Executive Director Steve Hernández says this is important for the public, especially the African-American community who has experienced a history of maltreatment and therefore mistrust in our public health system.
“It’s critically important for our people to trust us, especially the African-American community to trust this vaccine that we build conversational structures that are ongoing so people can make choices that are good for them and the long-term health of their families,” he said.
The commission is encouraging people to become part of the conversation now instead of participating in the aftermath of the community wide rollout.
“The hallmark of our civic engagement and this democracy is informed choice. And informed choice really is a two way street.”
Best of 2020: Why does community college enrollment look so different this year? COVID
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Yessenia Ayala planned to continue taking courses at Capital Community College this semester to progress toward a degree in early childhood development.
And then the pandemic touched down in Connecticut. Ayala, of New Britain, was left adrift as she struggled to navigate whether she would receive financial aid this fall.
“When I went to go enroll, I realized that I was too late to get my financial aid,” she said. “And the way my bank account looks right now, without financial aid I can’t really do much.”
Updated on December 16, 2020 at 6:51 pm
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It’s the busiest time for shipping during the gift giving season and Mother Nature is expected to cause some problems, thanks to a major nor easter.
“We’ve been doing this 240 years and December, January, February it normally snows, so we’ve actually been preparing for this holiday season for months,” said USPS Strategic Communications Specialist Amy Gibbs.
Let it snow. Let it snow. Let is snow ❄️
But also: Mail it soon. Mail it soon. Mail it soon! ‼️
What the @USPS is asking of all of us to do to help their mail carriers with the snow that’s coming our way, watch @NBCConnecticut 5/6pm. @AmyGibbsUSPSpic.twitter.com/BLIxskAzES Caitlin Burchill (@newsyCaitlin) December 16, 2020