Presider Vice President, National Program and Outreach
FASKIANOS: Thank you. Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Social Justice and Foreign Policy webinar series hosted by the Religion and Foreign Policy Program. I m Irina Faskianos, vice president for the National Program and Outreach at CFR. As a reminder, today s webinar is on the record and the audio, video, and transcript will be available on our website, CFR.org, and on our iTunes podcast channel,
Religion and Foreign Policy. As always, CFR takes no institutional positions on matters of policy. We re delighted to have Dr. J. Nadine Gracia and Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo with us to discuss COVID-19 and domestic equity. I ve shared their bios with you so I ll just give you a few highlights.
Covid-19 is devastating communities of color. Can vaccines counter racial inequity?
Isaac Stanley-Becker and Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post
Dec. 18, 2020
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1of5In Haywood County, Tenn., which includes downtown Brownsville, the covid-19 fatality rate is 50 percent higher than the state average.Photo by William DeShazer for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
2of5The Haywood Park Community Hospital in Brownsville, Tenn., has been closed for more than six years, forcing Haywood County residents to seek covid-19 treatment in Jackson, Tenn., or in Memphis. There are plans to reopen the hospital.Photo by William DeShazer for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less
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