Detroit now paying $50 to anyone who convinces someone to get a vaccine
By Jack Nissen
Detroit unveils Good Neighbor program paying residents to bring others for vaccines
Good Neighbors are limited to three vaccine recipients per car per trip, but can make as many trips as they like if they are able to identify more Detroiters to drive to their appointment.
The Good Neighbor program introduced last week will help boost vaccine rates in the city, the mayor said Wednesday.
Mike Duggan is banking on the idea people will be more convinced to get a shot if their friend tells them to rather than if an expert tells them to. Nobody wants to listen to Dr. Fauci or me or Gov. Whitmer tell them one more time to take the vaccine, he said earlier. But they will listen to their neighbors.
Metropolitan Community Churches was the first denomination to perform same-sex marriages (though they were not legally recognized at the time) and was at the forefront of LGBTQ rights battles. Started in 1968 by the Reverend Troy Perry, MCC at one time had two churches in San Francisco, and in 1974 its fifth annual conference was held in the city. The Bay Area Reporter s front page article (no date is listed) welcomed the confab and reported on local church officials preparing for the event. One of the goals of the conference, organizers said, was to show the straight community that LGBTQs were involved in many other activities besides fun and frivolity. To see the issue, click here.
I m a Pastor Who Runs a Pole Dancing School Diane Martin On 4/17/21 at 9:46 AM EDT
I was ordained in 2004 and I served as a pastor in a church within that denomination for four years. Then, a family crisis led to my husband and me moving from Wisconsin to Colorado, where our adult children lived.
I was then in-between churches and in an interesting, risk-taking place in my life. I wanted to try something outside-the-box, and, maybe because it was considered risque and unexpected, pole dancing appealed to me. It felt a little bit naughty. I was paralyzed for a whole summer when I was 14 with Guillain-Barre Syndrome. So, to have recovered to a point where I was even able to try pole dancing was beyond anything I could have imagined.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – For more than 50 years, FirstLink has provided their free confidential service available to anyone who needs it.
The service provides listening and support, referrals to resources and help, and crisis intervention. They answer the 211 helpline, which is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and communicates via the text line 898-211.
Jennifer Illich, Director of Helpline Operations, says they provide more than 5,000 resources for those who need them.
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – There has been a spike in suicides in the last two weeks in Stutsman County.
As suicide rates continue to climb in North Dakota, it’s important to know and share information that is available. FirstLink is a free, confidential service available to anyone. The service provides listening and support, referrals to resources and help, and crisis intervention. They answer the 211 helpline, which is the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and communicates via the text line 898-211.
“FirstLink provides these services across the entire state of North Dakota and parts of Minnesota,” Jennifer Illich, Director of Helpline Operations states. “Dial 2-1-1 or text your zip code to 898-211 from anywhere in our service area for confidential help and support.”