Houseless Medical Support

Meet
Grace Yu

First responder Grace Yu is sharing free workshops in basic first aid with the houseless community in Chicago, focused on homeless youth.

Grace will be offering the workshops at shelters and encampments, meeting the houseless community where they are. In addition to the workshops, United We Om will be providing all necessary medical supplies, empowering individuals to care for minor medical issues in their community before they become life-threatening.

About
Grace Yu

Grace Yu is a healthcare worker and an advocate for ending youth homelessness who is passionate about combatting health and educational inequities in low income, multilingual communities of color, like the one she is from. As a disabled woman of color who has experienced housing insecurity and barriers to accessing healthcare herself, she believes in the power of community care and the importance of community members representing and serving as responders in their own neighborhoods. Grace enjoys teaching free first aid and emergency skills workshops in English and Spanish using a decolonial framework, as well as providing street care to members of her community.