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A
And
we
welcome
you
to
black
pittsburgh
matters.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
is
a
series
of
virtual
town
hall
meetings,
affirming
a
city-wide
agenda
that
black
pittsburgh
does
indeed
matter.
Black
pittsburgh
matters
means
that
black
lives
matter.
We
must
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people
means
that
black
communities
matter.
We
must
focus
on
rebuilding
and
investing
in
black
communities,
and
it
means
that
black
wealth
matters.
We
must
focus
on
increasing
black
employment
and
entrepreneurial.
B
These
meetings
will
be
available
via
facebook
youtube
in
the
city's
cable
channel.
You
can
contact
or
ask
questions
via
the
black
pittsburgh
matters,
facebook,
page
or
email
us
at
black
pgh
matters.
That's
black
pgh
matters
at
gmail.com
and
you
can
ask
questions
through
our
live
feed
right
now.
Today's
town
hall
meeting
topic
is
the
city's
vaccination
campaign,
vaccine
and
vaccination
campaign.
A
And
obviously,
we're
here
to
talk
about
the
vaccination
campaign
because
covet
has
exasperated
black
health
disparities
and
poor
health
outcomes
in
the
black
community.
It
is
not
only
important
to
deal
with
kovi's
effect
on
black
communities,
but
also
the
underlying
health
problems
and
cormorabilities
that
have
made
the
pandemic
so
devastating
for
our
community.
B
So
in
terms
of
my
community,
you
know
the
east
end.
You
know
we're
slowly
coming
out
a
bit
my
own
church
we're
looking
to
come
back
to
church
sometime
this
summer,
but
still
I
still
see
a
lot
of
fear.
What
are
you
seeing
out
there,
daniel
for
you,
your
family
and
your
constituents.
A
Dear
so,
it's
been
interesting,
a
good
amount
of
people
have
gotten
vaccinated
once
we
made
it
available.
People
said
yes,
we
want
to.
However,
there
are
still
those
who
are
hesitant
to
get
vaccinated.
We
do
see
people
coming
back
outside
traversing.
I
had
a
call
today
where
a
law
firm
downtown.
It
was
the
first
time
the
day
had
opened
up
since
they
shut
down
a
little
over
a
year
ago.
A
My
wife
actually
for
the
first
time,
had
to
go
into
the
office
this
week
on
monday,
and
that
was
the
first
time
she'd
been
back
to
work
in
14
months,
and
she
told
me
that
there
were
very
few
people
there.
There
was
almost
no
one
to
talk
to
because,
for
the
most
part,
people
are
still
working
from
home
and
managing.
B
Well,
you
know
the
kids
will
be
back
or
some
of
the
kids
are
back
to
school.
Some
of
them
will
be
back
to
school
soon,
and
so
I
think,
we're
slowly
but
surely
getting
ourselves
together.
Unfortunately,
I'm
in
the
black
community,
when
we
come
back
together,
it
won't
be
the
way
we
left
it
right,
because
we
know
disproportionately.
B
The
kovic
virus
has
affected
black
people
and
shut
black
businesses.
It's
devastated
our
residents
disproportionately,
and
so,
as
the
city
works,
to
ensure
our
communities
get
the
resources
they
need
to
come
out
of
this
side
of
the
pandemic.
We
also
know
that
the
solutions
cannot
be
limited
to
just
tackling
kovic.
We
must
address
the
health
disparity
that
all
the
health
disparities
that
can
black
communities
face
as
well.
B
We
are
honored
today
to
be
joined
by
our
guests,
laura
degroski,
a
critical
communities
manager
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
dr
jerome
gloucester,
who
is
the
charge
ceo
of
primary
care
and
yvonne
usain
founder
and
president
of
me
productions.
Welcome
to
this
evening's
town
hall.
A
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us,
so,
dr
gloucester,
maybe
we
can
start
with
you
what
from
you've
been
on
the
ground
this
entire
time?
Dealing
with
this?
How
have
you
seen
our
community
respond
early
on?
We
had
conversations
encouraging
people
to
get
vaccinated
talking
about
the
importance
of
it,
because
we
knew
that
there
was
hesitancy.
I'm
just
curious
of
how
you
seen
our
our
community
respond
to
the
vaccination.
D
Well,
I
think,
thankfully,
as
you
mentioned,
councilman
lavelle
and
likewise
reverend
burgess.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
join
tonight.
