We are Black healthcare professionals, activists, educators, healers, neighbors, mothers, brothers, sisters, fathers, and cousins who believe that we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are all community care responders that could no longer stand feeling helpless, terrified, and devastated as we attended funeral after funeral.

Ujima is Kiswahili for “collective work and responsibility.” We share a deep love for Black people and work everyday to build whole, self-determined, resilient communities. And everyday, we give thanks to those ancestors and the living who have contributed to us knowing what we know to share and the reason why UMedics exists.

 

OUR MISSION

Ujimaa Medics (UMedics) is a Black health collective. We spread emergency first response, community care, and survival skills to access health justice and long term wellness for all Black lives.

 

OUR VISION

We envision a world where Black people are free to practice the principle of ‘Ujima’ (collective work and responsibility) by fostering resilience and a self-determined culture of health within our communities. We will stay ready to protect one another in a more just world.

 

OUR VALUES

INTENTION

AUTHENTICITY

SOLIDARITY

RADICAL HOSPITALITY

SELF-DETERMINATION

NKYIMKYIM (DYNAMISM)

 

OUR PEOPLE

Pictured below: Staff & Board. Pictured elsewhere: Other Collective Members & Volunteers whose love, labor & time power this organization!