Members from the Charlottesville Clergy Collective, the African American Pastors Council, and UVA’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes came together for an interfaith prayer vigil honoring those lost to gun violence this year.
UVA Health physician is blasting the COVID-19 vaccine phase rollout as racist
UVA Physician Blasts Rollout WVIR By Daniel Grimes | March 10, 2021 at 6:02 PM EST - Updated March 10 at 6:02 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) -A University of Virginia Health physician is blasting the state COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Dr. Ebony Hilton, a physician at UVA Health, says when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, Black and brown communities are being denied access due to the phaseâs rollout structure put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Virginia Department of Health.
âBlack people in every single age category have higher death rates for COVID-19, higher infection rates for COVID-19, higher hospitalization rates for COVID-19. When you look at phase 1A itâs healthcare workers, of which 60% are white. Phase 1A was also nursing home residents, of which 78% of all nursing home residents are white,â Hilton said.
Slave Auction Block Vigil honors the lives on enslaved laborers sold at Court Square Sign remembering the enslaved people who were sold in Historic Court Square. (Source: WVIR) By Elizabeth Holmes | February 28, 2021 at 8:03 PM EST - Updated February 28 at 8:03 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Community members, clergy and educators came together in-person and virtually to honor the lives of Black enslaved laborers sold at Historic Court Square in downtown Charlottesville this afternoon.
The annual “Slave Auction Block Vigil,” reflected on the area’s traumatic past, as ancestors of the enslaved laborers auctioned off at the site in the 1800s remembered their past through song, prayer, and ritual.