Vaccinating Refugees, Rural Migrants, Isolated Older Adults, Unhoused People
Was Live Thursday, July 29, 2022 | 11 am PT
Guest Speakers:
- Dr. Maggie Park, San Joaquin County Public Health Officer
- Heng Sothea Ung, Program Director, Apsara (serving Cambodian refugees)
- Kevin Sunga, Health Director, Little Manila Rising
- Jose Rodriguez, President, El Concilio
- Zonnie Thompson, Community Organizer, Faith in the Valley Stockton
- Nick Worrell, Unhoused
News Report from This Event:
Diversity a Challenge to Upping Vaccination Rates in California’s San Joaquin Valley
Event Description
San Joaquin County ranks 31 among the state’s 58 counties for adults who have completed a primary round of COVID vaccines and is struggling to raise booster and vaccine rates for younger kids. The county has drawn on an innovative mix of programs to reach an increasingly diverse mix of rural migrants, recently settled refugees, low-income and unhoused people. Speakers include public health officials and community organizers who have worked on the frontlines of the pandemic since its start.
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