LaShyra Nolen empowers Black community with accurate COVID info | COVID-19 Update for Aug. 26, 2021

A discussion with LaShyra “Lash” Nolen, founding executive director of the We Got Us Empowerment Project and president of her medical school class at Harvard Medical School, about how she’s empowering Black communities to make decisions about COVID vaccines by providing accurate, culturally sensitive information in unique ways. 
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0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for August 26, 2021
1:09 Speak to what elements were missing at the community level for initial vaccine rollout in the U.S.
2:19 What kind of conversations needed to be had in those communities?
3:36 Discuss importance of acknowledging—and including—both historical and current harms in these conversation
4:43 How did the idea for “We Got Us” come about?
6:10 Detail We Got Us empowerment sessions; how do they work to reach communities across the country and what additional resources are available?
8:32 Share the creative and unconventional ways We Got Us conveys information
10:00 Elaborate on “convey not convince” approach
11:26 Have you adjusted messaging as vaccine access/availability changed over time?
12:37 What’s your message to physicians and students who want to get involved and/or replicate this approach in their own communities?
14:06 Share long-term vision for the evolution of We Got Us

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