daup h i n cm s .org Features You CAN Support Black Lives and Blue Lives By ALYSON RICH, MS2, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 24 Fall 2020 Central PA Medicine very day, I see people arguing in favor of either the Black Lives Matter or Blue Lives Matter movements as if they are mutually exclusive. That is simply not true-you do not have to choose between supporting the Black members of our society and the brave people in uniform who keep us safe. Notice how I specified that the first responder must be keeping us safe? That means that they have to be doing their job well for everyone, including people of color. I know that you can support Blue Lives and Black Lives at the same time because I worked as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) on ambulances in the Greater Detroit area during a gap year between finishing undergrad at the University of Michigan and starting at Penn State University College of Medicine. For those of you who have not worn the uniform, here is some context.... Ehttp://www.dauphincms.org