– At the Lakewood chapter of New Labor, we focus on distributing information, coordinating vaccination sites, and ensuring that low-wage Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. (BIPOC) workers in Ocean County have easy access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Our work focuses on…
– By the end of 2021, our COVID-19 vaccine equity efforts had assisted well over 3000 people in getting vaccinated. Not all were vulnerable from a housing perspective, but we were concentrating our efforts in a variety of ways with targeted…
– In expanding the Food Bank of South Jersey’s (FBSJ) presence in the communities it serves, our team began looking for opportunities beyond providing food assistance, SNAP outreach, and nutrition and cooking classes. To that end, FBSJ has been able to…
– In March of 2021, Perth Amboy was one of the Middlesex County municipalities impacted most by COVID-19. Despite high mortality rates, vaccines were not arriving in Perth Amboy. While residents in nearby affluent communities were already receiving their second dose,…
– Orange You Vaccinated (OYV) has partnered with a number of Orange and East Orange business owners to coordinate over 50 COVID-19 vaccination events across both cities. We were also able to partner with epidemiologists, educators, community organizers and other health…
– Community is about looking out for each other. Every day, our Orange You Vaccinated team and partners show up with a passion for Orange and East Orange. That commitment can be seen in our enthusiasm for coordinating COVID-19 testing and…