Besides having fun at the annual Spring Fling held Saturday on Prince Street, Pineville Concerned Citizens was encouraging nearby residents to attend the event and get vaccinated. I think it s time for us to come out, get the vaccination to be free of COVID, said Angelina Iles of Pineville Concerned Citizens. We re here as part of the Vaccine Equity Project, said Ben Nugent-Peterson, community organizer with Central Louisiana Interfaith and Together Louisiana.
The Vaccine Equity Project is a statewide initiative called Bring Back Louisiana that targets underserved communities with very low vaccination rates. Bring Back Louisiana takes the COVID-19 vaccines to those communities through targeted vaccine events and grassroots outreach.