It took some time to adjust, and even still, I wake up in the middle of the night because I do not remember where I am, Marley said. If I am honest, I am preparing for the worst to happen always. I m so used to being unsettled because everything in my life has been out of my control.
Marley, although a resident of Lakeland, was one of several people to speak at the April 12 Winter Haven City Commission meeting. The Polk Ecumenical Action Council for Empowerment, commonly known as PEACE, gathered speakers to call for more affordable housing in the city and a commitment from commissioners to allocate more funds toward the long-term issue.
Got trouble? Have faith, say residents of America’s most religious state
COVID-19 may shutter their sanctuaries, and tornadoes may destroy their homes. But for many Alabamians, their faith remains a mighty fortress.
The Ragan Chapel Methodist Church was destroyed in a series of tornadoes that swept through Ohatchee, Alabama, and killed five people on March 25, 2021. “With all the stuff going with COVID-19 you can get down, and maybe this was sent to pick our faith back up: people from all over the state and other states, people don’t even speak English and they’re helping,” said the church’s pastor Danny Poss.
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A line of cars snakes around First Missionary Baptist Church in Parkton, North Carolina a one stoplight town in Robeson County.
About 35 people have come on a Friday to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots, administered by trained nursing students from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Soon-to-be-graduating senior Antwanette Smith carefully puts an injection in her instructor Kathy McAllister s arm. I give her an A+ for the day, McAllister said afterwards.
A number of UNC System schools are helping facilitate clinics that are inoculating people in under-served communities. Federal funding has been funneled especially to the UNC System s historically minority-serving institutions, including its five HBCUs and UNC Pembroke, which was founded as a school for Native Americans.
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