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Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Welcome to PSR Sacramento

PSR/Sacramento is a non-profit, educational organization of health care professionals and other concerned citizens committed to the following goals :

  • the elimination of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction
  • the achievement of a sustainable environment
  • the reduction of interpersonal violence and its causes
  • universal access to necessary medical care for all residents of our state and our country, without regard to income level or ability to pay

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health,
PSR seeks to protect human life worldwide from the impact of social injustice and structural violence. Select links on the left to learn more about our organization and how you can
join us in helping to make the world a healthier, safer place.


Physicians for Social Responsibility/Sacramento
congratulates the ten finalists for the
2012 High School Scholarship Essay Contest.

Their essays were based on the words of the 20th century U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Louis Brandeis,
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth
concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."

First Place
Dylan Fitzwater, Nevada Union High School, Grass Valley
Hear Dylan and Judge Reynoso's April 30 Insight interview.

Second Place
Moosa Zaidi, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay

Third Place
Lark Trumbly, C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento

The other finalists were:
Kyle Cerniglia, Golden Sierra High School, Garden Valley
Tiffany Chan, C.K. McClatchy High School, Sacramento
Sara Harris. Charter Community HSA III, Placerville
Belinda Li, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento
Elissa Niccum, Mira Loma High School, Sacramento
Richard Pham, Florin High School, Sacramento
Naveena Sunkara, Vista Del Lago High School, Folsom

The ten finalists presented their essays at the Scholarship finals dinner on the evening of April 29, 2012. The first place winner received a $3,000 scholarship, second place a $2,500 scholarship, and third place a $2,000 scholarship. The other seven finalists received $1000 scholarships. Read their essays by clicking on their names. Read an article about the event written in Elk Grove News.Net by Michael Monasky.

We were honored to have the following judges this year: Zak Ford, Folsom Cordova School Board member; Dr. Rhonda Rios Kravitz, Dean of the Learning Resources Center at Sacramento City College; Justice Cruz Reynoso, former Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court; Fred Teichert, Executive Director of the Teichert Foundation; and Reverend Faith Whitmore, Executive Director of Francis House.

Thanks to all supporters of the PSR/Sacramento Scholarship Essay Contest.
Special thanks to Media Edge for filming the event and to Steve Walker for the
sound system engineering.

All donations to the scholarship fund through May 2012 will be matched up to $7500.

 
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The Sacramento/Davis Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility
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Sacramento, CA 95831
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