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  1. Trauma Care Coalition | @TraumaCenterNow | traumacenternow.org #TraumaCenterNow
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  3. BREAKING MEDIA ALERT
  4. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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  6. Where: 5801 S. Ellis (Main UofC administration building)
  7. When: Right Now
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  10. ////////// #TraumaCenterNow and UofC alums hold sit-in on campus //////////
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  12. CHICAGO 6/2 -- A group of South Side activists, joined by UofC alumni and current students have begun a sit-in at the University's main administration building. The group has taken over the lobby and says they plan on remaining in place until the president of the UofC, Robert Zimmer, agrees to meet with representatives of the Trauma Care Coalition.
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  14. The sit-in launches a week of actions coinciding with the UofC's Alumni Weekend celebrations, which marks a high point of fundraising. This year's alumni weekend also coincides with the UofC's $4.5-billion capital campaign.
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  16. "The University of Chicago has shown that they do not not care about black lives," says Veronica Morris-Moore, a Woodlawn resident and youth organizer with the trauma center campaign. "We want to make sure alumni know where their donation dollars are going, and we want to say we can't live with [UofC President] Robert Zimmer's definition of 'business as usual' any more. University of Chicago needs to open a trauma center now." Morris-Moore has been arrested for civil disobedience at past trauma center protests.
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  18. Organizers are demanding that:
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  20. UofC open a level one adult trauma center now
  21. UofC raise the age of the Level 1 pediatric trauma center care to 21
  22. UofC President Zimmer set a meeting with the Trauma Care Coalition by the end of the week
  23. UofC include community input in the current trauma center feasibility study
  24. UofC agree to a comprehensive community benefits agreement on the Obama Library
  25.  
  26. The actions will encompass the duration of the UofC's alumni weekend celebrations and will be joined by alumni supporters of the ongoing push for a trauma center. "As a student at the UofC I saw first hand the best and the worst of what the institution can do -- how many resources they have, but also how they put up barriers around themselves and keep out the rest of the South Side," explained UofC alum Alex Goldenberg, B.A. '06, who is participating in the sit-in.
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  28. The community’s demand for trauma care was sparked by the death of Woodlawn youth leader Damian Turner, and is led by the Woodlawn-based Fearless Leading by the Youth, along with the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, Students for Health Equity at the UofC, National Nurses United and many faith groups including the United Church of Christ.
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  30. The South Side is currently a trauma desert for adults, meaning that victims of shootings and other serious injuries must be taken over ten miles away, to the Near North Side or south west suburbs. The call for trauma care is also supported by a new study by the Illinois Department of Public Health which states that longer travel times to a trauma center increases the likelihood of dying, the study also states that the U of C is best positioned to expand access to trauma care, and that the U of C could further raise the age limit of their pediatric trauma center.
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  33. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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  35. Trauma Care Coalition - @traumacenternow - #TraumaCenterNow! - #BlackLivesMatter - #StillWaitingUChi - #DecolonizeSouthSide
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  39. **** Week of Action for #TraumaCenterNow During UChicago Alumni Celebrations! ****
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  41. **** Wed 6/3: 4PM - Protest at UChicago President Zimmer's house (59th & University) ****
  42. **** Thur 6/4: 6:30PM - Prayer Vigil, 58th & Maryland ****
  43. **** Fri 6/5: 11AM - T-Shirt Action Calling for a #TraumaCenterNow (Location TBA Friday Morning) ****
  44. **** 8PM - Large-Scale Visual Action for #BlackLivesMatter (details to TBA) ****
  45. **** Sat 6/6: All Morning - On campus protests and rallies (details TBA) ****
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  49. /////// #TraumaCenterNow! Activists and UofC Alums Say #NoMoreBusinessAsUsual During /////////
  50. Univ. of Chicago Alumni Weekend Celebrations
  51.  
  52. Organizers say University of Chicago doesn't care about Black lives. Week of actions aims to educate alumni
  53. and calls on them to demand that UChicago open an adult Level 1 trauma center.
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  55. CHICAGO -- This week, a coalition made up of South Side youth, mothers, clergy, doctors, nurses and university students, joined by UofC alumni, will stage a series of actions to shine a light on the University of Chicago's refusal to open a Level 1 Adult Trauma Center. The latest week of actions is timed to coincide with the University's Alumni Weekend Celebrations, a time of heightened tensions at UofC, because it is during this time that it makes the majority of its money from alumni donations.
  56.  
  57. "The University of Chicago has shown that they do not not care about black lives," says Veronica Morris-Moore, a Woodlawn resident and youth organizer with the trauma center campaign. "We want to make sure alumni know where their donation dollars are going, and we want to say we can't live with [UofC President] Robert Zimmer's definition of 'business as usual' any more. University of Chicago needs to open a trauma center now."
  58.  
  59. Organizers are demanding that:
  60.  
  61. - UofC open a level one adult trauma center now
  62. - UofC raise the age of the Level 1 pediatric trauma center care to 21
  63. - UofC President Zimmer set a meeting with the Trauma Care Coalition by the end of the week
  64. - UofC include community input in the current trauma center feasibility study
  65. - UofC agree to a comprehensive community benefits agreement on the Obama Library
  66.  
  67. The actions will encompass the duration of the UofC's alumni weekend celebrations and will be joined by alumni supporters of the ongoing push for a trauma center. "As a student at the UofC I saw first hand the best and the worst of what the institution can do -- how many resources they have, but also how they put up barriers around themselves and keep out the rest of the South Side," explained UofC alum Alex Goldenberg, B.A. '06.
  68.  
  69. The community’s demand for trauma care was sparked by the death of Woodlawn youth leader Damian Turner, and is led by the Woodlawn-based Fearless Leading by the Youth, along with the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization, Students for Health Equity at the UofC, National Nurses United and many faith groups including the United Church of Christ.
  70.  
  71. The South Side is currently a trauma desert for adults, meaning that victims of shootings and other serious injuries must be taken over ten miles away, to the Near North Side or south west suburbs. The call for trauma care is also supported by a new study by the Illinois Department of Public Health which states that longer travel times to a trauma center increases the likelihood of dying, the study also states that the U of C is best positioned to expand access to trauma care, and that the U of C could further raise the age limit of their pediatric trauma center.
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