In 2020 and 2021 I volunteered as a protest medic in Columbus, Ohio during the Black Lives Matter movement after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. I worked with a team of medics including nurses, firefighters, EMTs, and paramedics.

I learned a lot about how to organize, marshal, provide safety for, and medic protests during that time. I have been in the thick of things when things get spicy. I’ve helped many people recover from police brutality at protests, and I have seen my fair share of brutality at the hands of the police on protesters. Things were so bad in Columbus in 2020 that we had to get a federal injunction against the city, and we won. You can read the judgment yourself. We made history.

There is a lot of misinformation out there on how to organize protests, how to keep them safe, and what your rights are. You have a first amendment right to peaceable assembly. You have the right to protest. This right is inalienable – meaning that it cannot be taken away. This page will serve as my “school” to teach you how to resist legally, ethically and responsibly. I call it “resistance school” and it contains 6 short courses:

• Course 000 - Understanding Propaganda, Social Manipulation, and Control
• Course 100 - Protest Foundations: Health, Safety, and Security
• Course 200 - First Responder Training (required for protest medic training)
• Course 300 - Intermediate Emergency Medicine (required for protest medic training)
• Course 400 - Advanced Emergency Medicine (important advanced skills, optional training)
• Course 500 - Protest, “Street” & Community Medicine

There is a lot of misinformation out there. A lot of myths. But these sources of information are sources I have personally verified, and which through my own training and certification and work in social activism I have also come to believe to be the right approaches.

It is important that you remain committed to non-violence while protesting. Remember that "Good Trouble" has the word "Good" in it. Be good. Do good. Act with positive intent, express yourself peacefully, and follow the law.

If you decide to engage in protest medicine, please get certified and do not act beyond your level of skill.