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MiGen wanted to increase vaccine confidence among the older LGBTQ+ community in metro Detroit, so they created a fun summer ad campaign. With cheeky slogans and a focus on how vaccination can bring people together, they gave people a reason to smile and take care of their health.

When OLA of Eastern Long Island noticed that their vaccine flyers were being ignored and even thrown away, they used creative messaging to reach more people in their working-class Latino community. They found new ways to downsize their campaign materials while expanding their vaccine outreach.

During the pandemic, many clinics across Mississippi closed. To provide greater access to health services, including vaccine information and access, the non-profit My Brother's Keeper/Open Arms took their mobile health unit (which is housed in a huge 18-foot trailer!) on the road.

The Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley serves families in a fast-growing region of eastern Pennsylvania that includes the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. With help from the Valley's three local mayors, they created a successful media campaign that challenged myths about vaccines.

Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center welcomed thousands of people from the Washington, D.C. metro area into their mosque for vaccination clinics. They provided people with accurate vaccine information in multiple languages, and trusted community and faith leaders were also on hand to share their own reasons for getting vaccinated.

Latino immigrants in Los Angeles who are day laborers often cannot afford to take time away from searching for jobs to tend to their own health needs. The Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) found new ways to bring critical health information and vaccines directly to this community.

On a street corner. In an abandoned parking lot. Wherever care is needed in Houston, TX, Civic Heart Community Services is there. Civic Heart uses their mobile unit to provide health services, and vaccine education and outreach in neighborhoods where access to healthcare is limited or nonexistent.

Vaccine confidence was in style as Beacon Charitable Pharmacy in Canton, Ohio hosted a unique YouTube livestream vaccine event at four local Black-owned beauty salons and barber shops. Beacon partnered with barbers, stylists, nurses and community leaders for the 4-hour broadcast. They answered questions, provided vaccine information, and kept the haircuts and community health conversation flowing.

Community Trailblazer: Jada Davis; Cancer Justice Network"You have to have the care and concern for people." As a health navigator for Cancer Justice Network in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jada Davis advocates for people who are overlooked, forgotten about, and counted out. She makes sure they have the health care support and services they need. Jada also knows how painful it is to lose someone to COVID-19, and this has inspired her to share her story and help more people get protected through vaccination...