Here’s the crew who’ll be waiting for you, or at least this was the crew at one of UCSF’s recent screenings in Chinatown:
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Free Skin Cancer Screening at UCSF WHAT: In honor of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the UCSF Department of Dermatology is offering free skin cancer screenings. The event is co-sponsored by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano. No appointment is necessary and no insurance is required.
WHEN: Saturday, April 21, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The screenings will take approximately 30 minutes.
WHERE: 1701 Divisadero Street, third floor, San Francisco.
WHY: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer, with more than three million skin cancers diagnosed annually in some two million people in the United States. More new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year than the combined totals of breast, prostate, lung and colon cancers. Melanoma is the most common form of cancer for young adults 25 to 29 years old. Anyone can develop skin cancer, regardless of skin color or general health. Many can be easily treated when detected early.
About UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Medical Center consistently ranks as one of the top 10 hospitals in the United States. Recognized for innovative treatments, advanced technology, collaboration among health care professionals and scientists, and a highly compassionate patient care team, UCSF Medical Center serves as the academic medical center of the University of California, San Francisco. The medical center’s nationally preeminent programs include children’s health, the brain and nervous system, organ transplantation, women’s health and cancer. It operates as a self-supporting enterprise within UCSF and generates its own revenues to cover the operating costs of providing patient care.
“Who won, who lost and how did the ballot measures fare? Guest host Scott Shafer takes a look at results in Bay Area elections including analysis of ranked-choice voting and the political clout of Asian-Americans.
Host: Scott Shafer
Guests:
Corey Cook, assistant professor of politics and director of the Leo McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good at the University of San Francisco
David Lee, executive director of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee (CAVEC)
Willie Brown, former mayor of San Francisco
Corey Marshall, good government policy director for San Francisco Planning and Urban Research
Omar Khalif, parent and co-chair of Families for Neighborhood Schools, which supports Measure H
Steven Hill, designer and supporter of the ranked-choice voting systems in San Francisco and Oakland and author of “10 Steps to Repair American Democracy”
“The November 2011 election promises to be one of the most exciting in recent memory. What will the election results mean for San Francisco, and who will be our next mayor? In one of SPUR’s best-loved traditions, join political analysts Alex Clemens and David Latterman for our post-election recap.”
[This event turned out to be a huge success, with a bigger turnout than a recent effort in the Mission District. This one's all over but I'll post about the next one when it happens.*]
UCSF to Offer Free Skin Cancer Screenings in Chinatown
WHAT: The UCSF Department of Dermatology, in partnership with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the Chinatown Public Health Clinic, will offer free skin cancer screenings in Chinatown to mark National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
UCSF faculty and residents will perform the screenings. Translation services will be provided.
Early detection is key to diagnosing potential cases of melanoma. No appointment is necessary and screenings will take approximately 30 minutes.
WHY: Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer, with over one million people diagnosed each year. Anyone can develop skin cancer, regardless of their skin color or general health.
Skin cancer and melanoma account for about 50 percent of all types of cancers diagnosed;
Skin cancer is one of the more preventable types of cancer;
More than 90 percent of skin cancer is caused by excessive exposure to the sun;
One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime;
Each hour, one person dies from skin cancer;
Asian American melanoma patients have a greater tendency than Caucasians to have advanced disease at diagnosis.
See you there!
*Assuming I survive the Great San Francisco Blog War of 2011.
We’re in a fluid situation here, people. So you don’t want to be perceived as the front-runner too early, right?
That’s what Ranked Choice Voting is all about.
So unless you have some insight about how all the major candidates are going to collude with each other, it’s just not possible for you to know at this point how things are going to turn out. It’s a dynamic sitch, baby.
If you want to gather people at a meeting these days, make the topic violence against Asian and Asian Americans on the Streets of San Francisco.
Then you’ll get hundreds of people to show, to vent about their personal stories or stories they’ve heard. As it was at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Meeting Hall on Stockton in Chinatown not too long ago.
Give this fellow his notepad and he could go on and on…
Getting people to report incidents is one of the challenges.
Hundreds upon hundreds of enthusiastic SenatorLeland Yee supporters were on hand for his campaign kick-off this morning way out there in the cloudy Middle Sunset, out there at the Recreation Center on Lawton.
Where: Sunset Recreation Center, 2201 Lawton Street, San Francisco
What: Kick off rally in celebration of the 2010 Re-elect Leland Yee for Senate Campaign. No charge.
Food, entertainment and special guests.
After the celebration, volunteers will mobilize for a 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. precinct walk.
It seemed more like a campaign stop for a presidential candidate. Famous political photographer Mona T. Brooks was on the scene anyway, among the paparazzi:
I’m just blown away by the turnout this AM in the normally somnolent Sunset, is what I’m saying. This was a display of the Awesome Power of a Fully-Operational Mothership right from the get-go.
