Hood River Elks Lodge 1507 selected Erandy Galindo (at left) and Alondra Mendoza as Students of the Month for October 2023. Both are seniors at Hood River Valley High School.
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Farmworker Francisco Quintana, left, receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a County of Santa Clara mobile vaccination clinic at Monterey Mushrooms, an agricultural employer under the United Farm Workers union contract, amid the coronavirus pandemic in Morgan Hill, California, March 3, 2021. Credit:
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As COVID-19 vaccine rollouts continue across the US, grassroots organizations are fighting not only vaccine access inequities but also misinformation and skepticism among immigrant groups and communities of color.
Luz Gallegos, executive director of TODEC Legal Center, an immigrant rights group, said the nonprofit has been engaging with the farmworker community to provide vaccine education in Southern California’s Inland Empire and Coachella Valley since last year.