Berkeley Free Clinic
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The Berkeley Free Clinic is a nonprofit community clinic
located in Berkeley, California
, USA. It is operated as a worker-run collective
by over a hundred volunteers. It has provided free medical and dental care since 1969. They also offer peer counseling
services. In 2009, they faced severe budget cuts due to the fiscal crisis in the state of California.
Two of the founders were local booksellers Moe Moskowitz and Fred Cody, of Moe's Books and Cody's Books
.
Free clinic
A free clinic is a medical facility offering community healthcare on a free or very low-cost basis in countries with marginal or no universal health care. Care is generally provided in these clinics to persons who have lower or limited income and no health insurance, including persons who are not...
located in Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
, USA. It is operated as a worker-run collective
Worker cooperative
A worker cooperative is a cooperative owned and democratically managed by its worker-owners. This control may be exercised in a number of ways. A cooperative enterprise may mean a firm where every worker-owner participates in decision making in a democratic fashion, or it may refer to one in which...
by over a hundred volunteers. It has provided free medical and dental care since 1969. They also offer peer counseling
Peer support
Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters, and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, listening, or counseling...
services. In 2009, they faced severe budget cuts due to the fiscal crisis in the state of California.
Two of the founders were local booksellers Moe Moskowitz and Fred Cody, of Moe's Books and Cody's Books
Cody's Books
Cody's Books was an independent bookstore based in Berkeley, California. It "was a pioneer in bookselling, bringing the paperback revolution to Berkeley, fighting censorship, and providing a safe harbor from tear gas directed at anti-Vietnam War protesters throughout the 1960s and...
.