Stories & Highlights View All How Arkansas Helped Protect Pacific Island Communities from COVID-19 While Arkansas may not immediately be associated with tropical Pacific Islands, it is home to more than 10,000 people from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) who moved to Arkansas to find jobs and settle down. May 19, 2023 More Details > Through Conversation, Community Finds Comfort and Clarity Constantina Mizis, founder, president and CEO of the Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA), lost her father to COVID-19 in November 2020. “He only needed four more months, four more months to live, and he would have received a vaccine,” Mizis said. “He did not have the opportunity to choose life." May 19, 2023 More Details > New York Organization Shines Light on Homelessness and COVID-19 People experiencing homelessness often face significant health challenges that can increase the risk of infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. May 19, 2023 More Details > Success at a Glance View All Success at a Glance Coming Together As One The New Age Services Corporation (NASC) achieved an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in their Chicago area communities by leveraging partnerships near and far. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter nearly 700 miles away in Atlanta helped connect organizations for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Chicago’s West Side in March of 2022. Even City of East Point, Georgia Councilmember, Karen Rene got involved and introduced NASC to the NAACP chapter on the... April 24, 2023 More Details > Success at a Glance Students Power Health Outreach in Connecticut Student community health workers (CHWs) powered the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) last summer by partnering with local organizations to host a health event at their local park in New Britain, Connecticut. The YWCA Youth Community Health Workers provided a mobile vaccination station, complete with services to help with housing insecurity, domestic violence, and drug abuse. Fourteen individuals were vaccinated during the event, and 250 back-to-school supply kits and gift... April 21, 2023 More Details > Success at a Glance Vaccines, Testing and Gifts, Oh My! From a community survey, the Eastside Community Network (ECN) learned that many people felt their community lacked quality providers. So ECN sprang into action, and hosted its first health fair in Detroit in November 2021, aiming to connect community members with healthcare insurance companies that offer access to credentialed providers in the community. April 21, 2023 More Details > Videos View All Kim's Bakery This video features Kimberly Hall, seven-time Food Network baking contender and owner of Signature Sweets Bakery in Shorewood, Wisconsin, talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why she chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World) October 24, 2022 More Details > Gee's Clippers This video features Gaulien “Gee” Smith, owner of the iconic Milwaukee barbershop Gee’s Clippers talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why he chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World) October 21, 2022 More Details > Eastside Community Network The Eastside Community Network in Detroit, Michigan recently held a wellness fair for their residents that included vaccine information, fitness, dance and cooking classes and information on vaccines and other health resources. Check out how this #LocalChangemaker is helping the Detroit community thrive! May 23, 2023 More Details >
How Arkansas Helped Protect Pacific Island Communities from COVID-19 While Arkansas may not immediately be associated with tropical Pacific Islands, it is home to more than 10,000 people from the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) who moved to Arkansas to find jobs and settle down. May 19, 2023 More Details >
Through Conversation, Community Finds Comfort and Clarity Constantina Mizis, founder, president and CEO of the Latino Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders Alliance (LAMDA), lost her father to COVID-19 in November 2020. “He only needed four more months, four more months to live, and he would have received a vaccine,” Mizis said. “He did not have the opportunity to choose life." May 19, 2023 More Details >
New York Organization Shines Light on Homelessness and COVID-19 People experiencing homelessness often face significant health challenges that can increase the risk of infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. May 19, 2023 More Details >
Success at a Glance Coming Together As One The New Age Services Corporation (NASC) achieved an increase in COVID-19 vaccinations in their Chicago area communities by leveraging partnerships near and far. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter nearly 700 miles away in Atlanta helped connect organizations for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Chicago’s West Side in March of 2022. Even City of East Point, Georgia Councilmember, Karen Rene got involved and introduced NASC to the NAACP chapter on the... April 24, 2023 More Details >
Success at a Glance Students Power Health Outreach in Connecticut Student community health workers (CHWs) powered the work of the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) last summer by partnering with local organizations to host a health event at their local park in New Britain, Connecticut. The YWCA Youth Community Health Workers provided a mobile vaccination station, complete with services to help with housing insecurity, domestic violence, and drug abuse. Fourteen individuals were vaccinated during the event, and 250 back-to-school supply kits and gift... April 21, 2023 More Details >
Success at a Glance Vaccines, Testing and Gifts, Oh My! From a community survey, the Eastside Community Network (ECN) learned that many people felt their community lacked quality providers. So ECN sprang into action, and hosted its first health fair in Detroit in November 2021, aiming to connect community members with healthcare insurance companies that offer access to credentialed providers in the community. April 21, 2023 More Details >
Kim's Bakery This video features Kimberly Hall, seven-time Food Network baking contender and owner of Signature Sweets Bakery in Shorewood, Wisconsin, talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why she chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World) October 24, 2022 More Details >
Gee's Clippers This video features Gaulien “Gee” Smith, owner of the iconic Milwaukee barbershop Gee’s Clippers talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why he chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World) October 21, 2022 More Details >
Eastside Community Network The Eastside Community Network in Detroit, Michigan recently held a wellness fair for their residents that included vaccine information, fitness, dance and cooking classes and information on vaccines and other health resources. Check out how this #LocalChangemaker is helping the Detroit community thrive! May 23, 2023 More Details >
