Elective course designed for first and second year medical students opent to the whole UCSF community. The November 7 presentation will be. The Mission and History of the Friendship House presentned by Leah Johnson and Atiuh Cervantes. The Friendship House is a native led organization founded in 1963 that serves American Indian communites, as well as others, who are recovering from substance use. The organization combines traditional healing pratices with evidence-baseed, trauma-responsive clinical services to serve their clients.

Leah and Atiuh are part of the Village team - working to raise funds for an expansion of the Friendship House that will allow the organization to expand services, including emergency and tranitional housing for Native women and mothers. 

Native Health Elective infomration at https://meded.ucsf.edu/first-and-second-year-electives. Contact George.Nakahara@ucsf.edu and James.Lawrence@ucsf.edu for questions.