Socialists of Caltech
Template:TOCnestleft Socialists of Caltech , formerly Cal Tech Young Democratic Socialists is affiliated to Young Democratic Socialists of America.
Caltech for Affordable Healthcare
Caltech for Affordable Healthcare (CAH) is a graduate student-led organization, comprising a broad cross-section of campus by division and cohort. CAH was established out of the Socialists of Caltech (SoC) in response to the Caltech administration announcing that graduate student health insurance premiums were increasing and coverage was decreasing, effective the upcoming academic year. CAH succeeded in securing several concessions from the administration: specifically, in response to the GSC and CAH’s activism, there will be no decrease in the number of fully-covered mental health visits and no increase in copay for office visits, both of which had been recommended by either Human Resources or the Faculty Health Committee. In the course of this and continuing advocacy, CAH has partnered with other student organizations on campus, most notably the Black Scientists and Engineers of Caltech (BSEC), SoC, and the Graduate Student Council (GSC). In the context of the pandemic, CAH has taken an autonomous role under the purview of the GSC health subcommittee.[1]
Findings on Caltech’s COVID-19 Response August 31, 2020
Authors and Affiliations
- Fayth Tan Hui Graduate Student Council (GSC) Board of Directors (BoD); Chair of GSC COVID-19 Response Subcommittee; Caltech for Affordable Healthcare (CAH)
- Krystal Vasquez Founder of the Caltech Disability Coalition; GSC COVID-19 Response Subcommittee; Caltech for Affordable Healthcare
- Lev Tsypin GSC COVID-19 Response Subcommittee; Caltech Disability Coalition
Individual Endorsements and Affiliations
- Dawna Bagherian GSC Vice-Chair 2018-19; Founder of Chen Institute Women in Neuroscience; *Socialists of Caltech (SoC); CAH
- Ashay Patel PMA Student Advisory Board Vice-Chair; Socialists of Caltech; CAH; GSC Health Co-Chair
- Jane Panangaden Socialists of Caltech; Caltech Disability Coalition; GSC BoD
- David Miller G4 in BBE
- Oliver Stephenson GSC BoD
- Cora Went GSC BoD; Cofounder of Women in PMA; Caltech Disability Coalition
- Tamara Pico Postdoctoral Scholar, GPS
- Ana Moiseyenko G2 in BBE
- Charles Xu Socialists of Caltech; Caltech Disability Coalition
- Charles Guan GSC Advocacy Chair
- Jonathan Michelsen GSC BoD
- Kevin Mei GSC BoD
- Justin Ngheim G2 in GPS
- Katherine Rinaldi G6 in Chemistry; GSC Strategic Communications Chair; Caltech Disability Coalition
- Aaron Markowitz Socialists of Caltech
- Bryce Hickam G3 in CCE
- Sophie Hourihane G1 in Physics[2]
YDS
In 2017 Charles Xu was co-chair of Cal Tech Young Democratic Socialists.