August 29, 2024

CONTACT:
Dr. Rhonda Hamilton – (240) 274-9436, advocates4mi@gmail.com
Ms. Cynthia L. Robinson – (301) 768-2101, cynlrob@aol.com

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Ward 2, “Human & Civil Rights DC Citizens’ Protest” at Freedom Plaza 1325 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (Across from the John Wilson Building) – Labor Day, Monday September 2, 2024 at 11:00 AM. “Special Guests”, Unity Healthcare physicians and workers, along with DC Circulator workers.

This Labor Day in the Nation’s Capital history will be made! Citizens from across DC who reside in communities where egregious housing conditions, and ongoing violations of the DC Tenants’ Right Act occur without proper oversight, and criminal enforcements for “property rich” owners from elected DC Officials, are standing up and speaking out, “No more low standards!” No more living in fear of property management retaliations, or with rodents, mold, the absence of hot water, broken pipes, violent and illegal crimes at their front door, threats of unlawful evictions, and landlord tenant processes that continue to rob them of their dignity.

Housing is healthcare! DC citizens are serving Mayor Muriel Bowser, every member of the DC Council, and the DC Attorney General with their “Community Oversight Manifesto” as a proactive means of having their human and civil rights acknowledged and respected. DC citizens will no longer accept inaction, and silent outcomes from the DC elected leaders regarding matters of life and death. DC citizens along with their community advocates are protesting this Labor Day, to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with Washington DC’s current elected leadership’s neglect of their poor-quality housing which is contributing to the myriads of negative healthcare outcomes that include chronic diseases, injuries, and poor mental health.

The significance of this Labor Day “Citizens’ Protest” embodies the recognition of lost equality and fairness for many of DC’s senior, marginalized, youth, and worker populations. Whether injustice with their housing, economic and healthcare disparities, public safety failures, mental wellness and lack of access to comprehensive and equitable outcomes, DC citizens come forward to demand that dangerously imposed trauma, lack of proper government oversights and accountability, systemically be reversed through amended, or newly drafted legislation and improved District core value principles and governing practices.

This Labor Day, DC citizens will unite together as one. Respecting the needs of all of DC’s citizens, higher standards will not only be set, but expected. DC citizens have made a plan to combat the systemic and discriminatory abuse that they believe will only “C.E.A.S.E.” with the implementation of their Civil, Equity, Ancestral, Safe, Environmental Act. (See legislative framework enclosed.)

As citizens gather on Freedom Plaza to recreate the spirit of the 19th century American workers who rallied and went on strike to demand better working conditions shorter workdays, and fair wages, so too will District citizens and workers protest for cleaner, safer, affordable, and legal housing, sustainable jobs, pathways to documented economic relief and health care services that will restore their rights and unhealthy living circumstances. The “C.E.A.S.E. Act” builds in community-level oversight that intends to remove the District’s ability to mismanage federal and taxpayer monies that are meant for the betterment of all of DC’s citizens. Join with DC citizens as they take back DC and set higher living standards unapologetically with the understanding that the power rests with the people.

Register today to attend the DC Labor Day “Citizens’ Protest” and plan to witness history in the making, on Freedom Plaza and then as DC citizens march down Pennsylvania Avenue to Nationals Park, proclaiming, “No More Low Standards”, DC! Public government is about the people, all of its people. Human & Civil Rights Protest – Healthy DC & Me (healthydcandme.org)

DID YOU KNOW?

The Capital City Emergency “Level II” Trauma & Wellness Center will house a “state of the art” Outreach Community Resource Center, that will provide case management, mental health community advocacy, and oversight from the M.I. Mother’s Keeper mental health advocates. 
 
The Capital City Emergency “Level II” Trauma & Wellness Center will offer patrons access to immediate coverage by general surgeons as well as coverage by the specialties of orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, radiology and critical care.
 
Our goal is to help people in the best way possible in an effort to preserve and to save more lives in the Nation’s Capital and beyond.

