People's Community Medics

FREE MEDICS TRAINING FOR THE PEOPLE

This project was partially inspired by the revelations of an Oakland Paramedic investigator who blew the whistle on the medical mistreatment of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale BART station.

Oscar, like many victims of police violence, did not receive proper medical treatment after he was shot by BART police. The 911 responders did not adequately cover the exit wound from the bullet that punctured Oscar's back and he suffered for over 4 hours before succumbing to his injuries. Perhaps Oscar’s life could have been saved if paramedics had properly cared for the bleeding trauma he experienced. . . we will never know.

Unfortunately, this is a common story in low-income and communities of color--calling 911 does not guarantee an ambulance nor adequate health care when paramedics arrive. Because of this inequality, we have lost numerous loved ones unnecessarily. We know that 911 is a joke (as the rap group Public Enemy said so long ago) and that our people have been suffering from a lack of proper medical treatment.

The People’s Community Medics is launching this project to work with the larger community in taking what's most important into our hands – matters of our health and safety.

Please join us for a FREE event Saturday, March 17th at 12pm at Arroyo Viejo Park located at 7701 Krause Street in East Oakland (near Bancroft and 77th street). The day will include invaluable:

Emergency First Aid training
Know Your Rights workshop
SPEAKOUT - this is our opportunity to say what's on our minds and get involved - Presented by BERKELEY COPWATCH

FREE - MUSIC - FOOD - BBQ - CHILDREN'S VILLAGE - ARTS & CRAFTS
(provided by Occupy Oakland)

Hope to see you there!

For more information call the People's Community Medics at: 510-239-7720 or PeoplesCommunityMedics [at] gmail.com