Category Archives: Health and Medicine

American Diabetes Association

American Diabetes Association

Our mission is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. We lead the fight against the deadly consequences of diabetes and fight for those affected—by diabetes. We fund research to prevent, …
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AIDS SF Walk

AIDS SF Walk

Since 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised nearly $74 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area. For 23 years, the event has been a model of cost-effective fundraising and extraordinary community activism. In 2009 alone, 25,000 …
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AIDS Volunteer Clearinghouse

AIDS Volunteer Clearinghouse

1904 FRANKLIN STREET, SUITE 211 OAKLAND, CA 94612 (510) 419-3970 MISSION To foster volunteerism in previously untargeted populations, i.e., people of color and people of diverse sexual communities. To generate, recruit, train, and refer, on an ongoing basis, volunteers from …
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AIDS Research Institute At UCSF

AIDS Research Institute at UCSF

The AIDS Research Institute (ARI) coordinates and integrates all AIDS research activities at the University of California, San Francisco. The ARI stimulates innovation and supports interdisciplinary collaboration aimed at all aspects of the epidemic domestically and around the world. Bringing …
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AIDS Emergency Fund

AIDS Emergency Fund

AIDS Emergency Fund responds compassionately to the AIDS crisis by providing immediate, short-term financial assistance to help people disabled by HIV/AIDS to cover their basic human needs and stabilize their living situations. VISION STATEMENT AIDS Emergency Fund operates with low …
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ACCESS: Women’s Health Justice

ACCESS - Women's Health Justice

ACCESS removes barriers and builds the power of women to achieve reproductive justice. Most people believe that reproductive health care is easy to get in California, because we enjoy some of the strongest reproductive rights in the nation. Medi-Cal covers …
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Berkeley Free Clinic

Berkeley Free Clinic

The Berkeley Free Clinic was founded in 1969 as a “street medicine” clinic that quickly found a niche and a permanent home in the Berkeley community. It has become an icon in the area, and has served countless thousands in …
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O.B.U.G.S.

O.B.U.G.S.

The mission of OBUGS is to build healthy communities through programs offered to children, youth, and families in a network of school and neighborhood gardens, green spaces, and farmers’ markets. OBGUS’ vision is that children from disadvantaged families will be …
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