The initiative is part of Mayor Hector Lora’s push for minority communities to get the vaccines as soon as eligibility and supply allow.
Lora, who holds monthly roundtables with the region s clergy, reached out to religious leadership in hopes they would inspire their congregations by example.
Lora figured their flocks would be more responsive to clergy than to messages of encouragement issued by the government. It is very different, Lora said. These are people who they have a relationship with. They are the person who baptized their child.
Baskerville said he would be taking the message to his congregation Thursday night that the vaccine is not only safe but needed.