D-Day Normandy, alternatively known as dday, is a team-based Quake II modification made by ViperSoft. Although no longer being officially developed, the modification continues to expand through the work of many members in the established community. The source code for the last official version was released on July 24, 2002, allowing third party developers full control over the gameplay.
Gameplay
The game has no single player mode, only online multiplayer. Two teams fight over bombarded towns, woodland and other World War II scenery. The official version includes only two teams: Allies (Americans) and Axis (Germans), although third party modifications have been created for Russian, British, Japanese and Polish teams. Different maps have different objectives, sometimes not all of which are kill-based.
All teams have set classes (some numbers are restricted);
* Infantry (unlimited): Rifle,
* Officer (Max 1): Submachinegun, pistol and binoculars (for air-strikes),
* Light Gunner (Max 2): Light machinegun,
* Heavy Gunner (Max 2): Heavy machinegun,
* Sniper (Max 2): Sniper rifle and pistol,
* Airborne (Max 1): Submachinegun,
* Engineer (Max 1): Anti-tank weapon, pistol and TNT,
* Medic (Max 4): Morphine,
* Flamethrower (Max 1): Flamethrower.
Each team has different player models and weapons, making for a total of over 50 different weapons. For example, a German officer is armed with an MP40, while his American equivalent will be armed with a Tommy gun.
Features
D-Day: Normandy is a of the original Quake II game. All of the models, textures and maps in the official version are of original creation. Unique features include airstrikes, 3 different stances (standing, crouched and prone) and true sight (ability to aim down the sight of the weapon instead of a crosshair).
Distributions
Since 100% of the artwork in the modification is original and the source code to the original game has been released, it is possible for the game to be distributed as a standalone game: Owning a copy of Quake II is not required to play. There are several different distributions of the game. Some include just the bare bones to play the game, others include every map and expansion ever created. The original standalone can be found at the official site.
Third party modifications
There are several different versions of the server-side code, each focusing on different aspects on the game. Most include various bug fixes along with a range of (sometimes unusual) features. For example; the SHAEF modification includes visuals of a dive bomber dropping the air-strikes instead of just audio, while the Capture The Church (CTC) mod makes maps including a church to be objective based (overriding the gameplay specified in the map itself).
The very first screen shot of the SHAEF aircraft recorded in a game is here Viper vs Stuka - other aircraft modelled include the Spitfire and the Zero.
Unique rules
D-Day: Normandy is unusual in the way that a lot of the rules for the game are not server enforced, in that they require discipline from the players. The game was designed to be played in a non-deathmatch style (common of the FPS genre). This causes endless problems for both new and old players: The new players (newbies) do not know, understand or follow the self-imposed game rules, causing veteran players to become angry with them.
The following are examples of actions which are possible, but are not encouraged styles of play:
* Bunnying - Constant jumping in an attempt to avoid fire. Although this is somewhat limited by a stamina meter, it remains a problem.
* Diving - Changing stance mid-jump in an attempt to avoid fire.
* Camping - Staying in one spot with a specific tactical advantage.
As well as rules non specific to dday:
* Team killing - Intentionally killing members of your own team (also known as tk-ing).
* Cheating - Using aimbots or wallhacks to gain an unfair advantage
* Spamming - Mindless chatter, often taunting after a frag
Current state
It is a common joke to state that "dday is dead". This comes from the fact that because of developments in computer game graphics, the game has become unpopular and only has a small player base in the Northern Hemisphere. There are still a large number (20+) of servers hosting games around the world, although it can sometimes be difficult to find one with enough people for a serious game.
After ViperSoft stopped developing the game, most of the development shifted over to D-Day Dev Central (DDC).
Gameplay
The game has no single player mode, only online multiplayer. Two teams fight over bombarded towns, woodland and other World War II scenery. The official version includes only two teams: Allies (Americans) and Axis (Germans), although third party modifications have been created for Russian, British, Japanese and Polish teams. Different maps have different objectives, sometimes not all of which are kill-based.
