When the Reggie Lewis Center mass vaccination site opened a few months ago, the idea from the get-go was to appeal to the local communities like Jamaica Plain – and particularly to make it easy for skeptical Black and brown residents in those communities to access information and the vaccine right in their backyard if they so choose.
To the astonishment of many, when it opened, the community really didn’t come.
Initially, most of the appointments were taken by people from other parts of the city, or more likely, from far-flung suburbs where there was a clamor and an ease for grabbing appointments as soon as they appeared online. So it was, the lines for vaccines didn’t initially look like the community around it.
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Data identifies four zip codes in Columbus as the cityâs most dangerous
Data identifies four zip codes in Columbus as the cityâs most dangerous By James Giles | April 7, 2021 at 10:15 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 12:09 AM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) -Columbusâ so-called most dangerous zip codes could soon see a change as the efforts to bring a global crime prevention program to the area are closer to reality.
Data from the crime prevention program identifies four zip codes across Columbus as the most dangerous areas in the city. Cure Violence, the global crime prevention program, and the City of Columbus are looking to be the remedy for crime. Their data suggests 31903, 31906, 31907, and 31904, are the four most dangerous zip codes in the city of Columbus.
Cure Violence Columbus information session held to address concerns of implementing the program
Cure Violence Columbus information session held to address concerns of implementing the program By James Giles | March 15, 2021 at 10:09 PM EDT - Updated March 15 at 10:47 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The City of Columbus and Cure Violence Columbus held an information session Monday to share how the crime prevention initiative effort is going and to address public concerns.
Columbus had a record number of murders in 2020, and with a pace to meet or beat that number this year, there’s no doubt there’s a strong focus on lowering violent crime rates.