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DESCRIPTION:The Bay Area is blessed to have some amazing and inspiring community health 
 projects that bring healing and medicine to the people. These projects save 
 lives, increase access and sustain communities in struggle.\n\nCome for an 
 evening celebrating healers building projects to reclaim medicine in 
 different communities and hear their stories!\n\nDonations will be accepted 
 for Sharena of People's Community Medics in a effort to get her a van so 
 she can continue her work\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nSharena Thomas- People’s 
 Community Medics\n\nhttp://www.peoplescommunitymedics.org/\n\nSharena is a 
 long-time organizer, warrior and single mother of 4 who has co-founded 
 People's Community Medics. She is co-founded People's Community Medics. She 
 is the daughter of parents who she frequently stopped with as a child to 
 respond to community emergencies. She has worked within her community of 
 various projects including community cleanups and anti-police brutality 
 efforts fighting for justice for families of victims in her community as 
 well as family members.\n\nThe People’s Community Medics (PCM) was 
 founded in the summer of 2011 by Sharena Thomas and Lesley Phillips. As 
 members of the Oscar Grant Committee we learned that the BART police 
 refused to call an ambulance for 20 minutes for fatally wounded Oscar 
 Grant, despite the passionate pleas for medical help from his friends who 
 were detained at the Fruitvale station by the police. That experience as 
 well as our knowledge that 911 calls often do not result in an ambulance 
 arriving in a timely manner to Black, Brown and poor neighborhoods largely 
 inspired us to teach our people basic emergency first aid so that we can 
 help one another until an ambulance arrives.\n\nMichelle Steinberg- 
 Consultas Naturistas Program at Street Level Health 
 Project\n\nhttp://www.streetlevelhealth.org/\n\nMichelle started Consultas 
 Naturistas, the nutrition and herbal medicine clinic at Street Level Health 
 Project, in 2009 to provide free, Spanish/English bilingual, integrative 
 health care to low-income individuals in East Oakland. Hundreds of clients 
 have received holistic care and medicine through the program. Visits last 
 approximately 30-60 minutes per person and involve a client-centered 
 discussion of health history and lifestyle, focused on nutrition, exercise, 
 and sleep habits. Clients receive free custom blended tinctures and teas, 
 as well as vitamins and supplements.\n\nStreet Level Health Project, which 
 houses the program, is a multi-purpose organization focused on both health 
 care navigation and worker empowerment. In addition to Consultas 
 Naturistas, there is a doctor on-site three days/week to provide basic 
 medical treatment, while health navigators direct clients to outside 
 service providers for on-going or specialized care. Other core programs 
 include mental health services, exercise/yoga classes, free lunches and 
 food bags, and a workers’ collective.\n\nOrlando- HEPPAC, Berkeley Free 
 Clinic, 
 Oasis\n\nhttp://www.casasegura.org/\n\nhttp://www.berkeleyfreeclinic.org/\n\nOrlando 
 a community advocate at HEPPAC and BFC and a senior peer educator at Oasis 
 Clinic. He will talk about his experiences in approaching hep c, hiv and 
 other health related concerns, primarily among former and current consumers 
 of substance. It's all in the approach.\n\nLaura--Berkeley Free 
 Clinic\n\nLaura will speak on her experience at the Berkeley Free Clinic 
 and some of its roles in the Berkeley and nearby communities. She will 
 discuss pitfalls of liberal healthcare mindsets, and ask questions of 
 fellow revolutionary healers about maintaining political integrity and 
 expanding the scope of practice of community health projects.\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/24/18756249.php
SUMMARY:Medicine to the People: Stories from Community Health Projects
LOCATION:Sudo Room 2141 Broadway, Oakland 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/05/24/18756249.php
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