All teams have set classes (some numbers are restricted);
* Infantry (unlimited): Rifle,
* Officer (Max 1): Submachinegun, pistol and binoculars (for air-strikes),
* Light Gunner (Max 2): Light machinegun,
* Heavy Gunner (Max 2): Heavy machinegun,
* Sniper (Max 2): Sniper rifle and pistol,
* Airborne (Max 1): Submachinegun,
* Engineer (Max 1): Anti-tank weapon, pistol and TNT,
* Medic (Max 4): Morphine,
* Flamethrower (Max 1): Flamethrower.
Each team has different player models and weapons, making for a total of over 50 different weapons. For example, a German officer is armed with an MP40, while his American equivalent will be armed with a Tommy gun.
Features
D-Day: Normandy is a of the original Quake II game. All of the models, textures and maps in the official version are of original creation. Unique features include airstrikes, 3 different stances (standing, crouched and prone) and true sight (ability to aim down the sight of the weapon instead of a crosshair).
Distributions
Since 100% of the artwork in the modification is original and the source code to the original game has been released, it is possible for the game to be distributed as a standalone game: Owning a copy of Quake II is not required to play. There are several different distributions of the game. Some include just the bare bones to play the game, others include every map and expansion ever created. The original standalone can be found at the official site.
Third party modifications
There are several different versions of the server-side code, each focusing on different aspects on the game. Most include various bug fixes along with a range of (sometimes unusual) features. For example; the SHAEF modification includes visuals of a dive bomber dropping the air-strikes instead of just audio, while the Capture The Church (CTC) mod makes maps including a church to be objective based (overriding the gameplay specified in the map itself).
The very first screen shot of the SHAEF aircraft recorded in a game is here Viper vs Stuka - other aircraft modelled include the Spitfire and the Zero.
Unique rules
D-Day: Normandy is unusual in the way that a lot of the rules for the game are not server enforced, in that they require discipline from the players. The game was designed to be played in a non-deathmatch style (common of the FPS genre). This causes endless problems for both new and old players: The new players (newbies) do not know, understand or follow the self-imposed game rules, causing veteran players to become angry with them.
The following are examples of actions which are possible, but are not encouraged styles of play:
* Bunnying - Constant jumping in an attempt to avoid fire. Although this is somewhat limited by a stamina meter, it remains a problem.
* Diving - Changing stance mid-jump in an attempt to avoid fire.
* Camping - Staying in one spot with a specific tactical advantage.
As well as rules non specific to dday:
* Team killing - Intentionally killing members of your own team (also known as tk-ing).
* Cheating - Using aimbots or wallhacks to gain an unfair advantage
* Spamming - Mindless chatter, often taunting after a frag
Current state
It is a common joke to state that "dday is dead". This comes from the fact that because of developments in computer game graphics, the game has become unpopular and only has a small player base in the Northern Hemisphere. There are still a large number (20+) of servers hosting games around the world, although it can sometimes be difficult to find one with enough people for a serious game.
After ViperSoft stopped developing the game, most of the development shifted over to D-Day Dev Central (DDC).
Most trained street medics are independent. They work at actions with a non-medical affinity group, or only form buddy pairs or groups at an action.
However, some groups of medics have formed permanent groups. These groups often bottom-line actions, train new medics, support smaller local demonstrations, educate activists about traumatic stress, and promote free community-based healthcare between actions. Each street medic group is entirely independent. However, groups who identify themselves as "street medic" or "action medic" groups are expected to abide by similar codes of ethics.
This list of street medic organizations is organized by location and alphabetically. The list includes groups founded and run by street medics within the last 50 years, which have survived for more than 1 month / 1 action. Many are still active as of Nov 2006.
United States
NORTHWEST - WA, OR, ID
Black Cross Collective - Portland, OR
Black Cross Collective (NOT "Anarchist Black Cross," a political prisoner support and defense group) formed after the protests against the WTO Meeting of 1999 to provide health care specific to the needs of political radicals. Composed of nurse practioners, nurses, EMT’s, clinical herbalists, and unlicensed street medics, the group offered first aid trainings (in Los Angeles, Vancouver B.C., Seattle, Olympia, Portland, and Eugene), medical support at local and national demos, temporary clinics, and clinical trials.
(Official website.)
The group was very active from its founding in 1999 to 2005. Since 2005 it has been inactive, but not disbanded.
