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Black ministers are working to bridge worship and service to address COVID-19 disparities in their communities salarshani@businessinsider.com (Sarah Al-Arshani) © Octavio Jones/Getty Images Bible-Based Fellowship Church partnered with the Pasco County Health Department, and Army National Guard to assist residents who are 65 and older to administer the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on February 13, 2021 in Tampa, Florida. Octavio Jones/Getty Images Black clergy are working to addres...

Octavio Jones/Getty Images Some are hosting vaccination clinics at their churches to help expand access.  So far, only 7% of those who have been vaccinated are Black, compared to 65% who are white.  Black clergy members across the US are filling in the gap of COVID-19 care by hosting testing and vaccination clinics.  Black Americans have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, with adults more than twice as likely to die from the virus. However, clergy mem...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- United Way of New York City (UWNYC) today officially announced the Together We Thrive: Black Business Network, a broad coalition of government, nonprofit, and corporate partners to support Black-owned businesses in New York City. Major partners of Together We Thrive include the New York Forward Loan Fund, Hester Street, Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi), Greater Jamaica Development Corporation, New York Immigrati...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the disproportionate and devastating impact COVID-19 has had on Black communities and other underserved communities of color, the first of many "Choose Healthy Life" COVID-19 testing, vaccine awareness and education events took place at the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, January 25 th. At the event Reverend Al Sharpton and Reverend Jacques DeGraff were tested to demonstrate the continue...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of the nations leading Black clergy led by Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III kicked off its nationwide Choose Healthy Life (CHL) initiative yesterday to address health disparities in the Black community through the Black Church by hosting its first COVID-19 testing event at historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, N.Y. The Choose Healthy Life Action Plan will provide services including COVID...

SHARE: A certain amount of faith is required when venturing into the unknown. This is especially true when it comes to new medical advancements.  Luckily, Sandra Lindsay, an intensive care nurse at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, had faith in science on Dec. 14, the day she became the first person to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the U.S. (She received her second and final vaccine dose a little over three weeks later.) “It is rooted in science, I trust science, and the a...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, one year after the last MLK Day saw the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the United States, Choose Healthy Life, led by Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III, will host the Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy Conclave, a convening of 100+ Black clergy, Americas leading public health officials, corporate and scientific leaders to step into the breach and address COVID-19 in t...

Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Choose Healthy Life Black Clergy Action Plan, a group of the nations leading Black clergy led by Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Calvin O. Butts, III, convened a meeting yesterday with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and other top doctors including the National Medical Association to address racial health disparities, fighting COVID-19 in the Black community and th...

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im talking about our commitment to education with starbucks. and weve spent time in schools across the country from new orleans to tampa, florida, to los angeles. and now this morning, we shine a light on to another great success story in american education. this is the bronx charter school for excellence. we love it. >> this school is among the highest-ranking k-8 schools in all of new york state. and the fifth grade class sits atop all new york city schools. >> is there a teacher her...