OHIO COVID-19 Minority Strike Force

OLBC: More information can help combat hesitancy to COVID-19 vaccine

BY: - December 15, 2020

In order for the Black community to trust a vaccine for COVID-19, the community is going to need more information and transparency from those making it. That’s the attitude of state leaders and medical professionals speaking Friday to a conference of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus Foundation. There is a documented hesitancy to trust vaccinations […]

Minority Strike Force issues final report on racial inequities, presents recommendations

BY: - August 17, 2020

Ohio’s Minority Strike Force released their final report, which laid out how disproportionate the health care and economic lives of people of color are across the state, and laid out ways to deal with it.  The strike force was empaneled to collect information on COVID-19’s effect on African Americans and other minority populations, along with […]