Medicine for Activists Seeking Health and Healing (MASHH) - Portland, OR
Western Women's Clinic - Olympia, WA
WEST - CA, NV, UT
Bay Area Radical Health Collective (BARHC) - San Francisco, CA
BARHC was founded in 2001, and continues to be active as of 2006. (Official website.)
Cascadia Health Educators (CHE) - Redwood City, CA
ROCKY MOUNTAINS/PLAINS - MT, WY, CO, NB, SD, ND, KS
American Indian Movement (AIM) StreetMedics - SD
Colorado StreetMedics - Denver, CO
Colorado StreetMedics was founded in the aftermath of Wounded Knee.(by Doc ) This group taught the "health and safety around deployed tear gas/chem weapons" training prior to the Battle of Seattle.. One or two members have provided action support at most US anti-globalization / global justice actions since Seattle. (Website maintained by active member.)
They provide street medic trainers, first aid and clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine action support.
This group was founded in the mid-1970s, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Montana Medics Collective - Montana
Montana Medics Collective regularly supports the Buffalo Field Campaign. They have also co-sponsored Wilderness First Responder trainings in 2003 and 2005, and provided medical support at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES - MN, WI, IL, MO, IN, OH, IA, MI
Chicago Action Medics (CAM) - Chicago, IL
"Press Release: Chicago Activists Report Police Violence at FTAA Protests"
"Chicago healthcare collectives."
Heartland Action Medical Resistance - Bloomington, IN
Although they started in Indiana they have affiliated groups throughout the midwest Heartland region. They help set up trainings and provide coverage for actions.
NORTHEAST - PA, NH, VT, CT, DE, NJ, NY, RI, MA, ME, MD, DC
Boston Area Liberation Medic (BALM) Squad - Boston, MA
(Official website.)
The BALM Squad was founded in 2001, and continues to be active as of 2007.
Broome Street StreetMedic Collective - Chinatown, NYC
One of its founders, Doc, later co-founded the Colorado StreetMedics (CSM).
This group was founded in 1967. Although it disbanded by 1980, two of its founding members (Doc and Annie) continued to be active StreetMedics.
District Action Medical Network (DAMN) - Washington, DC
(Official website.)
DAMN was founded in 2003, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Mayday DC Anti-Hypothermia - Washington, DC
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) New York City
Created in the early '60s to provide medical coverage for the civil rights workers in the south. MCHR became much more and created:
the Mental Health Project which was responsible for changing the way patients were treated in MH facilities -among other actions one of our docs was responsible for bringing a local reporter named Geraldo Rivera into the back wards of Willobrook causing a major shakeup
Prisoners Project which was responsible for framing the concept of basic medical rights for prisoners
another project created the original Patients Bill of Rights
others were involved in Industrial standards
and the list goes on.
MCHR changed the face of medicine in the US and was responsible for many of the medical rights folks now take for granted. The Medical Presence Project (later to become the StreetMedics) started out as Dr.s RNs and Med students who up until 1968 (Chicago DNC ) wore white lab coats to demos. By '68 there were a bunch of us who were not comfortable with the elitist nature of the MPP and when i was elected as the NYC MCHR MPP director we (Annie,Doc, Laurie, Joe, Jan Stephanie, Jos, and others) changed; the name, who we recruited, the trainings (adding role plays for the first time and turning it into a two day ) got rid of the lab coats, and created MOfibA.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) NYC; Medical Presence SubCommittee
Unlike street medic groups since the founding of Broome Street in 1967, this group was almost entirely licensed medical professionals (MDs, RNs, medical students). The group was very visible at actions because they wore white lab coats and stethescopes. They frequently argued with Broome Street over the latter's use of helmets in very violent demonstrations.
This group was formed in 1965. It is disbanded, but at least two of its medics (Annie and Doc) are active StreetMedic as of 2006.
Medical Activists of New York (MANY) - NYC
(Official website.)
Northeast Action Medical Association (NEAMA) - Northeast US
(Official website.)
has not existed for several years
On the Ground - Syracuse, NY
(Official website.)
No longer exists.
==== Star of Resistance Medics (STORM*NYC) - NYC ====
(Official website.)
