Florida s FEMA vaccination rollout failed Black communities. Except in one place Nicholas Nehamas, Ben Conarck and Sarah Blaskey, The Miami Herald © Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS A doctor vaccinates someone for COVID at Miami Dade College North Campus in Miami, Florida, on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
MIAMI When the state of Florida partnered with the federal government to open COVID-19 vaccine sites around the state in early March, the pilot program was supposed to help boost lagging vaccination in underserved communities.
Just over a month into the program which used city parks, youth centers, community colleges and sometimes even roving vans to administer vaccines state officials are claiming success, touting data that show people of color received the majority of the hundreds of thousands of FEMA shots.
Florida s FEMA vaccination rollout failed Black communities Except in one place
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Mar 30, 2021
Barbara Jordan will claim a place in history as a commissioner who championed the needs of her constituents and effected positive change, according to community leaders.
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And now motorists driving on Opa-locka s NW 37th Avenue between NW 135th Street to NW 151st Street will be reminded of that legacy, when they see a new street sign beckoning them toward what is now called Commissioner Barbara Jordan Way.
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At a public dedication ceremony last week, the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners and the City of Opa-locka Commission unveiled the signage with much fanfare in honor of Jordan, who formerly represented District 1.