Times Leader Staff Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio The state held the first of four planned virtual town hall meetings Monday to answer questions about vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic and to encourage people to get the shots.
The first town hall at coronavirus.ohio.gov, directed to ward African American Ohioans, included Black medical professionals, advocates and representatives of the faith communities who spoke with the goal of assuring viewers of the vaccine’s safety.
Panelists began by acknowledging the mistrust many in the African American community have for government programs related to health care, mentioning the Tuskegee Experiments of the 1930s through the 1970s that involved secretly withholding treatment for syphilis. Speakers added that African American professionals were involved in the development of the vaccine and that 10 percent of the study group of 4,400 and 3,000 people for the Pfizer BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, respectively, were composed of African Americans
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Show Transcript MURDER, IT IS A STAIN THAT IS HARD TO IGNORE. WHEN MOB RULE STARTS TO TAKE OVER, THINGS HAPPEN. IT HAS BEEN TALKING TO OUR SOULS. IT HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING ON MANY LEVELS. COURTIS: THE STATE OF JANUARY 6, IS AS MUCH ABOUT WHAT WAS DONE AS WHAT WAS NOT DONE. IT WAS EXPRESSLY PLANNED TO DISRUPT THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. YET THERE WAS NO LAW ENFORCEMENT PLAN. THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD USE OF FORCE. COURTIS: REWIND TO THE SUMMER OF 2020, AFTER THE POLICE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD IGNITED A WAVE OF PROTESTS. BLACK LIVES MATTER CHANTS WERE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD. OVER THE SUMMER, WE SAW HUNDREDS OF POLICE OFFICERS, MOSTLY IN RIOT GEAR, SHOW UP TO BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTS. COURTIS: COMPARE THAT TO THE CAPITAL CAST THIS WEEK. SOME SAY THE DIFFERENCE IN RESPONSE I
Black business owners see opportunity at Avondale Town Center
54 percent of retailers are Black-owned
Black business owners see opportunity at Avondale Town Center
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Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, signs of growth continue within Avondale Town Center on Reading Road, where commercial tenants are moving ahead with opening new businesses.
âWe are at a 63 percent occupancy rate for signed leases,â said Reginald Harris, director of community life for The Community Builders, the developer and property management company overseeing the Avondale Town Center redevelopment.
The largest open space is 15,000 square feet, which will be split between a much-needed grocery store option and the Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio s new Center for Social Justice. Now, several prime commercial spaces facing Reading Road are under lease, and a majority of new establishments are owned by African Americans.