With the ongoing rise in youth violence in our community, Highland Christian Center aims to take practical steps to reach our youth and change the narrative.
As Vaccine Rates in Black Community Stall, County and Faith Leaders Team Up Published: 27 July 2021
As the state reopens, public health officials and Black leaders are ramping up efforts to remind the BIPOC community that the pandemic is far from over, especially for them.
Interim Health Department Director at Multnomah County Ebony Clarke “In Oregon, only 74% of all adults over the age of 18 have received one dose of the vaccine,” Multnomah County Interim Health Department Director Ebony Clarke told
The Skanner. “When you break that down to the Black and indigenous communities, less than 50% of adults have received one dose of the vaccine.