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  1. WEEK OF ACTION FOR A TRAUMA CENTER // #TraumaCenterNow @StopChicago @SHEUChicago
  2.  
  3. Chicago, IL - The Trauma Center Coalition will hold protest rallies every day this week to demand the University of Chicago open a trauma center:
  4.  
  5. * Mon 5/19: Press Conference & Community Breakfast
  6. 8:30am, 58th & Maryland
  7. https://www.facebook.com/events/1441585432752310
  8.  
  9. BREAKING! Sun-Times: Campus police drag off protesters at U. of C. construction site
  10. http://sun-tim.es/1kiyTer
  11.  
  12. * Tues 5/20: Prayer Vigil & March
  13. 5:30pm, 58th & Maryland
  14.  
  15. PRESS RELEASE: http://pastebin.com/s15KwDMD
  16.  
  17. HUFF POST CHICAGO: Why This Hospital Turned An 18-Year-Old Away After He Was Shot
  18. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/university-of-chicago-obama-library_n_5359444.html
  19.  
  20. * Wed 5/21: Nurse-Led Bus Tour of South Side
  21. 4pm, 59th & Maryland
  22. https://www.facebook.com/events/481975005236396
  23.  
  24. CNN: Chicago needs help, not Obama library
  25. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/21/opinion/granderson-chicago-obama-library/?c&page=1
  26.  
  27. 7PM to 8PM - Trauma Center Teach-In
  28. Co-sponsored by SSN, SCORN, MEChA, SOUL, and SDA
  29. U of C, Harper Memorial Library, Room 140: https://www.facebook.com/events/1449890458586834
  30.  
  31. * Thur 5/22: Doctors Take Action for A Trauma Center
  32. 12pm, 58th & Maryland
  33. https://www.facebook.com/events/1481760118704241
  34.  
  35. PROGRESS IL: U Of C Physicians, Med Students Join Push For A South Side Trauma Center (VIDEO)
  36. Article: http://bit.ly/1phmjN9
  37. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eNzpXRNqdvA
  38.  
  39. PRESS CONFERENCE: U. of Chicago doctors demand a trauma center as school preps Obama library bid
  40. 12 pm at 58th Street and S. Maryland Ave.
  41. http://pastebin.com/yw7JGtUQ
  42.  
  43. PRESS CONFERENCE: Youth and students to deliver letter to Obama saying “No trauma center, no library"
  44. 3pm, Gold Coast (N State Parkway and E Banks Street)
  45. http://pastebin.com/zhftRzYT
  46.  
  47. * Fri 5/23: Community March for a Trauma Center!
  48.  
  49. PRESS RELEASE: Hundreds March for Trauma Center as Univ of Chicago Preps Obama Library Bid
  50. http://pastebin.com/bKSK4r6S
  51.  
  52. 4:30pm - Start at 4:30pm from three different locations:
  53. 61st and Cottage Grove
  54. 55th and Woodlawn
  55. 57th and Greenwood
  56. The three feeder marchers will converge at University President Zimmers house,
  57. 5855 S. University, at 4:45pm, where they will hold a rally and press conference.
  58. The group will then march to the University Hospital at 58th and Maryland arriving at 5:20pm.
  59.  
  60. * Week of Action FLYER: http://imgur.com/KqnNhNP and * VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-PZQEbaw
  61.  
  62.  
  63. The mother of a victim shot just blocks from the University will attend the community protest march to be held Friday 5/23 where she will deliver a personal letter to President Obama asking him to urge the University to open a trauma center.
  64.  
  65. “We are protesting this week because its unfair for this community not to have a trauma center, its heartless,” says Sheila Rush, whose son Damian Turner, a youth activist, was caught by a stray bullet in 2009 four blocks from the U of C but was taken 10 miles away to Northwestern where he died.
  66.  
  67. The week of action comes as the University of Chicago is preparing to submit its bid to host the Obama Presidential Library.Victoria Crider, a high school senior, who goes to school just seven blocks from President Obama’s house, says “we are marching this week because we want the President to know that the University of Chicago should not get the honor and prestige that comes with the Obama Library when they are neglecting the needs of black and brown communities on the South Side. Given the President's roots and ties to Chicago, a South Side location for his library makes perfect sense. But until the University of Chicago shows real commitment to the surrounding community, the Obama library should be placed at another South Side institution."
  68.  
  69. Ms. Crider notes that “President Obama has tried to stop gun violence and create opportunities for young black men, meanwhile the University of Chicago sits in the center of a gun violence epidemic on the South Side and has shown that it does not value black life, by refusing to open a trauma center and save the lives of the young black men dying at their door.”
  70.  
