Future Physicians for Patients

Student Organizations Athens

Our Mission

We are an organization of medical students dedicated to promoting active citizenship in future physicians in order to better serve and support all patients through awareness, education, and advocacy.

Dues:$10 annually

Services Provided

Our organization will bring awareness to, educate on, and advocate for issues that our communities and patients face every day including, but not limited to:

   • Education system
   • Food security
   • Food sovereignty and food justice 
   • LGBTQA rights 
   • Mental health advocacy
   • Foster care system/child services 
   • Language barriers
   • Immigration/xenophobia/Islamophobia
   • Incarceration/recent release "The New Jim Crow"
   • Refugees 
   • Addiction and substance abuse 
   • Houseless-ness/affordable housing 
   • Health care 
   • Sex trafficking 
   • Sustainability 
   • Gender equity/feminism 
   • Racial equity/justice 

Tentative Schedule for 2024-2025

Fall:
   Welcome Social
   PawPaw Festival
   Gardening with Community Food Initiatives

Spring:
   Addiction Medicine Panel   Trivia Night
   Valentine's Day Bake Sale