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CALL FOR ALUMNI/ALUMNA
2005 - A landmark year for
People's. It turns 35 years old! With the
passage of time, we have lost track of the
many people whose lives were touched by
People's or who contributed to its inception
and growth.
To celebrate its 35th birthday,
People's is planning a Reunion. We are also
planning to produce a People's Journal.
Anyone who was a member of
the publication, "Women: A Journal of Liberation"
(fondly remembered as the Women's Journal),
either of the Panther movements, the Catonsville 9, the Liberation
movements, or any other socially active
group that participated in the formation
of People's Free Medical Clinic" - please
let us know where you are!
Please send us your favorite
story, or most touching story, about your
connection to People's. We will publish
it in our Journal. Did you bring patients
to our door? Did you volunteer as a Patient
Advocate? Did you help write the bylaws
or those wonderful newsletters? Did you
serve as Women's Night Coordinator or Wednesday
night provider? Did you bring surplus supplies
from a local hospital or a pot luck dinner
to feed the volunteers?
How did People's help you?
Did you choose a career or rule one out
as a result of your experience here? Did
you meet lifelong friends? A future spouse?
Where are you now? And did People's play
a small part in your getting there?
We know you are out there
- we receive "grapevine" news regularly
about one of you who teaches at Columbia,
one who is a Senior Staff member at JAMA,
and many who still contribute through their
volunteer work elsewhere.
Please send your story and/or
whereabouts to Peoplesturnsthirty-five@peopleschc.org
or mail it to our headquarters at 2204 Maryland
Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218.
You can take pride in the
fact that People's serves tens of thousands more each
year. You will receive a complimentary copy
of this Journal, but please allow us to
use your words in this Journal to help raise
funds from others through its sale. Yes,
we still have to raise funds for care for
the uninsured since we have not yet achieved
our goal nationally that "Health Care is
a Right, Not a Privilege."
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