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‘Lift Every Voice’ toward racial justice
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
By Beth Thames | bethmthames@gmail.com
This is the story of two Baptist churches one Black and one white. It’s the story of a friendship that started with a funeral and continued for 36 years.
In 1985, a white family at First Baptist Church on Governors Drive asked a Black pastor at First Missionary Baptist on Blue Springs Road to join their pastor and conduct a funeral for one of their members. He said yes. What happened after that was the linking of two prominent churches, two prominent pastors, and the beginning of a partnership.
State Health Dept. offering grants to help vaccination of minority groups
Vaccinating minorities in Alabama By Caroline Klapp | February 8, 2021 at 10:37 PM CST - Updated February 8 at 11:24 PM
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Reaching as many Alabamians as possible is what health officials say it’s going to take to reach heard immunity.
That includes all populations of people.
Mary Elizabeth Marr, CEO of Thrive Alabama, says she wants to help vaccinate as many minorities as possible.
“Underserved populations are just not getting themselves in to get vaccinated,” Marr said.
Thrive Alabama Clinic is in the process of submitting its application for a state grant to fund its vaccination efforts.