Upcoming Events

We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful snow and staying warm and healthy.

Thank you to all who joined our meeting on Wednesday for the terrific presentation on Food and Environmental Justice. ICYMI or if you want to see the presentation again, Stephanye has created a link for you. Here's the link: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1zYJLqU3fN3AhAuMsqQFDcuRMsiejACwB2TS147PIWXGmOEtJf08kG_aK1jSI0AH7oO69Ox5IeMpXxyDqEqYslhBAhtCfeZN69dzW1my7G0HDGBOEB0Ek1HSWaE7SavcnuWAIcAUL2tHsxzniAp0P66_WKfcBOBNVQA_MDLCGNw4YchGSzNfLFxpH7EpREdADMtEZuFxpnarrrk8ILTDbkPt_QUkidzl7LP7_G4hhlzU4jX5c7DCySibyCHo8le5kdK46FAwlE09CWlxel0fbF3ZQU-vSYobuGKxaaiDqvrpY3Vkb1fDAAGf6JtHnYyu36dmZNi0Q_qWSn2iIHCg9NqT0FQF-6_tRPY5Qcnd1KpHUpieWhvOBpz-aRaw7CKVhKtf9uDdJWLpcJMB1_PkJl6JFPh7Nu9h3kyCtV_a9Tns/https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FSTp26FwlY14

Please consider joining a community conversation on the Covid-19 vaccine and working with communities of color to provide current information about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines that will become available to the public. Featured will be a panel discussion to include: 

• Patrick Green, President and CEO, L+M Healthcare
• Dr. Oliver Mayorga, Chief Medical Officer, L+M Healthcare
• Tesheia Johnson, Director Yale Center For Clinical Investigation; Chief Operating Officer
• Bishop Benjamin Watts, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, New London
• State Representative Anthony Nolan, (D) House District 39, New London
• Yale Center for Clinical Investigation Cultural Ambassadors 
• Rev. Dr. Leroy O. Perry, Jr, Pastor, St. Stephens AME Zion Church
• Rev. Elvin Clayton, Pastor, Walter’s Memorial Church
• Cheila Serrano, Junta 360 Director
• Sandra Trevino-Ranalli, Former Executive Director of Junta for Progressive Action
• https://ynhh.zoom.us/j/96729861862?pwd=ZnlGNDhRV3gyaS9rS3NtRVdYNFptQT09 
• Passcode: 936978

Background on inequities exacerbated during this pandemic: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/health/coronavirus-black-hispanic.html?referringSource=articleShare

Ledge Light Health District is hiring a Community Health Worker! Click here for more information:

https://llhd.org/about-us/be-a-part-of-our-promise/

Passing along a link to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine this week on structural racism and its connection to racial health inequities. Required reading… https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2025396