AMITA Health gynecologist Riley Lloyd emphasized the importance of building Black community amid the pandemic Monday night.
“What helps our community is when we’re better neighbors,” Lloyd said. “We tend to run away from (mental health)…we’re going to have to reach out more and face those demons and bring people in.”
Lloyd was joined by four local Black medical professionals at the “Bridging the Gaps: Black Health and the COVID-19 Vaccine” event, hosted by Evanston’s Second Baptist Church (SBC) and AMITA Saint Francis Hospital Evanston.
SBC senior pastor Rev. Dr. Michael Nabors and Kenneth Jones, Saint Francis Hospital’s chief executive officer moderated a conversation about the state of COVID-19 and the role of the vaccine.