New York City Action Medical

New York City Action Medical


is a collective of street medics based in the unceded territories of the Lenape, Merrick, Canarsie, Rockaway, Matinecock, Haudenosaunee, Schaghticoke, Wappinger, and Mohican peoples.

We provide ongoing first aid, community care, medical advocacy support, and medical education for the movement.

A vector illustration of a gray rat wearing a black helmet and an olive green medic pack. The rat has red cross markings on its helmet and shoulder and red tape wrapped around its tail.
Image Description: A vector illustration of a gray rat wearing a black helmet and an olive green medic pack. The rat has red cross markings on its helmet and shoulder and red tape wrapped around its tail.

  • Our Points of Unity

  • Interdependence and collective liberation
  • Resistance to intersectional forms of oppression
  • Abolition, transformative justice, and community accountability
  • Commitment to continuing medical and political education
  • Horizontal organizing and decision-making
  • Patient autonomy, radical consent, and collaborative care, including harm reduction
  • Democratization of care, bodily knowledge, and medical skills