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UMedicsChi We offer emergency and community care response training to build resilience and self-determination.
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Ujimaa Medics (from the 3rd principle of Kwanzaa, 'Ujimaa,' for "collective work & responsibility"), is a collective of Black people fighting to create healing & justice in our communities

Y’all have been asking, and we got you!🗣️ Pull up to Haji Healing Salon THIS SATURDAY from 1pm - 4pm for a Basic Gunshot...
07/22/2026

Y’all have been asking, and we got you!🗣️ Pull up to Haji Healing Salon THIS SATURDAY from 1pm - 4pm for a Basic Gunshot Wound First Response Workshop. Space is VERY limited so don’t wait, register now! If you can no longer attend, let us know asap so we can inform the next individual on the waitlist.

Don’t put off emergency preparedness, so you don’t have to get ready! Grab your spot at the link in our bio and bit.ly/UMedicsJulBGSWFR

Y'all have been asking, and we got you!🗣️ Pull up to Haji Healing Salon THIS SATURDAY July 25th from 1pm - 4pm for a Bas...
07/22/2026

Y'all have been asking, and we got you!🗣️ Pull up to Haji Healing Salon THIS SATURDAY July 25th from 1pm - 4pm for a Basic Gunshot Wound First Response Workshop. Space is VERY limited so don't wait, register now! If you can no longer attend, let us know asap so we can inform the next individual on the waitlist.

Don't put off emergency preparedness, so you don't have to get ready! Grab your spot at bit.ly/UMedicsJulBGSWFR 🔗

If you’ve stepped outside today, we’re sure you’ve noticed the smokey haze and faint campfire smell enveloping the city....
07/16/2026

If you’ve stepped outside today, we’re sure you’ve noticed the smokey haze and faint campfire smell enveloping the city. Smoke from wildfires in Canada and Minnesota are blowing south toward Chicago, which means we are experiencing an Air Quality Index Alert. Chicago has some of the highest asthma rates in the country, so we need to take extra care of one another as air continues to be unsafe overnight.

Everyone is at risk when the index is high, not just folks with existing conditions. and make sure you’re wearing your N95 mask when you’re outside, keeping those windows closed, and running an air purifier if you’ve got it! Stay updated on the air quality by checking your weather app or visiting IQair.com.

Y'all, we need TWO PEOPLE to fill out this survey in order to reach out goal! In case you missed it, we are conducting a...
07/14/2026

Y'all, we need TWO PEOPLE to fill out this survey in order to reach out goal! In case you missed it, we are conducting an in-house research survey to learn more about our communities' experiences with EMS in Cook County. Only 30% of respondents so far have been men, so send this to your brother, cousin, uncle, father, best friend, or mailman; we want to hear from YOU 🫵

bit.ly/UMedics911Survey

The kids are alright, yall🫶🏾 We are already three weeks into our first ever Summer Youth Fellowship at , and we’ve alre...
07/09/2026

The kids are alright, yall🫶🏾 We are already three weeks into our first ever Summer Youth Fellowship at , and we’ve already covered so much with our young leaders! On Tuesday, founding members of UMedics Lil Tree and JoeY led our fellows through a Basic Gunshot Wound First Response workshop. Tonight, they’ll be furthering their skills by completing our Advanced Gunshot Wound First Response workshop, fully empowering them to feel confident using their training in an emergency.

We would like to extend a huge thank you to everyone who donated to our recent fundraiser, especially the anonymous donor who agreed to match every donation to the dollar up to $2500. Our mission is to share emergency first response, survival skills, and community care to protect the long term wellness of all Black lives. That mission includes our youth, who we see as full people with experiences, dreams, and knowledge.

Black youth especially are under protected and over criticized. We believe in encouraging young Black people to find their agency and organize their communities toward solidarity and self-determination. This is what we are committed to doing in our Youth Fellowship, and cannot wait to see how else our incredible youth grow throughout the Summer!