STORM*NYC was founded in 2004, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Three Rivers Action Medics (TRAM) - Pittsburgh, PA
TRAM was founded in 2003, after a street medic training in Pittsburgh. The group provided first aid coverage for local actions, including labor, anti-war, counter-recruitment, and anti-police violence. They sent a team to Miami for the protests against the 2003 FTAA meeting, and provided local aftercare to protesters returning to Pittsburgh. They sent clinical and first-aid teams to Washington, DC for the 2004 . They also taught first aid to protesters and homeless people. TRAM is associated with the Pittsburgh-based Thomas Merton Center.
(Official website.)
This group provided first aid, urban and wilderness first response, sanitation and disease prevention, health and safety training and first aid training.
TRAM was active from 2003 to 2005. They are currently inactive, and have disbanded.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) medics - NY
Was originally started in 1970 with help from Annie and Doc from the Broome Street Collective.
They have been inactive for a while but were heavily involved back in the '60s -80s
SOUTHEAST/APPALACHIA - AR, LA, KY, TN, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV
Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine - NC
Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC) - New Orleans, LA
While not a street medic group, CGHC was founded by street medics from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Montana, Montreal, and across the US. This free integrative primary health care clinic is still sustained and regularly staffed by street medics. A local street medic sits on the clinic's board of directors.
(Official website.)
A group of medics loosely associated with the clinic also provides first-aid support at protests in New Orleans.
Common Ground Health Clinic was founded in 2005, and is very active as of 2006.
Common Ground Relief Medic Cave - New Orleans, LA
Street Medics provide the majority of primary clinical and first-aid support for the tens of thousands of people who have volunteered with Common Ground Relief. Volunteers are provided with safety gear and education, but still experience respiratory infections, wound infections, emotional distress, and other health problems. Just as like protesters, disaster volunteers put themselves in danger to protect the safety of others. (Official website for Common Ground Relief.)
Several groups of street medics have been active in Common Ground Relief during 2005 and 2006.
Katuah Medics - Southern Appalachia
Katuah Medics provides the medical presence at Mountain Justice Summer events and other anti-Mountain Top Removal events. They also provide medical support to anti-fascist organizing in the Southeast, including the fight against the Ku Klux Klan and clinic defense of Jackson Women's Health Organization, the only remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. They sponsored a Wilderness First Responder training in 2006.
(Official website.)
They provide backwoods first aid, wilderness first response, herbal medicine, sanitation and sickness prevention.
This group is active as of 2006.
Latino Health Outreach Project (LHOP) - New Orleans, LA
This group was founded in 2005, and is very active as of 2006.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) New York City
Created in the early '60s to provide medical coverage for the civil rights workers in the south. MCHR became much more and created:
*the Mental Health Project which was responsible for changing the way patients were treated in MH facilities -among other actions one of our docs was responsible for bringing a local reporter named Geraldo Rivera into the back wards of Willobrook causing a major shakeup
*Prisoners Project which was responsible for framing the concept of basic medical rights for prisoners
*another project created the original Patients Bill of Rights
*others were involved in Industrial standards
*and the list goes on.
MCHR changed the face of medicine in the US and was responsible for many of the medical rights folks now take for granted. The Medical Presence Project (later to become the StreetMedics) started out as Dr.s RNs and Med students who up until 1968 (Chicago DNC ) wore white lab coats to demos. By '68 there were a bunch of us who were not comfortable with the elitist nature of the MPP and when i was elected as the NYC MCHR MPP director we (Annie,Doc, Laurie, Joe, Jan Stephanie, Jos, and others) changed; the name, who we recruited, the trainings (adding role plays for the first time and turning it into a two day ) got rid of the lab coats, and created MOfibA.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) NYC; Medical Presence SubCommittee
Unlike street medic groups since the founding of Broome Street in 1967, this group was almost entirely licensed medical professionals (MDs, RNs, medical students). The group was very visible at actions because they wore white lab coats and stethescopes. They frequently argued with Broome Street over the latter's use of helmets in very violent demonstrations.
This group was formed in 1965. It is disbanded, but at least two of its medics (Annie and Doc) are active StreetMedic as of 2006.
Australia
Activist Medics Network - Melbourne(?)
NSW StreetMedics - Sydney
Trained with Colorado StreetMedics
Canada
Activist Health Collective of Ottawa (AHCO) - Ottowa, Ontario
This collective was active in 2003.
