Join UCSF faculty and students for a roundtable discussion of the current protests in Iran and the Women Life Freedom uprising. Health care professionals have been arrested for treating injured protestors; ambulances are being used to ambush, shoot, and arrest people. Collaborators, teachers, and students of the UCSF community are among the peaceful protestors. Hear from your Iranian colleagues about their experiences and share ideas about how to support scholars currently under threat.

Register to receive Zoom link: http://tiny.ucsf.edu/Roundtable

Moderator

• Parya Saberi, PharmD, MAS: Associate Professor, UCSF School of Medicine

Panelists

• Sepideh Banava, DDS, MBA, MPH; Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistry
• Yalda Shahram, MD; Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
• Nooshin Razani, MD, MPH; Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Scholars at Risk representatives

• Jess Ghannam, PhD; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Global Health Sciences
• Daniel Lowenstein, MD; Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost 
• Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD; Vice Chancellor – Office of Diversity and Outreach 

In the meantime, please get involved by:

1-   Joining our Instagram page WomanLifeFreedom_UCSF or signing up for WomanLifeFreedom at UCSF group to help us develop practical solutions to the physical and mental health of protestors in Iran, raise awareness of the UCSF community about the situation on the ground in Iran, and develop petitions.

2-   Supporting the WomanLifeFreedom at UCSF group by donating online: Make a Gift to the Scholars at Risk Initiative. These funds will be used for assisting Iranian scholars to relocate to the US to continue their education and training.

3-   Calling your members of Congress and demand that they keep talking about Iran and Iranian woman, that they provide internet support to people in Iran, that they call for targeted sanctions against the government. Here is a site that has the list of Congresspeople: www.freeiran2022.com