Advocates hoping to get more members of minority communities vaccinated VIDEO: Advocates hoping to get more members of minority communities vaccinated By Nick Reagan | April 27, 2021 at 7:05 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 7:23 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As demand for vaccines slows down, advocates are pushing to getting hesitant pockets of communities to sign up for a shot. The push is strongest in communities of color where the coronavirus has proven to hit the hardest. Marvella Ford, Ph.D., is a member of the Black Faculty Group at MUSC. They have teamed up with the Hispanic/Latino Faculty Group to combat vaccine hesitancy in their respective communities.