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id="block-ucsf-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <nav aria-label="Breadcrumb" class="breadcrumb-region"> <ol class="field field-breadcrumbs field--type-link field--label-hidden field__items"> <li class="field__item"><a href="/cgr">Community & Government Relations</a></li><li class="field__item"> Advocacy at UCSF </li> </ol> </nav> <header class="basic-header full-width-page-banner full-width-has-image "> <figure> <picture class="field field-banner-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" src="/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_page_banner__image/public/UCSF_Stand_Up_For_Science_008.jpg" width="795" height="530" alt="" class="element-fade"/> </picture> </figure> <div class="full-width-page-banner__header"> <h1 class="full-width-page__header-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Advocacy at UCSF</span> </h1> <div class="field field-banner-description field--type-text-long field--label-hidden"><p>UCSF Advocates is the community of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters who stand up for values and policies fundamental to UCSF鈥檚 mission of advancing health worldwide. We mobilize our community, connect with lawmakers, and take actions to educate people about policy issues that impact our work and our people. </p> <dom-twocolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="50" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="50"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-50); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <p><a class="link--cta" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3e8cf584-2a60-4447-a4d7-4207433bf610" href="https://www.ucsf.edu/cgr/advocacy/become-a-ucsf-advocate" title="Become a UCSF Advocate">Become a UCSF advocate</a></p> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-50); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <p><a class="link--cta" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KaYQMV6bvM&feature=emb_title">Guidelines on advocacy</a></p> </div> </dom-twocolumn-layout> </div> </div> </header> <div class="full-width-page-wrapper"> <main class="main"> <a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a> <div class="main-content full-width-page"> <div class="field field-content-panel field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <dom-twocolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="30" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="70"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-30); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <figure data-embed-button="media_assets" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"half__image","image_link":"","link_url":""}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="fb78b558-922d-4eb3-89bc-edbf82be5cd0" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"><picture> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2019-03/ucsf-advocates-square-arrow.jpg" width="720" height="720" alt="UCSF Advocates" class="element-fade"> </picture></figure> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-70); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <h2>Join UCSF Advocates</h2> <p>Now more than ever, it is critical that <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ucsfstandsup?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash" target="_blank">#UCSFStandsUp</a> and speaks out to help shape local, state, and federal policies that promote our core mission of healthcare, scientific research, education, and public service.</p> <p>Join us to find opportunities to connect with local, state, and federal lawmakers, participate in advocacy events and trainings, and receive our newsletter with actions you can take to advocate for policy change.</p> <p><a class="button" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3e8cf584-2a60-4447-a4d7-4207433bf610" href="https://www.ucsf.edu/cgr/advocacy/become-a-ucsf-advocate" title="Become a UCSF Advocate">Become a UCSF Advocate</a></p> </div> </dom-twocolumn-layout> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div class="paragraph-text-block"> <dom-twocolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="50" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="50"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-50); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <h2>Take Action</h2> <p>You don't have to be an official UCSF Advocate to join us. Here are some of our key initiatives. <a class="link--cta" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="bf15da71-25a4-45f1-a86c-dff30bbb5fd5" href="/cgr/advocacy/current-issues" title="Current Advocacy Issues">See all current advocacy efforts</a></p> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-50); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <p> </p> </div> </dom-twocolumn-layout> <figure data-embed-button="media_assets" data-entity-embed-display="entity_reference:media_thumbnail" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{"image_style":"half__image","image_link":"","image_loading":{"attribute":"lazy"},"link_url":""}" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2dc4eb1d-0ad4-4fd2-88fd-3e1b8b6f05cf" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"><picture> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/half__image/public/2021-02/UCSF_20190429_Sacramento2_401a.jpg" width="720" height="480" alt="UC PRIME Students Advocate in Sacramento" class="element-fade"> </picture></figure> <dom-twocolumn-layout data-column1-color="transparent" data-column1-size="50" data-column2-color="transparent" data-column2-size="50"> <div class="column1" slot="column1" style="--column1-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column1-size: var(--size-50); --column1-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <p>Support Legislation to Protect Abortion Providers and Expand Access</p> <p class="small-text">Following the Supreme Court's <em>Dobbs</em> decision, UCSF has closely followed the concerning trend of increasingly restricted access to abortion care throughout the nation.</p> <p class="small-text">Three bills currently before the California Legislature will expand legal and financial protections for health professionals who provide reproductive care to out-of-state patients and allow abortions to be performed by trained physician assistants without a physician's direct supervision. </p> <p class="small-text">Email your representatives now and help UCSF support these bills to ensure California continues to provide safe harbor for abortion care.</p> <p class="small-text"><a class="link--cta" href="https://p2a.co/J3KFPs8">Take Action</a></p> </div> <div class="column2" slot="column2" style="--column2-color: var(--bg-transparent); --column2-size: var(--size-50); --column2-font-color: var(--font-black)"> <p>Ask Congress to increase the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to $51 billion to continue investing in critical research</p> <p class="small-text">UCSF is the top public recipient of NIH funding in the nation. These鈥痗ritical investments support UCSF researchers in making new discoveries in biology, developing new therapies for intractable diseases, and addressing health inequities. </p> <p class="small-text">NIH-funded biomedical, behavioral, social, and population-based research improves our understanding of life and health sciences, equips experts to combat health threats, and makes scientific discoveries a reality. 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