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Several hundred people turned out on Nov. 18 to salute one of Dorchester’s most celebrated leaders of the last half-century: Jim Hunt, Jr., who officially retired this year as executive director of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. Hunt, 72, achieved hero status not just here in our neighborhood or in the Commonwealth, but also across the country for his
Trusted Messengers
On a chilly Sunday afternoon outside the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury, Rachael Williams greeted passersby with an offering of free masks, hand sanitizer and, if needed, baby food. The care packages served as an ice breaker so she could strike up a conversation with the person about getting vaccinated.
âSometimes people get a little scared or apprehensive because they think that this vaccine was rolled out overnight, Williams told GBH News. But it wasnât. It went through the same proper channels. It has been vetted, and it is safe,â .
Williams, a senior research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital who is African American, is considered a trusted messenger â a culturally competent person who volunteers to spread the word in communities less likely to get the vaccine.
Florian Hall has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site this week. Harbor Health photo
Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood.
It was stood-up under the guidance of the medical professionals from Harbor Health, which operates the nearby Neponset Daniel Driscoll Community Health Center, one of Dorchester’s critically important neighborhood medical facilities.
The clinic is getting logistical and staffing support from members of the National Guard’s 972nd Military Police Company in Reading and the state’s Medical Unit from Hanscom Air Base in Bedford. The Boston Firefighters Union Local 718, which owns Florian Hall, made it possible with some help from Rep. Daniel Hunt
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