Urgence Manif - Quebec City, Quebec
(Official website.)
Germany
Sanitätsgruppe Südwest - Ludwigsburg, Köln
Formed in 1997 during preparation against a nuclear waste transport from the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant to Gorleben (Wendland). Runs mobile rescue teams, medic stations and a kitchen. Offers a wide variety of street medic training.
(Official website.)
Strassenmedizin - Berlin(?)
(Official website.)
Greece
Greek Street Med - Thessaloniki(?)
Active in 2003, 2006.
Trained by Amsterdam StreetMedics
The Netherlands
Amsterdam StreetMedics - Amsterdam
Founded in 2001 after a series of trainings by StreetMedics Trainers Group (Doc and Ari)
Mentioned on Colorado Street Medics member's web page.
United Kingdom
UK Action Medics - Manchester, England
(Official website.)
Glasgow StreetMedics - Glasgow, Scotland
Trained by Colorado StreetMedics.
Mentioned on Colorado StreetMedics member's web page.
Russia
St. Petersburg medics (?)
Trained by UK Action Medics group in 2006.
Moscow medics (?)
Trained by UK Action Medics group in 2006.
Ukraine
Kiev medics (?)
However, some groups of medics have formed permanent groups. These groups often bottom-line actions, train new medics, support smaller local demonstrations, educate activists about traumatic stress, and promote free community-based healthcare between actions. Each street medic group is entirely independent. However, groups who identify themselves as "street medic" or "action medic" groups are expected to abide by similar codes of ethics.
This list of street medic organizations is organized by location and alphabetically. The list includes groups founded and run by street medics within the last 50 years, which have survived for more than 1 month / 1 action. Many are still active as of Nov 2006.
United States
NORTHWEST - WA, OR, ID
Black Cross Collective - Portland, OR
Black Cross Collective (NOT "Anarchist Black Cross," a political prisoner support and defense group) formed after the protests against the WTO Meeting of 1999 to provide health care specific to the needs of political radicals. Composed of nurse practioners, nurses, EMT’s, clinical herbalists, and unlicensed street medics, the group offered first aid trainings (in Los Angeles, Vancouver B.C., Seattle, Olympia, Portland, and Eugene), medical support at local and national demos, temporary clinics, and clinical trials.
(Official website.)
The group was very active from its founding in 1999 to 2005. Since 2005 it has been inactive, but not disbanded.
Medicine for Activists Seeking Health and Healing (MASHH) - Portland, OR
Western Women's Clinic - Olympia, WA
WEST - CA, NV, UT
Bay Area Radical Health Collective (BARHC) - San Francisco, CA
BARHC was founded in 2001, and continues to be active as of 2006. (Official website.)
Cascadia Health Educators (CHE) - Redwood City, CA
ROCKY MOUNTAINS/PLAINS - MT, WY, CO, NB, SD, ND, KS
American Indian Movement (AIM) StreetMedics - SD
Colorado StreetMedics - Denver, CO
Colorado StreetMedics was founded in the aftermath of Wounded Knee.(by Doc ) This group taught the "health and safety around deployed tear gas/chem weapons" training prior to the Battle of Seattle.. One or two members have provided action support at most US anti-globalization / global justice actions since Seattle. (Website maintained by active member.)
They provide street medic trainers, first aid and clinical Traditional Chinese Medicine action support.
This group was founded in the mid-1970s, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Montana Medics Collective - Montana
Montana Medics Collective regularly supports the Buffalo Field Campaign. They have also co-sponsored Wilderness First Responder trainings in 2003 and 2005, and provided medical support at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
MIDWEST/GREAT LAKES - MN, WI, IL, MO, IN, OH, IA, MI
Chicago Action Medics (CAM) - Chicago, IL
"Press Release: Chicago Activists Report Police Violence at FTAA Protests"
"Chicago healthcare collectives."
Heartland Action Medical Resistance - Bloomington, IN
Although they started in Indiana they have affiliated groups throughout the midwest Heartland region. They help set up trainings and provide coverage for actions.
NORTHEAST - PA, NH, VT, CT, DE, NJ, NY, RI, MA, ME, MD, DC
Boston Area Liberation Medic (BALM) Squad - Boston, MA
(Official website.)
