Future Physicians for Patients
Student Organizations Athens
Our Mission
We are an organization of medical students dedicated to promoting active citizenship in future physicians in order to better serve and support all patients through awareness, education, and advocacy.
Officers, 2024-2025 | |
| Co-President | Jenna Ginsberg |
| Co-President | Sydney Shaffer |
| Secretary | Mirisha Sheth |
| Treasurer | Megan Bryant |
| Service Chair | Morgan Saul |
| Advisor | Dawn Graham, Ph.D. |
Dues: $10 annually
Services Provided
Our organization will bring awareness to, educate on, and advocate for issues that our communities and patients face every day including, but not limited to:
• Education system
• Food security
• Food sovereignty and food justice
• LGBTQA rights
• Mental health advocacy
• Foster care system/child services
• Language barriers
• Immigration/xenophobia/Islamophobia
• Incarceration/recent release "The New Jim Crow"
• Refugees
• Addiction and substance abuse
• Houseless-ness/affordable housing
• Health care
• Sex trafficking
• Sustainability
• Gender equity/feminism
• Racial equity/justice
Tentative Schedule for 2024-2025
Fall:
Welcome Social
PawPaw Festival
Gardening with Community Food Initiatives
Spring:
Addiction Medicine Panel
Trivia Night
Valentine's Day Bake Sale