COLORADO VACCINE EQUITY TASKFORCE LAUNCHES OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENSURE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR HAVE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE FACTS
(DENVER, Jan. 15, 2020) – The Colorado Vaccine Equity Taskforce formally kicked off its work this week with plans to focus on community outreach that will help people who are Black, Latinx and Native American get the facts they need about the COVID-19 vaccines and how these vaccines can help to protect their families and their communities. Formed last fall to support vaccination across the lifespan in communities of color, the taskforce pivoted to focus on COVID-19 vaccines because of the disparate impact the coronavirus has had on communities of color across Colorado and the nation due in large part to systemic inequities fueled by past and ongoing racism. The taskforce has set the goal of ensuring 80 percent of all Colorado adults who are Black, Latinx and Native American get vaccinated against the destructive and deadly by the Fall of 2021.