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Helping a community navigate historical concerns A vaccination event at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago (Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski / Reuters) For many, the isolation, grief, and anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic seem to be nearing an end. Three vaccines have been tested and approved and are now being widely distributed. Vaccine hesitancy, however, remains an issue—and in the African American community in particular. In a November survey by the Pew Research Center, only 42 percent of Black respondents said they were likely to get vaccinated, compared to 60...

Our Best Shot: Communities of color face unique vaccination fears But a number of welcome initiatives are underway to address hesitancy.  By EDITORIAL BOARD, Star Tribune April 3, 2021 — 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink: For a variety of reasons, some Minnesotans of color are especially hesitant about getting COVID-19 vaccinations. Within Asian, Black, Hispanic and Indigenous communities, suspicion of government can be a barrier. Rumors and misinformation about side effects and other potential risks persist, and even for those see...

1:05 KLCC's Tiffany Eckert reports why and how Lane County is targeting strategies to get members of the BIPOC population vaccinated against COVID-19. Latinx and Black people are dying from COVID-19 at 3.5 times the rate of white people, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Credit Unsplash with Tamas Tuzes-Katai Ola Adeniji is the BIPOC Communications Liaison with Lane County Public Health. She said for people of color-- time, trust and technology have been contributing factors to mistrust of government organizations. Stories of the Tuskegee Study on Black Americans are only a few genera...

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier with both beginner-level and advanced analysis.  But if even those podcasts and the helpful Legends recaps leave you wanting more, feel free to start out by learning the basics. We’ll start with neither Falcon nor the Winter Soldier, but the reason these two know each other at all:  Who Is Steve Rogers? You really are new, aren’t you? We’ll keep this brief! Steve Rogers ( Chris Evans) was a skinny kid from Brooklyn who, in the 1940s, was desperate to fight for his country. But he was too small. Look how small he is! 

COVID-19 exposes inequities dating back to redlining era The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequities within the health care system, but inequities in health and wealth date back generations. Author: Taylor Weiter, Dennis Ting Published: 6:51 PM EDT March 16, 2021 Updated: 11:28 PM EDT March 16, 2021 LOUISVILLE, Ky. — While Hikes Point and Parkland are separated by just 10 miles, the experiences of people growing up in those neighborhoods can feel worlds apart. A real estate attorney who works with nonprofits like Habitat for Humanity and the ...