Our Latest Covid Vaccination Event

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On Sunday, May 30, the Humanity Project held another Covid vaccination event. This time, we worked with parishioners and walk-ins at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Pompano Beach, Florida. It was a success, as you can see from some of the photos taken that day.

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Before this, we set up a large event at the local Pride Center, which offers services to the LGBTQ community. And we have worked for months on distributing information to promote Covid vaccine equity among LGBTQ, African American and other underrepresented communities that may not receive the vaccine at rates experienced by other populations. Our wonderful major sponsor, Our Fund Foundation, helped support this work with a generous grant to the Humanity Project.

Though the pandemic is waning in this country, it seems, the Humanity Project remains committed to vaccine equity — and we continue to strive toward that goal. Our motto, afterall, is, “Equality For Each, Respect For All.” We believe that a worldwide health crisis creates many glaring inequalities. Our mission requires us to do what we can to help correct this imbalance.

Progress Against Pandemic

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With our partners at Our Fund Foundation, the Humanity Project is making a dent in the pandemic. Obviously, a very small dent … this is a global problem requiring the efforts of millions worldwide. But yes, we have some progress to report — an issue we’re tackling to improve Covid vaccine equity in underrepresented populations.

First, we’ve been successful in setting up some vaccination events. The Pride Center, an LGBTQ agency in South Florida, injected some 600 people with Covid vaccine in April as a direct result of the Humanity Project’s efforts with the State of Florida and Broward County. With big thanks to Humanity Project Board member, Bob LaMendola, for making this important event possible! Also, we will hold another such event on May 30 at Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Pompano Beach, Florida and at least one other is likely in the near future. We’ll keep you posted.

In conjunction with the diverse coalition we launched in January called the Diversity Unity Coalition, the Humanity Project also has distributed nearly 1,000 Covid informational cards all around South Florida. This includes giving out the cards at community events such as food distributions — the picture above came from one such food giveaway in April. Thanks to our good friends Andrew Leone and Todd Delmay for helping with that effort.

With plenty of vaccine finally available around the U.S., our work on this issue now focuses especially on Covid vaccine education as we encourage everyone to take their turn and roll up their sleeves. As you probably know, this pandemic won’t end until we reach a level of herd immunity — and that means at least 75-80% of us must be vaccinated. We’re nowhere near that figure now. We hope you’ll do your part. Get vaccinated if you haven’t, please. And if you have, encourage your friends and family to do so. As they say, we’re all in this together.

Covid Vaccine Equity

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What does, “Equality For Each, Respect For All” mean in this time of Covid? Is anything different during a pandemic as we strive to realize these ideals?

The Humanity Project believes the answer is yes. And so we have expanded our work to include Covid vaccine equity — doing our part to make sure underrepresented communities have equal access to these lifesaving vaccines and also fully understand the value and safety of the vaccines. In this effort we have joined the national Ad Council’s Covid Collaborative, which combats Covid vaccine hesitancy, especially in African American and Latino communities. We also are working on our own to set up vaccination events at local churches, community centers and other places that folks congregate.

We’re aided in this important work in two ways: First, our great Humanity Project sponsor, Our Fund, has awarded an additional grant to help fund our vaccine equity effort in the LGBTQ community, with an emphasis on LGBTQ communities of color. Second, the Humanity Project is leading a coalition of individuals who hail from a wide variety of backgrounds, forming the new “Diversity Unity Coalition.” We are liberal and conservative, Black, Brown and White, Muslim and Jewish and Christian and agnostic — and we include pastors, nonprofit leaders, businesspeople, university professors and more. The Diversity Unity Coalition grew out of a virtual panel discussion the Humanity Project held on January 23, three days after the new Biden Administration called for national unity. Our discussion hosted by the Broward library system was named, “Seeking Common Ground” … and indeed we did find common ground. This conversation has turned into action by focusing our coalition’s efforts initially on Covid vaccine equity.

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The Humanity Project is proud to play our part in this vital broadbased initiative to crush the pandemic through national, and worldwide, Covid vaccination. Science again has given us the tools to improve human life. Now it’s up to the rest of us to take those tools and use them effectively … and fairly. “Equality For Each, Respect For All” must include equal access to Covid vaccines. And an equal willingness to receive the shots based on accurate information. You’ll find that information at this website: GetVaccineAnswers.org … We hope you’ll share the link with friends and family and colleagues. It’s up-to-date and CDC-approved. The more of us who get vaccinated, the faster we can put the Covid pandemic behind us at last.