Berkeley Free Clinic Explained

The Berkeley Free Clinic is a non-profit community clinic located in Berkeley, California, US. It is operated as a worker-run collective by more than 100 volunteers. It has provided free medical care since opening in 1969.^[1]

History

The Berkeley Free Clinic was founded in 1969 during the People's Park riots in Berkeley.^[2] Two founders were local booksellers Moe Moskowitz and Fred Cody, of Moe's Books and Cody's Books.^[3] Since opening, the Berkeley Free Clinic has provided both medical and dental assistance.^[4] In 2009, the clinic faced severe budget cuts due to the fiscal crisis in the state of California.^[5]

In February 2017, the Berkeley Free Clinic created a program that offers free dental work to undocumented immigrants.

See also

• Haight Ashbury Free Clinics

External links

• Berkeley Free Clinic homepage
• Daily Californian video feed on the Free Clinic fiscal crisis, at Youtube

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History . Berkeley Free Clinic . 2 November 2018.
2. Web site: About Us. Berkeley Free Clinic. 2012-07-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120629123419/http://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/pages/about-us. 2012-06-29.
3. Web site: Berkeley's Telegraph Ave. Saturday Demonstration: It was Small, But It Re-writes Berkeley Street Politics. Category: Page One from . The Berkeley Daily Planet . 2011-07-21.
4. News: 2017-04-10 . Berkeley Free Clinic offers undocumented community members free dental services The Daily Californian . 2018-11-01 . The Daily Californian . en-US.
5. http://www.dailycal.org/article/107082/berkeley_free_clinic_hopes_to_overcome_major_cuts "Berkeley Free Clinic Hopes to Overcome Major Cuts" Daily Californian, October 15, 2009