We
saw
a
big
uptick
in
acceptance
once
the
vaccine
was
available,
and
I
think
that
was
through
a
lot
of
efforts,
pre-work
efforts
of
town
halls
and
meetings
and
and
and
addressing
concerns,
addressing
fears
addressing
the
past
addressing
the
present
concerns
around
the
health
care
system,
and
so,
first
of
all,
when
phase
one
and
one
a
came
out
and
in
our
elderly.
D
I
was
proud
to
see
our
elderly
just
turn
out
in
droves
and
in
mass
that
they
wanted
a
vaccine
and-
and
I
think
a
lot
of
us
attribute
that
as
well,
that
a
lot
of
our
elderly
have
lived
through
polio
and
other
things,
and
they
saw
what
vaccines
did
to
eradicate
these
diseases
in
our
community
responded
strongly
and,
as
you
also
mentioned
initially,
the
biggest
problem
was
lack
of
supply
and
now
what's
changed
is
there's
lots
more
supply
and
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
people
vaccinated
as
you've
mentioned,
but
those
who
haven't
been
vaccinated,
our
younger
population,
especially
and
I
don't
necessarily
mean
just
our
teens,
but
you
know-
into
the
20s
and
and
30s.
D
If
you
will,
I
think,
there's
still
some
hesitancy
there
and
it's
a
combined
sort
of
response
or
varied
response.
Some
are
hesitant
because
of
still
with
concerns
about
the
vaccine,
but
there's
a
lot
of
other
hesitancy.
That's
around
just
simply
people
feeling
like
they
don't
need
it.
D
They're
convinced
that
they'll
be
all
right
now
that
you
know
this
is
gonna
affect
others
more
than
themselves,
and-
and
you
know
whether
it's
elderly
or
those
who
have
really
serious
medical
conditions
and
a
person
feels
like
they're
healthy,
they
feel
like
you
know,
I
yeah,
I
wear
a
mask
and
I
either
won't
get
it
or
if
I
do
get
it,
I
th
you
know
I
think
I'll
be
all
right
now.
D
I
don't
have
to
take
a
chance
on
this,
this
vaccine
and
we're
trying
to
get
the
word
out
that
that
this
is
number
one
when
you're
weighing
your
options
of
getting
covered
in
the
likelihood
of
a
problem
from
covid
compared
to
the
vaccine,
there's
much
higher
chance
of
you
either
dying
or
having
serious
problems
or
long-term
problems
like
long-haul
or
disease
from
covid,
rather
than
getting
a
vaccine
and
then.
D
Secondly,
the
big
message
that
I'm
pushing
is
is
let's
protect
our
community,
because
maybe
you
as
a
young
person
would
be
fine,
but
there
might
be
someone
else
who
has
a
chronic
condition
or,
as
holder,
that
you
end
up
passing
it
on
to
and
they
have
a
bad
outcome.
So
so,
let's
do
what's
right
for
the
health
of
our
entire
community.
B
Mr
zane,
if
you
would
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
organization
and
the
work
that
you
do
and
then
we'll
talk,
maybe
specifically
about
the
campaign,
the
city's
campaign,
but
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
your
your
background.
You
know
and
well
we
welcome
you
know.
I
know
you're
not
new
to
pittsburgh,
but
certainly
welcome
your
firm
and
their
participation
and
this
effort
well.
C
Thanks
councilman,
so
my
name
again
is
ivan
jews.
I'm
the
founder
and
president
of
me
productions
me
productions
is
a
behavioral
health
communications
firm.
So
for
the
last
30
years,
we've
actually
been
exclusively
working
on
health
disparities,
particularly
in
low-income
urban
communities
of
color
around
the
nation,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
disparities,
obviously
covet
is
one:
that's
impacted
our
community,
but
we
we're
talking
about
everything
from
what
I
call
youth
violence,
substance,
abuse,
sexual
reproductive
health
issues,
chronic
diseases
and
then
a
list
of
health
disparities
on
the
mental
health
side.
C
That's
not
even
talking
about
economic,
educational
and
other
social
disparities.
This
is
all
just
between
just
this
is
all
just
within
public
and
mental
health.
So
my
company
develops
interventions,
because
our
position
is
very
clearly
that
low-income
communities
of
color
aren't
making
bad
decisions.
That's
what
the
media
wants
us
to
think
that
they're
doing
they're
making
uninformed
decisions,
they
have
to
get
information
in
a
culturally
relevant
way
that
enables
them
to
make
informed
health
choices,
and
so
my
company
develops
campaigns
to
do
just
that.
B
Okay,
do
you
want
to
do
you
want
to
now
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
city's
the
counties?
Actually,
the
count
in
the
county's
campaign.
C
Yes,
so
happy
to
announce
that
on
april
1st,
we
launched
united
against
covet.
