Student Advocacy

The protection of human rights is a vital medical and public health issue. Student activists across the United States are among PHR's strongest advocates. PHR invites all health professional students to get involved; join over 2500 students and roughly 60 chapters in the US and abroad.

Be a part of PHR's student community

Sign up to receive PHR action alerts and updates from the Student Program. Amplify your voice by joining other activists who participate in the work of Physicians for Human Rights through the PHR Action Center. As a registered user of this site, you can keep track of your actions and subscriptions, view your donation history, and access other special features of the site.

Join a student chapter

Students on campuses throughout the US have hosted expert speakers on human rights issues and generated letter-writing campaigns to change policy. Other activities undertaken by PHR student chapters have included: participating in PHR campaigns, organizing a health and human rights seminar, raising funds to create a health and human rights library, writing letters to the editor, and advocating internationally for health professionals at risk.

Go to the Student Chapters page to find out if your school has a PHR chapter and to contact a chapter leader.

Start a student chapter

If there isn't already a PHR student chapter on your campus, consider starting one. PHR's Advocacy Toolkit has instructions on how to start a chapter. Be sure to contact PHR and let us know you are starting a chapter! Contact the PHR Student Coordinator by email at students@phrusa.org or call 617.301.4200. 

Register your student chapter

Make sure your group is an officially recognized Physicians for Human Rights Student Chapter to receive resources and support from the PHR Student Program. Register your chapter now.

Become a student member of PHR

If joining or starting a student chapter isn't an option for you, you can also join PHR as an individual student member. Student members receive the PHR newsletter, action alerts, occasional articles, announcements of new reports, invitations to PHR events, and notices of other health and human rights opportunities.