Bishop Omar Jahwar honored as community leader after his death from COVID-19 complications
The 47-year-old activist and mentor drew on his own history as a troubled teen to create a nonprofit group that helped curb gang violence in Dallas for over 20 years.
Pastor Omar Jahwar, a prominent city leader and gang interventionist, addressed students at a 2019 workshop on ways to cope with threats of mass violence in schools. Jahwar died March 11 of complications related to COVID-19.(David Woo / Staff Photographer)
Omar Jahwar, a community leader who died last Thursday of complications related to COVID-19, will be remembered this weekend at a memorial service and celebration of life.
People are still processing the news from Governor Greg Abbott and trying to figure out what lifted restrictions look like in their businesses, classrooms and.
The study went on for 40 years before it was made public in the 1970’s.
Price said this situation is entirely different. Everyone is receiving the same treatment, regardless of race. And vaccinations are necessary to protect everyone.
“This is about a community. You can t deal with herd immunity if in fact you are going to be part of the hold out,” Price said. “You owe it to the family to get yourself inoculated so we as a community, not just your personal community, but we as a community are better.” Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price received his COVID-19 vaccination Monday morning and is in high hopes doing so will encourage others in Black and minority communities to do the same thing.
Commissioner John Wiley Price took a public stance Monday, urging residents across some of the most vulnerable minority communities to consider getting the vaccine.
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