CaPA Update and NOVEMBER CALENDAR
California Physicians Alliance
Dear CaPA Activist,
We were heartened this past week by the announcement that both nobel laureate Al Gore and “framing” guru George Lakoff have endorsed single payer. The CaPA Board has signed on to Lakoff’s Rockridge Institute report on health care called “Don't Think of a Sick Child: The Logic of the Health Care Debate.” Learn more at http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/health
CaPA is also looking forward to participating in the PNHP National Meeting in Washington, DC on Nov. 2nd and 3rd. We hope to see you there.
Don't forget to check the online calendar for regular event updates between calendar emails. While you're on the Google group page, you can also read the newsletter, discussion boards and more.
Sincerely,
John Shearer, MD
CaPA President
Emma Pollin
CaPA Office Manager
Monday, 29 October 2007, 12:00pm-1:00pm
UCLA Medical Center, Room 43-105 CHS
CaPA member Baldeep Singh, MD will give a presentation entitled, “The Uninsured Health Crisis: Are We Ready for a Single Payer System?”
NOVEMBER
Friday, 2 November and Saturday, 3 November 2007
Washington D.C.
Physicians for a National Health Program Leadership Training and Annual Meeting. CaPA Board Officer Richard Quint, MD will speak on the status of health care reform in California on Saturday. CaPA Board Officer Parker Duncan, MS4 will participate in a panel discussion during the Saturday workshop on medical student activism. More information is available at http://www.pnhp.org/about/annual_meeting_leadership_training.php
Sunday, 4 November 2007 4-6pm
CaPA members Barbara Wille, RN and Mark Wille, MD will co-host a meeting of Health Care for All—Contra Costa County. The discussion theme is “Affordable Health Care for All: Single Payer Health Care and SB 840.”
Contact: Barbara Wille at (925) 938-2834 or barb...@comcast.net for more information.
Wednesday, November 4 2007 4:00pm
Argyros Forum, Room 211, Chapman University in Orange, CA.
CaPA Board Officer Parker Duncan, MS4 will give a presentation entitled: "SB 840 and My Journey to Social Activism as a Medical Student"
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 12:00pm
Tamkin Auditorium, UC Irvine School of Medicine
CaPA Board Officer Parker Duncan, MS4 will give a presentation entitled: “SB 840: Critical for Latino Health.” Hosted by LMSA (Latino Medical Student Association).
Monday, 12 November 2007, 12 noon
Western University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Prem Reddy Hall, Health Professions Center, 309 E. Second St. Pomona, CA
CaPA Board Officer Parker Duncan, MS4 will present "Western, SB840 & Lobby Day: the 'Art of Caring' in Action."
Thursday, 15 November 2007, 7pm
Round Table Pizza 201 West Napa Street, Sonoma.
The Sonoma Valley Democratic Club will sponsor a presentation by CaPA President John Shearer, MD: “Health Care Reform Proposals: Sacramento Update.”
Saturday, 17 November 2007, 3pm
626 Pacheco St, San Francisco
Join us for the CaPA co-sponsored event “The National Movement for Single Payer Health Care,” featuring CaPA Board Officer Richard Quint, MD and CaPA President John Shearer, MD as well as Michael Lyon of the Gray Panthers and
Don Bechler, Chair of the California Universal Health Care Organizing Project. Sponsored by CUSHCOP and CaPA.
DECEMBER
Wednesday, December 5 2007 12-1pm
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA – 1000 West Carson St. Torrance 90502
CaPA Board Member, Susan Wu, MD will give a Grand Rounds presentation for the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU.