PRIME Council

The PRIME-Leadership & Advocay (LA) Council was established in 2009 by PRIME students with the mission of further developing leadership skills by providing all PRIME students with the opportunity to help influence the direction of the program when PRIME was in its formative years.  Today, we continue to promote the development of future physician leaders through peer mentorship and student support, community engagement and curricular development.

Each year PRIME-LA students participate in a variety of activities emphasizing community service to underserved communities and outreach towards pre-health students.

Additional activities focus on strengthening the bond among DGSOM PRIME students as well as among PRIME-LA students in the larger statewide PRIME community. Some of these activities include:

• Participation in the annual Homeboy 5K Race benefiting Homeboy Industries, a non profit focusing on gang intervention, rehabilitation and workforce re-entry founded by Father Greg Boyle. 
• Work with project “Happy Feet” a project created by PRIME-LA students and run by UCLA undergrads which provides foot care to the homeless community at the Union Rescue Mission in Downtown L.A.
• Participation in an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service targeting a local school or other organization. Past MLK activities have included participation in a free health fair in the Antelope Valley as well as facility rehabilitation and mural painting at a local high school.
• Outreach to pre-health students through MiMentor, UCLA Chicanos/Latinos for Community Medicine and events at other local universities.
• Attendance at the annual PRIME statewide conference attended by PRIME medical students throughout California.
• Mentorship and bonding among PRIME cohorts through the annual PRIME holiday parties, student retreats and graduation banquets.
• Provision of academic support through Preview Sessions each block for first year medical students in collaboration with Charles R. Drew University students