Dr. Wanda Boone said it s all about messaging, images and facts. If we as Black people don t see ourselves in the information that s being produced and handed out, then it doesn t seem like we re a part of what s going on, Dr. Boone said, who did a play-by-play of what she felt like after getting the vaccine this past weekend.
After she documented her mostly positive experience, she said people wrote her to say they d be signing up for the vaccine as well.
Dr. Boone heads up the nonprofit Together for Resilient Youth, which helps prevent substance abuse young people. Lately they ve partnered with state health officials and Duke University to reach underserved communities to help with things like rent, food and even COVID-19 kits.