By Rob Sussman
Apr 25, 2021 11:01 AM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) When it comes to getting the Covid-19 vaccine , Nichole Gladney with Ascension Health believes nothing should get in the way of people who want one. Especially for minority groups who have been hit by the pandemic.
“Those who are interested in being vaccinated should have opportunities to get vaccinated and this is another access point,” said Gladney.
One of the issues trying to be addressed now is vaccine accessibility. Which is why the Long Cheng Community Center hosted a clinic here in Appleton for the Hmong Community.
“They can walk in, go to a place where they are comfortable familiar and walk in and get a shot rather than go somewhere else where they have a hard time to register,” said Long Vue the Executive Director for Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Association.
RACINE â Claudia Garcia speaks perfect Spanish from behind the welcome desk, giving directions to a man wearing a polo shirt decorated with lobsters in the lobby of Health Care Network Inc., 500 Wisconsin Ave.
A sign at Health Care Network, 500 Wisconsin Ave., in Spanish advises those in the lobby that the nonprofit offers free consultations with immigration attorneys and for financial counseling to those who ask. ADAM ROGAN,
The crustacean-appreciator followed Garciaâs directions. Moments after he disappeared into an exam room with medical professionals from Ascension Wisconsin, another woman slowly made her way inside, leaning on a cane while wearing a plain black mask. Another Health Care Network staffer welcomed her, answering a question in Spanish as she helped the woman fill out paperwork to get vaccinated.
Nichole Gladney, Keolis North America; Paul Comfort, Trapeze Group America (center); and Andrew McGrath, BAI Communications
Keolis North America has hired a Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Trapeze Group America has promoted a well-known transit advocate to Chief Customer Officer; and BAI Communications has appointed a Global Chief Commercial Officer.
Nichole Gladney is the new Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for public transit operator Keolis, which has contracts with agencies such as MBTA Commuter Rail. With 13 years of DEI programming experience, Gladney has worked to increase awareness and communication, improve representation and retention, and drive accountability through leadership positions at Kraft Heinz and Ahold Delhaize as well as with nonprofits, academia and the public sector.