7,000+ CHILDREN EMPOWERED

Our mission is to address the problems of poor healthcare, low health literacy, violence, lack of access to quality healthcare providers, and systemic injustices that have plagued our underserved communities for generations. We focus on empowering Underrepresented minority youth to become trained in recognizing and responding to the most prevalent life threatening emergency scenarios while being exposed to health related careers, in hopes of increasing representation in the field of medicine. We aim to sustainably combat pervasive health care disparities that more commonly impact the underserved communities we work with.

Increase the number of youth on the South Side of Chicago who possess life saving health emergency response skills. 

Increase the representation of minorities in the medical profession through exposure to medical career options and mentorship. 

Build trauma resiliency for at-risk youth on the South Side of Chicago. 

Reduce pervasive health disparities that impact residents of the South Side of Chicago.

We deliver our programming to local high schools on Chicago’s South and West Side. By providing emergency response skills to students of high school age, and by exposing them to careers in the medical field, we are strengthening the next generation of community members and leaders, who will then be in a better position to address the health disparities experienced by our communities. Our team also provides our programming in other community settings such as churches, conferences, and community fairs.  So far, we've trained well over 7,000 students and adults.