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In 1967, Pittsburgh's inner city produced America’s first EMT service. Comprised solely of Black men and women recruited from the city’s Hill District neighborhood, the paramedics of Freedom House Ambulance became trailblazers in providing pre-hospital and CPR care.

A group of black emergency medical technicians from Freedom House are gathered for a group shot in front of an ambulance. Almost all wear white suits.

🧵 PIH condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the Trump Administration's mass termination of United States Government grants and contracts supporting essential health care delivery and humanitarian assistance around the world. Here’s what you need to know—and how you can take action 👇

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Keep up the calling! USAID continues to be threatened, and medical supplies and funding remain halted for many people who depend on it to survive, but our voices can help. We're hosting more group calling sessions to learn more and spend time in community with others. Links below 🔗 #TBSky #IDSky

Global Funding Freeze Virtual Calling Sessions. Join us in asking Congress to end the funding freeze and protect USAID! Tuesday, February 18th — 8pm EST; Wednesday, February 19th — 3pm EST; Thursday, February 20th — 6pm EST; Friday, February 21st — 11:30 am EST

doodling and rewatching part of the p4a that i slept through. i’m so unbelievably proud of this goofy and powerful community that looks at the darkness and keeps choosing to see the light 💜 here’s to charity and memes and the biggest p4a ever 💜 #p4a2025

a silly black and white edit of hank doing the nerdfighter gang sign, edited to be an album cover, i have drawn on a hanklerfish and jarrod on his hands, along with the word HOPE and the initialism DFTBA on his knuckles, and painted his nails black. in the corner i added a parental advisory explicit content album cover sticker as a joke

The horrors persist, but so do people fighting them. I am so grateful for everyone who made #p4a2025 such a big success. My heart needed this. Don't forget that you still have a few days to not only donate, but also watch videos and vote for charities.

It's the last hours of the #P4A2025 livestream here with Sharpie Face, Honk Green/Dr. Billiam Feathersby and Beanie Sandfurbs! "...the world does not have to be the way it is. We don't have to accept it as it is given to us, and we can make things better one day at a time..." #OneBakedBeanAtATime

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