The BALM Squad was founded in 2001, and continues to be active as of 2007.
Broome Street StreetMedic Collective - Chinatown, NYC
One of its founders, Doc, later co-founded the Colorado StreetMedics (CSM).
This group was founded in 1967. Although it disbanded by 1980, two of its founding members (Doc and Annie) continued to be active StreetMedics.
District Action Medical Network (DAMN) - Washington, DC
(Official website.)
DAMN was founded in 2003, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Mayday DC Anti-Hypothermia - Washington, DC
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) New York City
Created in the early '60s to provide medical coverage for the civil rights workers in the south. MCHR became much more and created:
the Mental Health Project which was responsible for changing the way patients were treated in MH facilities -among other actions one of our docs was responsible for bringing a local reporter named Geraldo Rivera into the back wards of Willobrook causing a major shakeup
Prisoners Project which was responsible for framing the concept of basic medical rights for prisoners
another project created the original Patients Bill of Rights
others were involved in Industrial standards
and the list goes on.
MCHR changed the face of medicine in the US and was responsible for many of the medical rights folks now take for granted. The Medical Presence Project (later to become the StreetMedics) started out as Dr.s RNs and Med students who up until 1968 (Chicago DNC ) wore white lab coats to demos. By '68 there were a bunch of us who were not comfortable with the elitist nature of the MPP and when i was elected as the NYC MCHR MPP director we (Annie,Doc, Laurie, Joe, Jan Stephanie, Jos, and others) changed; the name, who we recruited, the trainings (adding role plays for the first time and turning it into a two day ) got rid of the lab coats, and created MOfibA.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) NYC; Medical Presence SubCommittee
Unlike street medic groups since the founding of Broome Street in 1967, this group was almost entirely licensed medical professionals (MDs, RNs, medical students). The group was very visible at actions because they wore white lab coats and stethescopes. They frequently argued with Broome Street over the latter's use of helmets in very violent demonstrations.
This group was formed in 1965. It is disbanded, but at least two of its medics (Annie and Doc) are active StreetMedic as of 2006.
Medical Activists of New York (MANY) - NYC
(Official website.)
Northeast Action Medical Association (NEAMA) - Northeast US
(Official website.)
has not existed for several years
On the Ground - Syracuse, NY
(Official website.)
No longer exists.
==== Star of Resistance Medics (STORM*NYC) - NYC ====
(Official website.)
STORM*NYC was founded in 2004, and continues to be active as of 2006.
Three Rivers Action Medics (TRAM) - Pittsburgh, PA
TRAM was founded in 2003, after a street medic training in Pittsburgh. The group provided first aid coverage for local actions, including labor, anti-war, counter-recruitment, and anti-police violence. They sent a team to Miami for the protests against the 2003 FTAA meeting, and provided local aftercare to protesters returning to Pittsburgh. They sent clinical and first-aid teams to Washington, DC for the 2004 . They also taught first aid to protesters and homeless people. TRAM is associated with the Pittsburgh-based Thomas Merton Center.
(Official website.)
This group provided first aid, urban and wilderness first response, sanitation and disease prevention, health and safety training and first aid training.
TRAM was active from 2003 to 2005. They are currently inactive, and have disbanded.
Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) medics - NY
Was originally started in 1970 with help from Annie and Doc from the Broome Street Collective.
They have been inactive for a while but were heavily involved back in the '60s -80s
SOUTHEAST/APPALACHIA - AR, LA, KY, TN, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV
Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine - NC
Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC) - New Orleans, LA
While not a street medic group, CGHC was founded by street medics from Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, California, Montana, Montreal, and across the US. This free integrative primary health care clinic is still sustained and regularly staffed by street medics. A local street medic sits on the clinic's board of directors.
(Official website.)
A group of medics loosely associated with the clinic also provides first-aid support at protests in New Orleans.
Common Ground Health Clinic was founded in 2005, and is very active as of 2006.
Common Ground Relief Medic Cave - New Orleans, LA
Street Medics provide the majority of primary clinical and first-aid support for the tens of thousands of people who have volunteered with Common Ground Relief. Volunteers are provided with safety gear and education, but still experience respiratory infections, wound infections, emotional distress, and other health problems. Just as like protesters, disaster volunteers put themselves in danger to protect the safety of others. (Official website for Common Ground Relief.)
Several groups of street medics have been active in Common Ground Relief during 2005 and 2006.
Katuah Medics - Southern Appalachia
Katuah Medics provides the medical presence at Mountain Justice Summer events and other anti-Mountain Top Removal events. They also provide medical support to anti-fascist organizing in the Southeast, including the fight against the Ku Klux Klan and clinic defense of Jackson Women's Health Organization, the only remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. They sponsored a Wilderness First Responder training in 2006.
(Official website.)
They provide backwoods first aid, wilderness first response, herbal medicine, sanitation and sickness prevention.
This group is active as of 2006.
Latino Health Outreach Project (LHOP) - New Orleans, LA
This group was founded in 2005, and is very active as of 2006.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) New York City
Created in the early '60s to provide medical coverage for the civil rights workers in the south. MCHR became much more and created:
*the Mental Health Project which was responsible for changing the way patients were treated in MH facilities -among other actions one of our docs was responsible for bringing a local reporter named Geraldo Rivera into the back wards of Willobrook causing a major shakeup
*Prisoners Project which was responsible for framing the concept of basic medical rights for prisoners
*another project created the original Patients Bill of Rights
*others were involved in Industrial standards
*and the list goes on.
MCHR changed the face of medicine in the US and was responsible for many of the medical rights folks now take for granted. The Medical Presence Project (later to become the StreetMedics) started out as Dr.s RNs and Med students who up until 1968 (Chicago DNC ) wore white lab coats to demos. By '68 there were a bunch of us who were not comfortable with the elitist nature of the MPP and when i was elected as the NYC MCHR MPP director we (Annie,Doc, Laurie, Joe, Jan Stephanie, Jos, and others) changed; the name, who we recruited, the trainings (adding role plays for the first time and turning it into a two day ) got rid of the lab coats, and created MOfibA.
Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR) NYC; Medical Presence SubCommittee
Unlike street medic groups since the founding of Broome Street in 1967, this group was almost entirely licensed medical professionals (MDs, RNs, medical students). The group was very visible at actions because they wore white lab coats and stethescopes. They frequently argued with Broome Street over the latter's use of helmets in very violent demonstrations.
This group was formed in 1965. It is disbanded, but at least two of its medics (Annie and Doc) are active StreetMedic as of 2006.
Australia
Activist Medics Network - Melbourne(?)
NSW StreetMedics - Sydney
Trained with Colorado StreetMedics
Canada
Activist Health Collective of Ottawa (AHCO) - Ottowa, Ontario
This collective was active in 2003.
Urgence Manif - Quebec City, Quebec
(Official website.)
Germany
Sanitätsgruppe Südwest - Ludwigsburg, Köln
Formed in 1997 during preparation against a nuclear waste transport from the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant to Gorleben (Wendland). Runs mobile rescue teams, medic stations and a kitchen. Offers a wide variety of street medic training.
(Official website.)
Strassenmedizin - Berlin(?)
(Official website.)
Greece
Greek Street Med - Thessaloniki(?)
Active in 2003, 2006.
Trained by Amsterdam StreetMedics
The Netherlands
Amsterdam StreetMedics - Amsterdam
Founded in 2001 after a series of trainings by StreetMedics Trainers Group (Doc and Ari)
Mentioned on Colorado Street Medics member's web page.
United Kingdom
UK Action Medics - Manchester, England
(Official website.)
Glasgow StreetMedics - Glasgow, Scotland
Trained by Colorado StreetMedics.
Mentioned on Colorado StreetMedics member's web page.
Russia
St. Petersburg medics (?)
Trained by UK Action Medics group in 2006.
Moscow medics (?)
Trained by UK Action Medics group in 2006.
Ukraine
Kiev medics (?)
Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath is a writer in Malayalam. He published many well-studied articles in English and Malayalam. He was the student-chief editor the philosophical journal, Mathavum Chinthayum. The University of Kerla has selected for the Pre-Degree syllabus (Bhasha Thilakam - 1998) one of his articles, which he had written at the age of 22. He authored the books: Daivajanam - 1998, 2000, and Salvific Law - 2004, 2008.
Dr. Philip Chempakassery has reviewed the book Salvific Law in the following words, "Salvific Law is a precious book on law highlighting the fact that the law has a salvific nature. The author Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath, who is a specialist in Oriental Canon Law had his studies in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He publishes his research findings for the degree of Doctrate in Canonical studies in this volume. ...The author has written these pages after a hair-spliting perusal of all that has been written on the subject. This fact is proved by the long bibliography given at the end of the book. ...And he concludes that,"The supreme function of Canon Law is to help the Christian faithful to lead a life, which is oriented towards the ultimate communion with God."
Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath was born in 1969 to Pakalomattom Kuzhinapurath John Thomas and Annamma John at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He had his school education in Aryabharati High School, Omallur. He joined St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum in 1984. He was ordained priest for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in 1994. He Started the Malankara Catholic Mission Centre at Attingal, Kerala, India in 1995. He became the Chancellor of the Archieparchy of Trivandrum in 1996.
He took Masters Degree in Canon Law in 2000. In the same year he registered for Doctoral Research in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He Completed the Doctoral Research in August 2002.
He was the contact person of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church for the Great Jubilee 2000 Celebrations in Rome.
Fr. Kuzhinapurath established the first Malankara Catholic Community in Italy (of Bethany Sisters) at Montecchio in Reggio Emilia in 2000.
Dr. Philip Chempakassery has reviewed the book Salvific Law in the following words, "Salvific Law is a precious book on law highlighting the fact that the law has a salvific nature. The author Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath, who is a specialist in Oriental Canon Law had his studies in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He publishes his research findings for the degree of Doctrate in Canonical studies in this volume. ...The author has written these pages after a hair-spliting perusal of all that has been written on the subject. This fact is proved by the long bibliography given at the end of the book. ...And he concludes that,"The supreme function of Canon Law is to help the Christian faithful to lead a life, which is oriented towards the ultimate communion with God."
Fr. Thomas Kuzhinapurath was born in 1969 to Pakalomattom Kuzhinapurath John Thomas and Annamma John at Omallur in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala, India. He had his school education in Aryabharati High School, Omallur. He joined St. Aloysius Seminary, Trivandrum in 1984. He was ordained priest for the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church in 1994. He Started the Malankara Catholic Mission Centre at Attingal, Kerala, India in 1995. He became the Chancellor of the Archieparchy of Trivandrum in 1996.
He took Masters Degree in Canon Law in 2000. In the same year he registered for Doctoral Research in Pontifical Oriental Institute, Rome. He Completed the Doctoral Research in August 2002.
He was the contact person of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church for the Great Jubilee 2000 Celebrations in Rome.
Fr. Kuzhinapurath established the first Malankara Catholic Community in Italy (of Bethany Sisters) at Montecchio in Reggio Emilia in 2000.
Midnight Son is a controversial 2007 short film, written and directed by Adam Davenport and produced by Colin Neville. The film stars Jack Mulcahy, Melissa Leo, April Grace and David Harbour. It is the story of Edward Dagney, a mild-mannered professor from Long Island who leaves his wife one night to meet FUNXYZ90, a stranger from an Internet chatroom. The short film is the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmaker Award, an accolade shared by filmmakers Jared Hess and Steven Soderbegh on their first films (Napoleon Dynamite and sex, lies, and videotape).
Controversial Themes
The film has controversial themes, as its central character, Edward Dagney, is an online predator who manages to escape detection from local police authorities. After a near miss with two undercover detectives who had arranged to meet him under the pretense of being a fifteen-year-old boy, Edward returns home to his wife and goes back on the computer to prey on more adolescent children. The film has also been described as the antithesis of Dateline NBC 's To Catch a Predator series. There are also incest undertones, as a series of disturbing photographs in the final scenes imply that Edward may have also sexually abused his son in the past.
Controversial Themes
The film has controversial themes, as its central character, Edward Dagney, is an online predator who manages to escape detection from local police authorities. After a near miss with two undercover detectives who had arranged to meet him under the pretense of being a fifteen-year-old boy, Edward returns home to his wife and goes back on the computer to prey on more adolescent children. The film has also been described as the antithesis of Dateline NBC 's To Catch a Predator series. There are also incest undertones, as a series of disturbing photographs in the final scenes imply that Edward may have also sexually abused his son in the past.