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Emergency

Code Red
Gunshot Victim
Life Threatening Wounds
Physical Assault Victim
Severely Injured Auto Accident Victim
Burn Victim
Epilepsy/Seizures
Cardiovascular
Choking & Breathing Obstructions
and more…

trauma

Child Sex Assault Victim
Domestic Violence Victim
Drug Overdose
Rape/Sex Crime Victim
Suicide Watch
Trafficking Victim
Nervous Breakdown
and more…

Mental Health

At Capital City Emergency Trauma & Wellness Center patrons with mental health emergencies that include life threatening situations in which an individual is imminently threatening harm to self or others, severely disoriented or out of touch with reality, has a severe inability to function or is otherwise distraught and out of control, will have access to quality and psychiatric emergency services and referrals.

Physical Health

Whether your life threatening medical emergency involves excessive or uncontrollable bleeding, head injury. difficulty with breathing, severe pain, heart attack, vision impairments, stroke, physically collapsing, or seizure related, rest assured that our professionals will properly assess and evaluate the level of response that will be most needed to help provide stabilized care solutions and minimize complications as well as reduce early mortality.

Holistic Healthcare

We offer healthcare solutions that will support the whole person which includes their physical, psychological, emotional, social, & spiritual wellbeing. Research supports that because your mental state can affect your overall health we support and offer the inclusion of complimentary and alternative medicine(CAM) practitioners and naturopathic doctor recommendations and referrals as a part of our Outreach Community Resource Center’s care regimen and support.

Rehabilitative

Emergency care can typically result in traumatic injuries for which rehabilitation becomes an essential component of care in trying to achieve the best long-term outcomes for the patient. In addition to speeding up recovery times and helping to prevent further complications, rehabilitative care also helps to support a patient’s self-managed recovery once discharged from our facility. Our Outreach Community Resource Center works closely with our trauma center’s discharge department to assure that patrons requiring these services are linked with qualified professionals who will be accountable to the standard of care required to help the patron be successful in their recovery.

Social Services

Our “state of the art” Outreach Community Resource Center intends to promote “expansive” beneficial community enriching services, programs, case management, & linkage to “approved” partner resources and supports in all of the following intended areas and more:

Social Services

  • Clothing
  • Food Pantry
  • Housing/Shelter
  • I.D. Credentials
  • Senior Wellness Check
  • Toiletries
  • Transportation
  • Etc.

Extended Family Services

  • Child Care
  • Credit Counseling
  • Family Court Services
  • Legal Aide

Career Training

  • Apprenticeship programs
  • Computer/Graphics Training
  • Culinary Program  
  • GED Courses
  • Hospitality Training
  • Job Etiquette & Grooming
  • Resume’ Prep
  • Sales Training
  • Software/Technology workshops
  • Small Business Training

Return Citizen
Program Partner
(Bridging the Gap)

  • Case Management
  • Temporary Boarding/Housing
  • Transitional Program Registration

Prevention/Intervention Outreach,
Workshops, & Programs

  • After-school Behavioral Health Program
  • Civic Engagement / Volunteer Sign-up
  • Fatherhood Rites of Passage
  • Gun Violence Town Hall Forum
  • Life Coaching & Coping Strategies
  • Marriage Counseling Workshops
  • Medicare Informational Workshops
  • Mentorship Training
  • Parental Classes
  • Support Groups
  • Town Hall Discussions
  • Violence De-Escalation Training
  • Voter Registration

Nutritional Outreach

  • Cooking Demonstrations
  • Dietary Programs
  • Exercise Classes
  • Recipe Sharing Workshops
  • Meal Prep

Community Outreach

The Healthy DC & Me Leadership Coalition is partnering with the M.I. Mother’s Keeper Mental Health advocacy organization to provide outreach services on the community level as an aid in reducing the existent health inequities that many District citizens are facing as a direct result of the presence of debilitating social determinants and the lack of culturally appropriate care choices and realities for community members residing in marginalized and lower-income communities.

It is the vision and intentions of the M.I. Mother’s Keeper Mental Health Advocates organization to help improve the quality of living for citizens living in our Nation’s Capital and beyond by overseeing the delicate linkage to services and by maintaining higher standards of care accountability for deserving citizens of the Nation’s Capital.

For more information or to enroll as one of our service providers, please email us at:
info@healthydcandme.org