This
is
a
campaign
sponsored
by
allegheny
county
health
department
and
allegheny
county
department
of
human
services.
The
name
of
the
campaign,
as
I
said,
is
united
against
covet
the
slogan
for
the
campaign,
which
is
really
the
the
main
message
we're
trying
to
get
out.
There
is
spreading
truth
not
covet.
C
The
campaign
website
is
truth.
Nutcovet.Org
and
all
of
the
social
media
handles
are
at
truth,
not
covet,
and
even
though
we
have
a
campaign
that
is
based
on
good
digital
technology,
we
have
a
great
youtube
channel
social
media.
The
key
thing
that
we
think
is
going
to
make
this
campaign
successful
in
philadelphia
and
the
county
is,
is
the
fact
that
we're
focusing
on
mobilizing,
educating
and
training
community
leaders
to
be
the
primary
message
senders
for
the
campaign.
So
as
much
as
we
wanna,
you
know
use
technology
and
media.
C
We
find
that
the
the
best
way
to
deal
with
mistrust
the
best
way
to
deal
with
suspicion.
The
best
way
to
deal
with
past
mistreatment
is
to
is
to
mobilize
community-based
organizations
and
community
leaders
to
be
the
primary
conduit
for
the
campaign's
messages.
So
we're
excited
to
announce
that
the
key
part
of
the
campaign
is
that
we'll
be
training
hundreds
of
community
leaders
across
the
city
across
the
county
to
be
messengers
within
their
own
neighborhoods
within
their
own
communities.
A
C
They
just
go
to
truth.cova.org
and
they'll,
see
one
of
the
main
thumbnails
or
icons
saying
me:
training
portal
that
will
send
them
down
that
process
to
be
registered
first,
then
we
do
an
organizational
assessment
on
them,
so
we
can
get
a
sense
of
their
reach
and
impact.
C
C
B
Well,
we
are
grateful,
we're
counseling,
the
mayor,
as
you
know,
with
council,
has
set
aside
a
hundred
thousand
dollar
grant.
That
will
go
to
a
partnership
between
your
organization
and
primary
care
to
provide
mini
grants
to
organizations
and
individuals
who
actually
get
the
training,
and
so
we
are
in
the
midst
of
working
on
how
to
do
that.
In
fact,
the
person
who
is
going
to
be
leading
that
is
lore
and
laura
I
want
to.
B
I
want
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
this
idea,
and
this
is
something
you
brought
to
at
least
to
my
understanding,
even
before
the
campaign
about
this
whole
idea
of
trusted
community
leaders
participating
in
maintaining
or
establishing
health
in
the
black
community.
Can
you
talk
about
that?
A
little
bit
laura.
E
Absolutely,
and
and
thank
you
councilmember
lavelle
and
reverend
burgess.
What
what
really
we
heard
from
our
our
community
experts
who
are
our
community
members,
is
that
a
lot
of
the
the
investment
in
infrastructure
has
been
put
into
systems,
whether
that's
health
systems
or
public
safety
systems
or
social
service
systems
and
we've
in
that
way,
disinvested
in
in
neighbors,
in
community
members
and
in
building
trust
among
those
neighbors.
So
the
people
who
you
trust
in
your
own
sphere
might
not
be
a
doctor
or
a
nurse
or
a
social
worker.
E
It
might
be
your
your
mother
or
your
grandmother
or
a
friend
down
the
street
and
and
over
time
over
many,
you
know
generations,
even
we've,
we've
disinvested
in
those
relationships
and
sent
people
to
systems
and
and
what
we've
heard
loudly
and
clearly
from
our
community
members
is
when
someone's
in
trouble.
E
They'll
call
me:
I
live
on
the
block,
they
know
me,
they
trust
me,
but
I
don't
know
what
to
tell
them.
Some
of
our
systems
are
really
inaccessible,
they're
really
difficult
to
navigate.
It
doesn't
mean
they're
not
doing
great
things,
but
if
you're
not
an
expert
in
navigating
those
systems,
how
are
you
going
to
in
a
person's
time
of
need,
help
them
and
shepherd
them
through
that
as
well?
E
And
so
we
we
initiated
a
a
planning
period
of
what
we
call
the
neighborhood
health
and
safety
academy,
and
our
goal
is
to
first
plan
that,
with
the
community
to
understand
what
kind
of
questions
people
have
about,
how
to
get
support,
how
to
get
help
and
then
to
train,
stipend
and
train
those
individuals
to
participate
in
the
academy,
so
that
when
someone
has
a
need,
they
don't,
they
know
who
to
call,
they
can
call
their
neighbor.
