Our History
UMMA was established initially as a student organization based at UCLA by medical and graduate students at UCLA and Charles R. Drew University with the purpose of establishing a clinic.
UMMA is not a religious organization. Rather, it was conceived as a vehicle for the Muslim American community, as well as people of all backgrounds, to provide community service to the public at large. It sought to do this by collaborating with other institutions and organizations. The group of students garnered the administrative and logistical support of the UCLA and Drew schools of medicine as well as LA City Councilperson Rita Walters. The clinic has now been operational since 1996.
Located in the heart of South Central Los Angeles, the clinic serves an impoverished but culturally rich population comprised of 73% Latinos and 25% African-Americans. The clinic serves the unemployed, working poor who do not receive insurance or qualifiy for Medi-Cal, and the homeless. It is one of the poorest and most medically underserved areas of the region. | 
