Check out the resources that inform our movement.
SFDPH-Specific Resources
DPH Must Divest Linktree
Check out our linktree to get the most up-to-date information on our campaigns and SFGH-specific resources on navigating police presence, contacting or visiting patients in custody, medical advocacy, and current hospital policies.
Podcasts
This American Life: Episode 579, My Damn Mind
In this episode from 2016, Alan Pean - an unarmed, handcuffed patient - is shot in his hospital room.
Justice in America: Podcast by The Appeal
Hosted by Josie Duffy Rice, president of The Appeal, along with guest hosts Darnell Moore, Donovan X. Ramsey, Derecka Purnell, and Zak Cheney Rice. Each episode explains a new criminal justice issue and features conversations with experts and advocates.
Toolkit
Toolkit for non-profits
“Whose Security? underscores the reality that institutional violence within community centers, healthcare organizations, and social services, in concert with the “helping” industry’s increasing collusion with and reliance on law enforcement, fuels the prison pipeline. The toolkit is a wonderful teaching document for those who are working with future medical professionals, social workers, educators and youth workers. It is equally relevant to the work of current administrators and staff in social services and education settings. You will find resources, ideas and tools that will enhance your practice & create safer spaces.”
Articles
Take the Punishment out of Healthcare
Written by Karim Sariahmed and Vanessa Van Doren, this 2017 piece from Medium highlights the complexity of intertwining medical care with police violence.
A Touch of Delirium and a Silver Badge: Challenges of Integrating Security and Healing in Hospitals
A 2017 piece by UCSF physician Juliana E. Morris examining the intersection between law enforcement and healthcare here at SFGH.
Abolishing Policing Also Means Abolishing Family Regulation
This June 2020 article by Dorothy Roberts in The Chronicle of Social Change highlights the problematic plan to divert funds to child welfare authorities which will lead to increased state surveillance and control of black communities.
We Can’t Just Replace Cops With Social Workers
A July 2020 Slate article by Jonathon Foiles that critically reviews concepts around expanding role of social workers to replace law enforcement.
When Health Care And Law Enforcement Intersect In Trauma Care, What Rules Apply?
A 2018 Article by Sara Jacoby, Elinore Kaufman, Therese Richmond and Daniel Holena from Health Affairs. Discussion around intersection of law enforcement and healthcare from policy and oversight perspectives.
Cops Are Illegally Detaining and Hurting Mental Health Patients
A January 2020 Vice article by Molly Taft that delves into Vermont’s harmful use of law enforcement in emergency rooms.
Websites we like
Transform Harm
“TransformHarm.org is a resource hub about ending violence. It offers an introduction to transformative justice. Created by Mariame Kaba and designed by Lu Design Studio, the site includes selected articles, audio-visual resources, curricula, and more. You can use what is here, and submit recommendations to be added to the focus areas listed here. We hope you will use these materials to foster your own education and also share them with your communities to build something new. Only together can we transform our relationships to each other and society. We hope that this site helps in this effort.”
“Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation. The Marshall Project does not endorse the viewpoints or vouch for the accuracy of reports other than its own.”
8 to Abolition
“1. Defund police. 2. Demilitarize communities. 3. Remove police from schools. 4. Free people from jails and prison. 5. Repeal laws that criminalize survival. 6. Invest in community self-governance. 7. Provide safe housing for everyone. 8. Invest in care, not cops. The end goal of these reforms is not to create better, friendlier, or more community-oriented police or prisons. Instead, we hope to build toward a society without police or prisons, where communities are equipped to provide for their safety and wellbeing.”