New effort launched to raise vaccination awareness among African Americans in metro Detroit
There s a newly-launched campaign to increase vaccination awareness in metro Detroit among African American residents.
Posted at 6:31 PM, Aug 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-08-03 05:44:56-04
(WXYZ) â There s a newly-launched campaign to increase vaccination awareness in metro Detroit among African American residents.
The effort is being led by Dr. Steve Bland Jr. of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and vicinity and he s joining us to talk about it the 7 UpFront segment.
You can see the full interview in the video player above. We ve taken 50 of our churches and, even though we ve done pop-up clinics in the city, we re now every week having a clinic open in every community where our churches are located all the way up and through the end of 6 weeks, that we might be able to push back against this viral spread and help people to know that they can have a safe place that th
DETROIT â After facing criticism from some in the Arab American community, Dearborn Police Chief Ronald Haddad has apologized for liking a Facebook post that showed support for Israel. In his apology, Haddad also called for a free Palestine.
Earlier this month, Haddad liked a May 11 Facebook post of a police officer in another department who had updated his profile photo with a banner that read: I Stand With Israel with an Israeli flag in a heart symbol. The banner also said AJC, which refers to the American Jewish Committee, an advocacy group that promoted the Facebook logo for advocates of Israel.