E
They
can
call
a
friend
it's
we
don't
wait
until
something
is
escalated
to
the
point
where
they're
calling
9-1-1
so
we're
trying
to
remove
some
of
this
reliance
or
calling
to
9-1-1
to
a
a
public,
health-focused
approach,
a
preventative
approach.
We
get
it
early
because
people
who
are
trusted
get
it,
and
you
know
this
is
the
spirit
of
the
me
campaign.
It's
rather
than
putting
all
of
this
investment
into
institutions.
E
We
put
investment
into
people
because
we
know
who
we
trust.
Even
if
we
are
people
who
don't
have
confidence
in
systems
that
we
you
know,
we
want
to
help
us.
We
do
have
confidence
in
our
neighborhood
leaders.
We
do
have
confidence
in
our
neighbors,
and
so
with
the
you
know,
the
work
that
we're
we're
really
excited
to
do.
E
Thank
you
to
you
know,
council,
to
both
of
you
to
counsel
and
to
the
mayor,
is
to
help
to
stipend
community
members
to
engage
in
this
learning
experience
and
then
to
be
advocates
to
their
neighbors
and
the
second
piece
of
that
is
to
make
the
vaccine
accessible.
You
know
we
have
a
partnership
with
allegheny
health
network
with
their
street
outreach
and
co-responder
program
and
what
we
found
from
their
information
they've
shared
with
us,
is,
if
the
vaccine's
there
in
the
moment-
and
they
say
to
someone
hey,
we've
got
the
vaccine,
do
you
want
it?
E
People
say:
okay,
yeah
I'll,
do
it
I'm
ready?
But
if
there's
this
period
of
build
up
and
waiting
and
sometimes
anxiety
about
it,
people
might
not
take
the
step
to
schedule
it.
They
might
not
take
the
step
to
do
it,
so
all
of
the
work
that
that
the
county
and
that
the
the
partners
in
in
federally
qualified
health
centers
like
alma
hillary
and
pchs
centers.
What
they're
doing
is
saying
we
want
to
lower
all
of
the
barriers
for
you
to
come
in
and
to
get
your
vaccine.
E
We
want
to
consult
with
you
as
a
as
a
partner,
not
tell
you
what
you
need
to
do,
but
listen
to
your
concerns
validate
those
concerns
recognize
they
are
based
on
historical
failures
and
harm
that
have
been
perpetuated
by
these
systems
and
and
let
you
have
agency
in
this
process
and
let
you
listen
to
people
who
you
know
you
trust.
So
I
think
you
know
ivan
and
dr
gloucester.
E
What
they're
saying
is
the
spirit
of
what
our
new
office,
community,
health
and
safety
believes
in,
and
certainly
what
the
program
that
you,
rep,
burgess
and
and
councilman
level
are
advocating,
for
which
is,
let's
put
the
power
back
with
the
neighbors.
So
we
stipend
neighbors
community
members
to
take
these
trainings
through
community-based
organizations
and
then
we
support
them
in
going
out
to
their
peers,
their
community
members,
their
friends
and
having
real
conversations,
not
not
forcing
or
coercing
but
allowing
people
to
talk
and
think
through
it.
E
B
And
by
the
way,
as
you
know,
laura,
this
is
one
not
the
only,
but
this
is
many
of
the
first
endeavors
of
taking
money
that
was
originally
earmarked
for
public
safety
and
investing
that
money
into
preventative
social
services
and
so
councilman
level,
and
I
and
council
we
led
council
and
the
mayor,
agree
to
move
money
dollars
away
from
public
safety
and
police
money
to
actually
now
invest
in
social
services.
B
Doc.
Doctor
doctor,
I,
for
a
long
time,
I
was
on
tobacco
free
allegheny
right.
I
was
on
the
board
of
trying
to
get
people
and
particularly
black
people,
to
stop
smoking.
But
I
guess
I
want
to
ask
you
what
are
what
are
the
major
problems
that
african
americans
have
to
their
health?
What
are
the
major
risk
factors?
What
are
what
are?
What
are
those
health
disparities?
B
What
are
the
major
things
that
you
see
in
the
black
community
that
is
killing
black
people?
Unfortunately,
at
younger
ages,.
D
Well,
I
think
we
we
hear
about
them
daily
as
it
pertains
to
diabetes,
hypertension,
asthma,
obesity
and
then
our
lifestyle,
if
you
will,
at
times
and
dealing
with
the
issues
that
we
do
deal
with
with
racism
and
other
things
that
we
we
medicate
with
improper
food
and
improper
diet,
as
well
as
those
things
like
you
mentioned,
whether
it's
alcohol
or
tobacco
as
well
to
try
to
deal
with
with
life.
