Written by Rohini Kousalya Siva, AMSA National President-elect & Board of Trustees Reproductive Health Project Liaison, Rohini is a 4th year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School AMSA’s Reproductive Justice Resolutions with Actions for the New Year As we come to the end of yet another year, it’s a good time to take stock…

Applications Open NOW! Deadline: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 11:59pm PST     Calling Repro Freedom Dreamers & Doers! Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist    The “WHY” The late civil rights activist, Toni Cade Bambara, once said: “The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.” At a time…

Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist  ReSTORYing Community: Co-creating a New Narrative for Our Chosen Profession At AMSA we believe reproductive health services are essential to comprehensive health care, and that abortion services are a vital component of reproductive health care. We know physicians who provide abortion care are essential to…

A chapter event with purpose As of 2020, 26% of documented immigrants and 42% of undocumented immigrants lacked health insurance, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Faced with striking statistics like these, the Georgetown University AMSA chapter held a panel to raise awareness of these issues so future physicians can better understand how to help…

Written by Jeff Koetje, MD, AMSA Reproductive Health Programming Strategist. Outside of AMSA, Jeff serves as Curator of Critical Epistemologies and Meaning-Making for a center of excellence for liberationist theologies, the Activist Theology Project.   Feasting on the Spoils of Genocide: Reflecting on the Mythology and Meaning of Thanksgiving Day as a White Person  …

For 50 years, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has been building healthy communities by connecting highly qualified health care providers to underserved areas nationwide. The NHSC provides financial support to skilled health care workers in exchange for service in high-need rural, urban, and tribal areas that are designated Health…