Expanding Vaccine Access in the Boston Immigrant Community (04.19.22)
The Center for Latin American Studies & the Pardee School Initiative on Forced Migration and Human Trafficking present:
“Expanding Vaccine Access in the Boston Immigrant Community”
When: Apr 19, 2022 04:30 PM to 5:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Where: Zoom
This event provides an opportunity to hear from immigrant community leaders on lessons learned expanding the access to vaccines in their Boston constituencies.
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://bostonu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_u8Z8ydKcSz-tk8UtK57dOQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Event Background: Over the last two years COVID-19 has revealed large disparities in health and wellbeing in our communities and grave injustice related to health services access, including vaccines. Many of these communities have a large Latinx population with immigrants from Brazil, Haiti and Central America. “Equity Now & Beyond” is a coalition led by immigrant community-based organizations who asked a team of Boston University researchers to study the following questions: what roles do immigrant community-based organizations in Boston play in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic? How is the coalition building ties among immigrant groups? How does the coalition build partnerships with healthcare organizations? What are the lessons learned for achieving health equity for immigrants in Greater Boston beyond the pandemic?
Event Description: Prof. Lance Laird and Kamini Mallick, Boston University School of Medicine, will provide an overview of the project. Immigrant community leaders will then speak about lessons learned improving vaccine access and their aspirations for health equity. The audience will then have an opportunity to engage in discussion with the presenters. The event will be moderated by Prof. Veronika Wirtz, Boston University School of Public Health and Latin American Studies Core Faculty.
Please come and join us to hear and learn from our Boston immigrant community leaders!
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