Monthly Archive for May, 1997

The dedicated Suitcase Clinic volunteer and officer Robert Ratner has composed an extremely important document. It serves as his thesis in partial completion of his M.S. in Health and Medical Sciences, and is entitled Student-Run Health Clinics: Developing a Vision for the Future. This seminal work can be downloaded and read electronically by any interested party, anywhere, and should be regarded as a fascinating snapshot of the Suitcase Clinic as it is currently organized and expressed, and also as a repository of much demographic data and official agency documents. His articulate treatise thoroughly delves into themes as diverse as community organizing, social justice vs. market justice, popular education and the nature of ideology and power. Most significantly, the availability and accessibility of this document should serve to broaden the collective consciousness of Suitcase Clinic volunteers as to the deeply-rooted tradition of academic study and intellectual inquiry within our continually-maturing organization. The careful reading and inclusion of this paper in your perceptions of the Suitcase Clinic is utterly encouraged, so as to deepen your appreciation of our organization’s remarkable legacy.