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Wyandotte County Leaders and Concerned Voters Discuss the Proposed Redistricting Map20220215205500
Wyandotte County Leaders and Concerned Voters Discuss the Proposed Redistricting Map
February 15, 20220 comments
On the morning of February 4th, Mayor Tyrone Garner, The Voter Rights Network of Wyandotte County, and several other concerned voters and local organi...
Kansas Statewide & KC Metro COVID-19 Update – January 202220220118183447
Kansas Statewide & KC Metro COVID-19 Update – January 2022
January 18, 2022Coronavirus, Coronavirus testing, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas City Metro, Local news0 comments
Kansas Statewide & KC Metro COVID-19 Update – January 2022 Chief medical officers (CMO), infectious disease experts, and other medical leads...
Address the Ignorance and Educate Your Family this Holiday Season20211210211209
Address the Ignorance and Educate Your Family this Holiday Season
The holiday season would not be complete without having to endure a sexist joke from an uncle or a racist remark from a grandma at family dinner. Even...
Through the Eyes of…20211115103011
Through the Eyes of…
November 15, 2021CanVaxx, Carl CanVaxx, Carl McKinney, Coronavirus, Coronavirus testing, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine, Testing, UGPHD, Vaccine0 comments
Carl McKinney is another one of the CanVaxx team members who found a way to leave his mark on our community. He is the oldest member on the team and s...
For the Sake of our Front Line20211015090017
For the Sake of our Front Line
October 15, 2021CanVaxx, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Vaccine, Local Business, Mayra CanVaxx, Mayra Thomas-Romero, Small Business, Supporting Local, Testing, UGPHD, Vaccination, Vaccine0 comments
Mayra Thomas-Romero was a CanVaxx team member for the first six months of the project, wrapping up her portion of work at the end of September. She be...
CanVaxx Team Doing Amazing Things in WyCo20211014200510
CanVaxx Team Doing Amazing Things in WyCo
October 14, 2021CanVaxx, CHC, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, healthcare, In the news, UGPHD, Vaccine0 comments
For the last six months, the CanVaxx team has been going around the community, participating in local events, and coming up with new ways to spread fa...
Why BIPOC are Hesitant to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine:20210816100036
Why BIPOC are Hesitant to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine:
August 16, 2021BIPOC, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, healthcare, In the news, Vaccine, Vaccine Facts0 comments
History of misconduct in healthcare to BIPOC and how it should not stop BIPOC from getting their vaccine For hundreds of years, the heal...
Importancia de la vacuna COVID-19 para comunidades minoritarias20210813170036
Importancia de la vacuna COVID-19 para comunidades minoritarias
August 13, 2021Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, COVID-19 Vaccine, Vaccinated, Vaccine, Vacuna, Vacuna de Coronavirus, Vacuna de COVID-190 comments
Nuestra comunidad fue golpeada con COVID-19 hace más de un año, cerrando negocios, restaurantes, escuelas, y numerosas otras instalaciones. Millones d...
Losing a Crucial Service in our Community20210720093037
Losing a Crucial Service in our Community
July 20, 2021BIPOC Mental Health, Birth Equity, Carla Moralez, CHWs, Community Health Worker, Community Resources, Health Equity, Kansas City Kansas, KCK, Maternal Community Health Worker, MCHW, New Birth Company, Wyandotte County0 comments
For several years, New Birth Company Kansas City, Kansas has offered alternatives to hospital birthing in Wyandotte County. These alternatives helped ...
Grant Announcement – Receiving Support to Continue our Fight Against COVID-1920210706214333
Grant Announcement – Receiving Support to Continue our Fight Against COVID-19
July 6, 2021CHWs, community health workers, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Vaccine, COVID-19, Grant announcement, In the news, Vaccination0 comments
The Community Health Council of Wyandotte County has been awarded a $10,000 grant for the work that we do and the people that we help in our community...