STREET MEDICS AUSTIN
Cause Area
- Disaster Relief
- Emergency & Safety
- Health & Medicine
Location
12900 MODENA TRAILAUSTIN, TX 78729 United StatesWebsite:
http://www.streetmedicsaustin.org
Organization Information
Mission Statement
Street Medics Austin (SMA) is a community-led, community-focused nonprofit organization committed to providing accessible medical care, education, and support to underserved communities and those who wish to peaceably assemble in the Austin area. We strive to achieve this mission by providing free and accessible medical training, in-person support for individuals engaged in 1st amendment protected activities, and emergency medical care to people in need.
Description
Street Medics Austin provides free medical services in situations that are difficult to serve for traditional institutions - protests, disaster areas, and under-served communities, including regular unhoused outreach across Austin and the greater Central Texas area. We also contribute to state-wide and country-wide mutual aid networks, providing coordination support, volunteers, and supplies to organizations in need during natural disasters and civil unrest.
Street Medics Austin shall be operated exclusively for all things incidental to, or appropriate in, the purpose of:
Supporting and enabling the peoples’ first amendment rights by providing free-of-charge basic first-aid support and harm-reduction techniques at protests, rallies, marches, other peaceable assemblies, and civic engagements; Providing free-of-charge first-aid and harm-reduction outreach to Austin’s unhoused population; Strengthening and safeguarding the local Austin community by offering free-of-charge/low-cost first-aid/harm reduction training and resources to obtain free-of-charge first-aid and harm reduction training; Supporting and enabling other alike organizations who are also working toward the same purposes.
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