2020 News
Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine Lauded For Supporting Safety Net
SOURCE: SHERI MOBLEY FOR CENCAL HEALTH July 28, 2020 | 4:53 p.m. Paul Jaconette, DWW–SBSM Board president and CenCal Health COO, shares plaque with Marguerite Sanchez, co-founder, board secretary/treasurer of Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine. (Courtesy photo) Doctors Without Walls – Santa Barbara Street Medicine (DWW–SBSM) has been nationally [...]
Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine THANKS OUR 2019-2020 STUDENT COORDINATORS!
On behalf of the Board of Directors of Doctors Without Walls-Santa Barbara Street Medicine (DWW-SBSM), we want to thank all of our 2019-2020 Student Coordinators for all of their hard work and dedication to serving the mission of DWW-SBSM. Our Parks Coordinators who make sure we are set up and running at our parks [...]
Street Medicine Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Street Medicine Practice during the COVID-19 Pandemic March 19, 2020 Copyright 2020 Board of Directors, Street Medicine Institute. All rights reserved. We are erring on the side of communicating quickly, rather than perfectly. Please check back for updates and corrections as our knowledge of best practices evolves. The Street Medicine Institute Board of Directors Summary [...]
Doctors Without Walls Was Built For This
Doctors Without Walls Was Built For This BY SAM WATERSTONE | June 29, 2020 Posted by the Santa Barbara Foundation According to the 2020 Point in Time Count for Santa Barbara County, 613 people were experiencing chronic homelessness as of January 2020, a 45 percent surge from 2019. Since then, the economic fallout from the [...]
Doctors Without Walls Alumni Spotlight 2020
EVMS Street Health: A Community Engaged Learning Initiative This video doc features one of our formal volunteer coordinators Andy Abayan, currently attending Eastern Virginia Medical School. Through the Community-Engaged Learning initiative called Street Health, EVMS students learn and serve people in need. Street Health launched during the 2018-19 school year, led by Andy Abayan, [...]
DWW supports Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter Statement June 23, 2020 To our Doctors Without Walls Family and our wonderful Santa Barbara Community: We believe that the color of one’s skin should not impact an individual’s ability to lead a healthy and safe life. We stand against the structural inequities that disproportionately affect the Black, Latinx and other “person [...]