HUGE news for our Summer Fundraiser: An anonymous donor has offered to match all incoming donations dollar for dollar up...
07/02/2026

HUGE news for our Summer Fundraiser: An anonymous donor has offered to match all incoming donations dollar for dollar up to $2500! Help us reach our goal of $5k by SATURDAY at umedics.org/donate

Read more about how your donation will support our Youth Fellowship at the Gary Comer Youth Center here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/68598f1cb5.html

07/01/2026

What do you do when someone is experiencing a health emergency and you need to call 911? Watch our phenomenal members Sam and Joe(y) demonstrate how to spread calm and call an ambulance yourself, or bring in someone else on the scene for support while you treat the injured person.

Y’all, we are LESS THAN 20 people away from reaching our 911 Emergency Preparedness Survey goal of 200 respondents! In case you didn’t know, we are completing an in-house research project to assess people across Cook County’s experiences using 911, an ambulance, or interacting with EMS. Responses from folks living in Englewood, Back of the Yards, New City, Brighton Park, Roseland, Pullman, Proviso and Thornton Townships are especially helpful. Additionally, if you identify as transgender or genderqueer, we want to hear from you!

Thank you to every person who has taken the time to be vulnerable and share their stories in service of our mission. We are hopeful that this research will set a precedent for meaningful, lasting interventions to improve the health and safety of Chicagoans experiencing 911-related emergencies.

Go to bit.ly/UMedics911Survey or the link in our bio to take the survey

We have another serious heat wave this week, yall🥵 We first started posting about heat illness in 2023, back when we cou...
06/29/2026

We have another serious heat wave this week, yall🥵 We first started posting about heat illness in 2023, back when we could point folks to a 24-hour cooling center in Chicago. Now, that isn’t the case. Most cooling centers close by 5pm, but you and I both know the sun doesn’t stop being hot at close of business.

You can visit the City of Chicago DFSS website and social media for a full list of cooling centers. When systems fail us, we can practice solidarity through action and watch out for signs of heat exhaustion and heat stroke in those around us, especially those who are more vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat. Seniors, people with disabilities, people who are pregnant, and people whose asthma can be triggered by weather extremes.

and hydrated!

06/24/2026

Enjoy this First Aid Volunteer edition with one of our incredible members, JD! A huge thank you to all of our amazing and skilled Juneteenth Volunteers, showing everyone how we at Umedics🗣️⛑️

ICYMI: We are working to raise $5,000 by July 4th so we can continue to train OUR communities on lifesaving first response and community care skills. Your donation can help us secure things like:

👉🏾CPR training supplies
👉🏾First Aid kit supplies
👉🏾Childcare
👉🏾Food for workshop participants
👉🏾T-Shirts
👉🏾Digital storage fees
👉🏾Staff time + labor

Head over to umedics.org/donate or CashApp us at $UMedicsChi (dm us if you donate via CashApp), and share this post with 5 people you want to get CPR Certified with!

Joyous Juneteenth UMedics Village!❤️🖤💚 A day of solidarity, celebration, and ancestral veneration, we are spending today...
06/19/2026

Joyous Juneteenth UMedics Village!❤️🖤💚 A day of solidarity, celebration, and ancestral veneration, we are spending today out in the community embodying ‘Ujima’, Kiswahili for collective work and responsibility. This is our FIFTH year of providing multiple forms of support and skills to Black-led Juneteenth event organizers across the city. That looks like:

👉🏾Event Safety Planning & Coordination Training
👉🏾Gunshot Wound First Response skill shares that are open to the community
👉🏾Recruitment and dispatch of First Aid Volunteers and Street Medics

Doing this work is our duty to our community, but we could not do it without individual people believing in our mission and showing up through personal contributions. Starting today, on OUR independence day, we are trying to raise $5,000 by July 4th. Will you help us reach our goal? Any donation will cover the costs of things like:

👉🏾CPR training supplies
👉🏾First Aid kit supplies
👉🏾Childcare
👉🏾Food for workshop participants
👉🏾T-Shirts
👉🏾Digital storage fees
👉🏾Staff time + labor

Head over to umedics.org/donate or CashApp us at $UMedicsChi (dm us if you donate via CashApp), and share this post with 5 people you want to build community power with!

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