  71. The week of action also comes after the University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer, the highest paid University president in the country earning $3.4M per year, last week announced that the University has launched a $4.5 billion dollar capital campaign. Despite this capital campaign and the University of Chicago Hospital’s $782 million dollar endowment, they claim they do not have the resources to open an adult trauma center. Exactly one year ago Kenneth Polonsky Dean of the University of Chicago Hospital said that the University hospital would support a regional solution to the lack of a south side trauma center, however, they have done nothing to make this happen.
  72.  
  73. The community’s demand for trauma care was sparked by the death of Damian Turner. The call for trauma care is also supported by new research by Dr. Marie Crandall of Northwestern Hospital on "Trauma Deserts" which shows that longer travel times to a trauma center increase your likelihood of dying.
  74.  
  75. The Week of Action is being organized by the Trauma Center Coalition, which includes of Fearless Leading by the Youth, Students for Health Equity and the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization and allies.
  76.  
  77. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  78.  
  79. PRESS COVERAGE:
  80.  
  81. * Mon 5/19: Press Conference & Community Breakfast
  82.  
  83. Sun-Times: Campus police drag off protesters at U. of C. construction site
  84. http://sun-tim.es/1kiyTer
  85.  
  86. HuffPost Live: Why Won't UChicago Build A Trauma Center?
  87. http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/uchicago-trauma-center/537506d702a760e945000135
  88.  
  89. NBC 5: Protesters Demand Trauma Center at U of C
  90. http://www.nbcchicago.com/video/#!/news/local/Protesters-Demand-Trauma-Center-at-U-of-C/259811611
  91.  
  92. Chi-Town Review: Trauma Center Coalition picket medical center construction site, dragged away by police
  93. http://www.chitownreview.vincedixonportfolio.com/trauma-center-coalition-rally
  94.  
  95. Hyde Park Herald: Citing need for trauma care, locals briefly halt medical center construction
  96. http://hpherald.com/2014/05/19/citing-need-for-trauma-care-locals-briefly-halt-medical-center-work
  97.  
  98. * Tues 5/20
  99.  
  100. Chicago Tribune: Demonstrators again press for U of C trauma center
  101. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-university-of-chicago-trauma-center-20140520,0,5200118.story
  102.  
  103. HUffington Post Chicago: Why This Hospital Turned An 18-Year-Old Away After He Was Shot
  104. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/20/university-of-chicago-obama-library_n_5359444.html
  105.  
  106. Chicago Defender: Community Holds Week-Long Protest Rallies for
  107. http://chicagodefender.com/2014/05/20/community-holds-week-long-protest-rallies-for-trauma-center/
  108.  
  109. * Wed 5/21
  110.  
  111. CNN: Chicago needs help, not Obama library
  112. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/21/opinion/granderson-chicago-obama-library/?c&page=1
  113.  
  114. * Thur 5/22
  115.  
  116. ABC 7 CHICAGO -- UChicago Students to Deliver Letter to Obama Demanding Trauma Center
  117. http://abc7chicago.com/news/uchicago-students-to-deliver-letter-to-obama-demanding-trauma-center-/73381
  118.  
  119. CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Doctors add voices to demand for U of C trauma center
  120. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-doctors-add-voices-to-demand-for-u-of-c-trauma-center-
  121. 20140522,0,5817731.story?track=rss
  122.  
  123. PROGRESS IL: U Of C Physicians, Med Students Join Push For A South Side Trauma Center (VIDEO)
  124. Article: http://bit.ly/1phmjN9
  125. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eNzpXRNqdvA
  126.  
  127.  
  128. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  129.  
  130. Steal These Tweets or Use as Facebook Post!
  131.  
  132. May 19-23 #TraumaCenterNow Week of Action! Info: http://pastebin.com/4vk5iWCv Flyer: http://imgur.com/KqnNhNP @StopChicago
  133.  
  134. May 19-23 Join @StopChicago & @SHEUChicago for #TraumaCenterNow week of action! Events: https://www.facebook.com/FearlessLeadin Info: http://pastebin.com/4vk5iWCv
  135.  
  136. .@UChicago: the only top 20 medical school without an adult level1 trauma center pastebin.com/4vk5iWCv http://youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-PZQEbaw @StopChicago
  137.  
  138. Its a 50% longer drive to a trauma center from Southeast side. Many die en route http://pastebin.com/4vk5iWCv http://youtube.com/watch?v=XvQ-PZQEbaw @StopChicago
  139.  
  140. Trauma is leading cause of death for Chicagoans aged 1-44. http://pastebin.com/4vk5iWCv http://imgur.com/KqnNhNP @StopChicago #TraumaCenterNow
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