FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Dear Friends:

This Valentine’s Day, show your LOVE for what truly matters: the health of our communities, our planet, and our democracy.

We are in dark and dangerous times, and in such times, love means standing up for what’s right. At San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility (SF Bay PSR), we know that real change happens when we bring together the power of community activism with the knowledge of health professionals. That’s how we push for policies that protect our most vulnerable and defend the health of future generations.

TAKE ACTION: Join the movement—make a commitment to call your federal representatives weekly. Demand they act to protect our health, climate, and democracy. Below, we’ve included helpful reading to guide you.

Love is not passive. Love is action.
The more we work together, the more we build hope, courage, and real change. ❤️

FIND Your Members of Congress HERE!

READING

It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. We are working to make that a bit easier for you by sharing a selection of the articles we are reading. Also, please share these articles far and wide—together we can help combat misinformation.

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die: The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all.

Trump’s anti-diversity executive orders threaten Americans’ health, experts say: As certain terms are scrubbed from US health agency websites decades of vital data is vanishing, advocates warn 

A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls

Scientists brace ‘for the worst’ as Trump purges climate mentions from websites: Trump administration pulling references online ‘won’t make crisis’ stop affecting Americans’ lives, say experts 

What are Donald Trump’s thoughts about the threat of nuclear weapons?

How US states are leading the climate fight – despite Trump’s rollbacks

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PLEASE DONATE HERE! Thank you!

THANK YOU for being part of our growing community of medical and public health professionals, scientists, health and community advocates, staff and consultants.

If you prefer to mail your contribution to us, please send a check to SF Bay PSR, 548 Market Street, #90725, San Francisco, CA 94104. Any amount that you donate will be much appreciated and used well!

If you find it more cost effective to donate stock, please reach out to our Executive Director Marj Plumb to arrange for that transfer at director@sfbaypsr.org

Let’s move forward in solidarity, compassion, and urgency to defend health and our democracy. Wishing you a happy Valentine’s Day!

With love and action,

Dr. Robert Gould, SF Bay PSR President
Dr. Tova Fuller, SF Bay PSR Vice President
Marj Plumb, SF Bay PSR Executive Director