Amarillo Branch NAACP conducts COVID-19 forum
On Saturday afternoon, Amarillo city officials joined the Amarillo Branch NAACP during a virtual discussion regarding a range of topics related to the local COVID-19 response, including vaccine access, contact tracing and the low level of trust in the vaccine among people of color.
Mayor Ginger Nelson, Amarillo City Council member Freda Powell and Amarillo Public Health Department Director Casie Stoughton participated in the discussion, and Amarillo Branch President Patrick Miller directed a series of questions related to the pandemic. One of the things that has been important to Casie and to the elected officials from the beginning, is that the clinic would be open, accessible and messaged out to everyone in the city - that includes all of our communities of color, Nelson said in response to a question about vaccine access. They chose the Civic Center, partially because it is a large building in the city. It was vac