The REPAIR project’s first year focused on Medical Reparations. We explored this topic through a campus forums, teach-ins, and collaborative initiatives. Any events which were recorded can be watched at Past Events. Additional resources (recommended readings from campus forum speakers, additional works of campus forum speakers, and resources about the theme of Medical Reparations) can be found at the Medical Reparations resource page. 

Campus Forums

• "Imagining Medical Reparations," a conversation between Jovan Scott Lewis, Antoine Johnson, John Templeton, and Michelle Guy, moderated by Nadia Gaber, October 30, 2020
• Natalie Lira: “Eugenic Sterilization, Reparations, and the Legacy of Anti-Latinx Medical Racism in California” Feb 3, 2021, moderated by Carlos Martinez
• Tina Sacks: “The Past is Present - Understanding Historical Trauma as a Barrier to Care” April 27, 2021, with discussants Dr. Ayanna Bennett (Chief Health Equity Officer at the SF Department of Public Health) and Dr. Starr Knight (UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine)
• Rana Hogarth: “Slavery and the Medical Invention of Race” May 11, 2021, with discussants Dr. Zoe Samudzi (UCSF School of Nursing) and Dr. Malcolm John (UCSF Black Health Initiative)

Teach-in series

Honoring Black History, Imagining Black Futures (co-sponsored with White Coats for Black Lives)

• Honoring Black Community Hospitals in the U.S. and Abroad, Feb 24, 2021 which included a pre-screening of documentaries “The Color of Medicine: The Story of Homer G. Phillips Hospital” and “Revolutionary Medicine: The Story of the First Garifuna Hospital” and where we were joined by Ezelle Sanford III, PhD, a historian whose research has focused on Homer G. Phillips Hospital and the role of African American hospitals in urban communities.
• The Black Panther and Young Lords Parties’ Health Programs, April 7, 2021, where we were joined by Cleo Silvers, past member of the Black Panther and Young Lord Parties for a discussion on Black Panther and Young Lord Parties’ approaches to achieving health justice.
• Racism and Housing Injustice: The War on Drugs, Criminalization, and Effects on Health, April 21, 2021, which brought together researchers and community members to discuss the effects of housing injustice and discrimination on the health of local unhoused communities. We were joined by Laura Guzman (National Harm Reduction Coalition), Dr. Kelly Knight (UCSF Department of Humanities and Social Science), Elgin Rose (Code Tenderloin), Shanell Williams (California Preterm Birth Initiative), as well as Dereck Paul (UCSF SOM MS4), Diane Qi (UCSF SOM PRIME-US MS4) and Antoine Johnson (PhD Candidate, History of Health Sciences).
• Black Lives and Food Insecurity: Community Responses and Medical Innovations, May 6, 2021, a discussion with Adrionne Fike (co-owner of Mandela Grocery Cooperative), Daniel Harris-Lucas from DEEP (Deep East Oakland Empowering the People) and Dr. Ashante M. Reese, from University of Texas at Austin

​Recordings and resources from the events can be found in the links above, and additional resources can be found at our Resource Repository.  

Other initiatives and activities

Growth and Community

Our Steering Committee expanded to include eleven active members and our Advisory Council expanded to include six members. We established four Working Groups (Events, Curriculum, Research, and Community Outreach), each led by a faculty and student member of the Steering Committee. We have thus expanded to welcome thirty-two members across the working groups: these members include faculty, staff, and students at UCSF, and span across Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Graduate Division. A list of ongoing collaborations within UCSF and our community at-large can be found on our collaborations page. 

There are many ways to get involved, and we encourage you to get in touch with us, by joining the mailing list, joining a working group, or checking out the resources available on our website. 

Curriculum Initiatives

In addition to kicking-off and running our Teach-In series, the Curriculum Working Group has put together recommendations for UCSF School of Medicine’s Anti-Oppressive Curriculum, designed and submitted an Inquiry Immersion Elective for Spring 2022, and met with Structural Competency to discuss curricular consultancy models.

Research & Mentorship Initiatives

We launched a Research Mentorship Program to bring together mentors and trainees who are committed to research rectifying racial injustices. We matched mentees with mentors and began planning for our Fall Research Workshop in collaboration with Medical Cultures Lab, to produce workshops covering foundational theories and methodologies for conducting Anti-Racism Research.