PRESS ROOM: Leading CEOs Champion Equity for the Black Community in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines
Led by a diverse group of Black CEOs, this initiative gathers resources from respected and trusted community and business leaders, health professionals and public officials to ensure that accurate and transparent information about the COVID-19 vaccine is available to Black Americans. Our country’s long history of unethical medical practices in the Black community has increased distrust around medical science and may contribute to hesitancy among Black Americans to take the vaccine.
BLM Launches Survival Fund Amid Federal COVID-19 Relief Wait
By AARON MORRISON, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) _ The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is formally expanding a $3 million financial relief fund...
White Person Who Jumped Vaccine Line in Black Area Shares Their Story
Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media
On Feb. 22, a White Pasadena resident says “they” received an e-mail from a friend containing access codes...
New State Vaccine Push Focuses On K-12 Education Workers
By Bo Tefu | California Black Media
Sprawling parking lots at California State University Los Angeles and Oakland-Alameda Coliseum in “Oaktown” are two locations in...
Billions in New COVID Relief: From $600 Stimulus Checks to Black-Run Vaccine Sites
Bo Tefu | California Black Media
On Sunday, Gov. Newsom visited Faithful Central Bible Church in Inglewood, a predominantly Black congregation that serves its local...
