The Land: NeighborUp network works to ensure equitable access to the vaccine

Read The Land’s story about our work around equitable vaccine access stewarded by Neighbor Up member Christina Keegan:

Keegan said the goal of Neighborhood Connections is to provide support to these grassroots groups. At first, they did that by providing PPE and hygiene supplies. Then as vaccines became available, they realized there was a need for assistance to ensure grassroots groups could help community members who wanted to get vaccinated. 

Keegan said the first step was to partner with the Greater Cleveland Rapid Response Fund, which provided vaccine access codes to Neighbor Up, allowing them to directly register people for vaccines at the Wolstein Center. Read more…Ch