"People look at their pastors, look at the churches, their church families as ways of supporting their community," said Tiki Dixon, a pastor at Oak Grove AME Zion Church. "Once those churches say 'yes, we'll do it,' that flows down through the community."
Plus, Dr. Finch said they were intentional about some of the volunteers they recruited.
"We're building trust by going into the community and having people that are doing the needle in the arm that look like us," she said. "If we create trusted messengers across the city and across the state, then we can move the needle way on the other side of people getting their vaccinations."