PSR Supporters are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
At our 6:30 pm July 8, 2009 meeting, Brian Sytsma and Mary Hall will give a presentation on the environmental cleanup program at the former McClellan Air Force Base. The Air Force, with oversight by state and federal regulatory agencies, is working through an extensive cleanup program. The former base was an aircraft repair depot from the 1930s through closure in 2001. The industrial facility relied heavily on the use of solvents, cleaners, paints and metals that have now contaminated the soil and groundwater. Contaminants include volatile organic compounds such as trichloroethylene, dichloromethane, vinyl chloride, and some fuels; and non-volatile organic compounds such as dioxins, metals and low-level radioactive contamination (primarily radium). Mr. Sytsma and Ms. Hall will discuss the cleanup programs in place and areas for which cleanup decisions are still pending, as well as opportunities for public input and involvement in the cleanup process.
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