Students For A National Health Program (SNaHP) Chapters:
Students in the health professions actively promote Medicare for All in their schools and communities.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Contact: Makeen Yasar, makeenyasar@cdrewu.edu
Western University of Health Sciences
- Hosted an ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) Know Your Rights training with local community partners.
- Organized a Single Payer FAQ panel featuring local physicians discussing single-payer healthcare and concerns surrounding Medicare Advantage.
- Collected signatures supporting the SEIU California Billionaires Tax initiative.
- Organized students around rising tuition and the impacts of new federal student loan limits.
Contact: Zollie Daily, zollie.daily@westernu.edu
University of Southern California
- Hosted six Introduction to Single Payer educational sessions for students and community, with attendance of up to 40 participants each.
- Collaborated with the curriculum office and student curriculum representatives to integrate instruction on single-payer healthcare into the curriculum.
Contact: Ronnie Page-Harley, pageharl@usc.edu
University of California, Riverside
- Engaged more than 80 student members.
- Hosted a Single Payer 101 educational session with over 40 attendees.
- Organizing a $1 million medical debt relief fundraiser with Undue Medical Dent supported by local medical societies
- Built partnerships with local medical coalitions and UCR faculty leadership in support of the fundraiser and SNaHP\'s mission.
- Received the UC Riverside Student Activist Organization of the Year award.
- Partnered with SEIU to collect over 100 signatures supporting California\'s Billionaires Tax initiative.
Contacts: Zachary Daniels, zacharydaniels21@gmail.com; Nathan Everhart, nathangeverhart@gmail.com
University of California, Davis
Our students have:
- Developed and launched the Health Justice 101 educational program, reaching more than 300 undergraduate students.
- Established a Research & Evaluation Committee to assess chapter programming. The committee plans to present findings from 180 pre- and post-program surveys during National Public Health Week in April 2027.
- Built an interdisciplinary membership of approximately 20 active graduate students.
- Hosts an ongoing Health Justice Book Club series.
- Created an undergraduate internship program.
Contact: Hedaq M. Ibrahim, hibrahim@ucdavis.edu
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine Chapter
As the Tyson School of Medicine SNaHP Chapter, we strive to educate ourselves and our medical school community on single-payer systems and advocate for policies, actions, and programming that promote the pursuit of health equity and the movement to universal, free healthcare for all.
Chapter contacts: Matthew H. Farrell (Matthew.H.Farrell@kp.org); Luis A. Perez Velasquez (Luis.A.PerezVelasquez@kp.org)