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Fighting distrust among Black people in Syracuse over Covid vaccine: 'Be an example'


Fighting distrust among Black people in Syracuse over Covid vaccine: ‘Be an example’
Syracuse.com
2/22/2021
Patrick Lohmann, syracuse.com
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Onondaga County workers administer coronavirus vaccinations at the Boys & Girls Club of Syracuse Thursday, February 18, 2021.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Juanita Nelson beamed as she stepped out of the People’s AME Zion church, having just received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
“I didn’t even feel it,” Nelson, a Black woman in her 80s, said of the needle entering her arm.
She and others interviewed at the church last week expressed relief, a sense of finally feeling protected against a virus that has killed many of their peers. ....

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Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens reflects on being first African American woman to hold position


Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens reflects on being first African American woman to hold position
This Black History Month, we re celebrating individuals who are making history and paving a way forward, like Monique Owens.
and last updated 2021-02-05 16:17:53-05
(WXYZ) — This Black History Month, we re celebrating individuals who are making history and paving a way forward, like Monique Owens.
Owens, 36, took the oath of office in 2019 to become the first African American woman elected mayor of Eastpointe.
It s a position that comes with great pride for Mayor Owens and an incredible amount of responsibility.
I didn t grow up in politics; I didn t know a councilperson, I didn t know a mayor, said Mayor Owens. I grew up and I saw things that I wanted to change in my community. I didn t know how to do that. ....

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