Kresge Foundation commits $2M to Detroit s COVID-19 vaccination effort
Detroit The Kresge Foundation is committing $2 million to bolster access to COVID-19 vaccines and support services in Detroit.
The foundation said Thursday it will direct half of the funding toward health equity efforts in Detroit through community health centers, neighborhood development groups and human service agencies. Kresge has committed the other $1 million to grants to support various organizations with vaccination efforts. Those will be awarded in the coming weeks.
“COVID-19 is not over, especially in Black and Brown communities, Wendy Lewis Jackson, managing director of the Kresge Foundation’s Detroit Program, said in a news release. Community organizations are telling us that there’s more to be done to get out the word in neighborhoods that vaccines are readily available, safe and save lives, and to help connect residents to them.
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DETROIT (March 11, 2021) - Henry Ford Cancer Institute is launching the Participatory Action for Access to Clinical Trials (PAACT) project to dramatically improve the representation of the African American community and other minorities in cancer clinical trials.
Supported by a $750,000 grant from Genentech, PAACT is a community-based research initiative in collaboration with the Detroit Community-Academic Urban Research Center (Detroit URC) that will address various barriers to trust and participation in clinical trials. Researchers and community partners will focus on clinical trials involving breast, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers, which are more likely to result in death for African Americans when compared to other racial and ethnic groups. The project
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It is a pleasure for Latino Press to interview in this first month of the year, a person who is an example for other hispanic women, because of her simplicity and life trajectory which inspires that they can always go further and fight for their goals and dreams; we are talking about Raquel Garcia, a resident of SW Detroit.
Raquel, since when did you come to SW Detroit to live and how was your adaptation to this city and to the cold winter?
I came to visit in 1992 and fell in love with Detroit. I applied to Wayne State University to see how many of my credits would transfer. The process was so easy and welcoming that it helped me make up my mind to stay. Adapting to winter was not so easy and I still struggle with the cold and darkness. I play a lot of mental games to get through the winter like how many walks can I take while there is still light or can I repot every plant I have before December. I stay outsi