The future of medicine....Woke. Introducing: The Institute for Healing & Justice in Medicine and The Freedom School for Intersectional Medicine & Health Justice. The "programs are generously supported by the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and UCSF PRIME program"
"The Institute for Healing and Justice in Medicine is a refuge grounded in critical race theory, Black liberation studies, Third World and transnational feminism, community organizing, ethnic studies, somatics, decolonization studies, Healing Justice, and Ancestral Healing."
"Our current medical system is violent and unjust."
"a community and healing space for womxn and femmes of color and individuals dedicated to the intersections of critical theory, intersectional identities, and health justice for all" https://www.instituteforhealingandjustice.org/ 
"We are dedicated to creating an intersectional medicine and public health that is community-centered and advocates for the collective liberation and healing for all people, especially those most vulnerable and marginalized in society." https://www.intersectionalmedicine.com/ 
"we realized the need to imagine a new type of medicine and public health - one that is intersectional, inclusive, and justice-oriented with a preferential bent towards helping those most marginalized in society" Health activism through organizations like the Black Panther Party
"Critical theory(i.e. critical race studies, feminist theory, gender and sexuality studies, LGBTQ studies, queer theory, etc) is at the epicenter of knowledge production on how identity, power, and privilege impact lived experiences of injustice and discrimination of communities"
"UCSF Family Medicine resident Annie Le and colleagues built an online tracker for petitions that have specific asks for healthcare workers to sign"-such as Defund SFPD
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