Healing Hands: A Street Medic in the Twin Cities Uprising

Authors

Michael Rosentreter
Jaime González, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

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Article

Publication Date

Fall 2020

Abstract

Civil rights activist and American hero the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” Resonance of this powerful statement was palpable during the civil unrest that broke out across the Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN) this spring that sparked a global movement of protests against racial and social injustices. As the protests began in the Twin Cities, I traveled to Minneapolis as a street medic to help, eager to use my knowledge and skills as a newly-graduated physical therapist. It is my hope that a new environment of awareness yields and sustains a necessary change in our current society.

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Rosentreter, M., & González, J. (2020). Healing Hands: A Street Medic in the Twin Cities Uprising. Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation, (Fall 2020). https://www.jhrehab.org/2020/11/17/healing-hands-a-street-medic-in-the-twin-cities-uprising/

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Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation