Share a book with Pitt Public Health through our One Book, One Community program featuring American Sirens: The Incredible Story of the Black Men Who Became America's First Paramedics by journalist and paramedic Kevin Hazzard.
Read the book, discuss it with your colleagues and classmates, and learn more through our associated events and resources.
We invite the entire Pitt Public Health community to share in reading the amazing story of the young, undereducated Black men in Pittsburgh, PA who forged a new frontier of health care.
On February 10 at 12:30 p.m., the entire Pitt Public Health community is invited to join the Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee for spring term's installment of Coffee and Conversations which will be a book group-like discussion on American Sirens.
Playwright L.E. McCullough will be join the discussion.
On February 10 at 6 p.m., the Mount Washington Branch will host a hybrid book discussion on American Sirens. Learn more and register
The play runs until February 1, so you still have a few chances to catch it. Purchase tickets
The play was fantastic and we enjoyed an informal meet up for those that were interested, joined by Sheldon Williams, assistant professor of emergency medicine and Mayor O'Connor's nominee for Department of Public Safety. Williams also studied under John Moon.
A few photos (Flickr) from the event.
Contact us if you have ideas for other resources or if you're an alum that wants to get involved.
Read a summary of the development of Freedom House plus a few relevant archives from the Heinz History Center.
Nobody had seen ambulance attendants like these before. Read a 2004 article from the archives of PITTMED magazine.
The story of Freedom House from the Health Sciences Library System archives.
The Theiss Center is the cornerstone of early childhood mental health services at UPMC Western Behavioral Health. Read about the legacy of Freedom House from their perspective.
Reach out to us with questions or with ideas for engagement and resources during our academic year with American Sirens.
