Dr. Hasan Gokal says he faced an impossible situation in late December when 10 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine started to expire. A vial had already been opened, leaving him.
GRAAHI appoints 17-member advisory council
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The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is now aided by a consultative council intent on growing the nonprofit organization in fighting racial and ethnic health care disparities in West Michigan.
CEO Vanessa Greene formed a group of 17 people to GRAAHI’s newly formed advisory council. The diverse group is drawn from all sectors to tackle deeply rooted issues in the local Black and Latinx communities to achieve healthier outcomes, she said.
The advisory council is chaired by Ken James, director of inclusion for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, and Leon Hendrix, communications lead for Spectrum Health.
THE common plant-name ‘primrose’ is derived from the Latin ‘prima rosa’ – meaning the ‘first rose’. Appearing as early as December and lasting right through the spring until May, it is a tough little perennial that can cope with most habitats. While it often appears in open woods and shaded hedgerows, it favours damp ground (particularly alongside running streams). You will also see patches of it in meadows and it was once so prolific in those areas that it was also known as the field primrose. Sometimes it even lent its name to parcels of agricultural land and the 1843 Tithe Award for Maldon reveals one such example.
THE common plant-name ‘primrose’ is derived from the Latin ‘prima rosa’ – meaning the ‘first rose’. Appearing as early as December and lasting right through the spring until May, it is a tough little perennial that can cope with most habitats. While it often appears in open woods and shaded hedgerows, it favours damp ground (particularly alongside running streams). You will also see patches of it in meadows and it was once so prolific in those areas that it was also known as the field primrose. Sometimes it even lent its name to parcels of agricultural land and the 1843 Tithe Award for Maldon reveals one such example.