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“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.” –Melody Beattie As I write this piece, […]
Critically acclaimed poet Amir Sulaiman, Eshmawi productions, and UMMA joined forces to create a moving short film that gives a snapshot of one South LA resident’s journey to finding UMMA.
Autumn is my favorite season, from the slight crispness in the air to the changing color of the leaves. As nature prepares itself and begins to tuck in for the winter, there is the hint of promise, a promise that when Fall and Winter have melted away, the world will be renewed, more vital than […]
(LOS ANGELES, CA) Born of the community trauma of the Rodney King riots in 1992, South Los Angeles’ University Muslim Medical Association (UMMA) Community Clinic will host its 20th anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 8th, 2016 at 6:00 PM Pacific at the Anaheim Hilton. With commitment from socially-concerned Muslim medical students and forward-thinking politicians such as Congresswoman Maxine […]
How UMMA Clinic Looks Upstream: The Black Visions of Wellness Program
By: Amelia Noor-Oshiro
An African American patient comes in with a chronic medical condition and is having a hard time coping with the prognosis. She had been struggling with her health for a few years, battling hypertension and trying to lose weight. Her chart is handed over to one of the clinicians at UMMA Community Clinic. He sees […]
The Empathy Revolution
We all rise or fall together.
By: Dr. Miriam Y. Vega “It’s OK. I’m right here with you.” -Toddler girl comforting her mom as she witnessed police kill her mom’s fiancé “I have never run so fast in my life”- Woman at the rally in Dallas Run. Run fast. Try to dodge the bullets permeating a community event as police fall […]
June 3, 2016Mental Illness
The rhetoric of fear and stigma are inevitably amplified every four years by the impending U.S. presidential elections. While we must remain vigilant, we must also temper our trepidation with the understanding that the jockeying for political prestige, prominence, and electoral power are not always a reflection of dire consequences to come. As comedian Groucho Marx once […]
May is Mental Health Awareness month in the United States and has been since 1949. 31 days out of each year for more than half a century. Sadly, not nearly enough to call sufficient attention to a range of prevalent public health problems that suffer from the scourge of lack of treatment and ubiquitous stigma. But […]
March 28, 2016Mental Illness
April is here, a time of rain showers and blossoming flowers. Spring is a time of rebirth and rejuvenation, where we shake of the winter chill and look forward expectantly to the halcyon days we remember from summers past. As the daylight stretches out, it is the perfect time to take stock of our health, […]