D
If
you
will
so-
and
I
think
when
you
put
all
that
with
you
know
now
put
put
on
top
of
that-
the
stress
of
racism
and
and
the
other
issues
that
we're
dealing
with
those
are
contributing
to
the
the
health
disparities
and
also
when
we
look
at
you
know
a
path
forward
to
help
improve
things.
D
We've
already
gone
into
the
issue,
with
a
lack
of
trust
within
the
medical
system
and
and
those
things,
so
these
are
creating
barriers
to
a
path
forward
or
or
getting
out
of
those
things,
but
I
think
we're
we
are
making
strides
forward
from
the
standpoint
of
looking
at
these
issues
from
a
holistic
perspective.
D
So
the
fact
that
looking
at
trying
to
address
all
the
social
determinants
of
health,
as
we
focus
on
you,
know
physical
health,
mental
health
and
then
those
other
factors
that
can
contribute,
whether
it's
environment
or
or
jobs,
and
those
other
things
that,
if
we're
working
in
a
concerted
effort
with
other
community
partners
to
address
the
person
as
a
whole,
I
think
that's
our
path
forward
to
to
really
improve.
In
things.
A
So
talk
to
me
a
little
bit-
and
this
is
probably
a
joint
question
I
guess
for
for
anyone
can
respond,
but
I'm
particularly
interested
to
hear
from
mr
zhu
zhang.
How
does
this
play
itself
out
in
the
long
run
right,
so
we're
we're
engaging
this
campaign
now
because
of
covid,
but
to
dr
gloucester's
point.
We
have
all
these
underlining
issues
that
kobe
has
simply
exasperated.
A
A
C
Yeah,
that's
the
that's
the
long,
that's
the
long!
That's
the
long
game!
You
hit
it
right
on
the
head,
so
on
so
think
about
what
what
lord
just
described
and
and
because
we
do
these
behavioral
health
campaigns.
C
What
we're
saying
is
that
that,
at
that
that
local
level,
it's
not
only
the
call
of
the
conversation-
this
is
how
behavior
change
works.
If
you
look
at
d,
clementi's
model
of
behavior
change,
you
have
to
have
this
com.
Behavior
change
happens
in
a
social
context.
There's
argument
counter
argument:
you're
able
to
get
the
cost
benefits
to
change
in
your
behavior.
So
that's
the
first
thing
that
happens,
so
we
actually
get
behavior
change
in
terms
of
the
community
now
knowing
how
to
deal
with
and
be
safe
around
cobit.
C
The
second
thing,
though,
you
have
to
start
thinking
about,
is
now
we're
we're
putting
these
health
communications
and
community
engagement
skills
in
the
community.
So
now
people
have
these
skills
that
they're
using
for
this
particular
content.
Now,
but
now
we
can
talk
about
youth
violence.
We
can
talk
about
substance
abuse.
We
can
talk
about
early
childhood
development.
We
can
talk
about.
You
know
access
to
health
care,
so
you
know
we
we
can.
We
can
put
in
different
content,
but
you
got
to
have
the
basic
health,
communications
and
community
engagement
skills.
C
So
now
we
get
those
skills
and
then
what
I
always,
I
think
is
extremely
important
is
then
to
now
that
you
have
this
relationship.
How
can
we
get
folks
to
access
services?
What
I
always
say
is
that
it's
not
you
know
people
have
had
been
have
been
so
mistreated
by
systems
that
you
almost
have
to
do.
A
warm
handoff,
I
say:
don't
refer
folks
to
systems,
do
a
warm
hand-off
walk
them
in,
so
that
then
we
can
actually
start
helping
people
navigate
systemic
racism
and
we
can
do
the
advocacy
associated
with
it.
C
So
now
take
that
at
the
at
the,
as
I
just
said
at
the
micro
level,
now
multiply
that
by
a
thousand
community
leaders
across
the
county.
Now
you
get
what
I
call
the
multiplier
effect.
So
if
you
have
these
leaders
and
then
they're
working
with
their
constituent
and
if
they're
doing
it
right,
then
they're
getting
the
word
of
mouth
off.
C
Of
that
conversation
you're
talking
about
a
reach
that
goes
on
much
better
than
radio,
much
better
than
transit
ads,
much
better
than
tv
ads,
because,
as
laura
said,
the
center
of
the
message
is
trusted,
and
that
and
you
have
behavior
change
that
happens
in
a
social
context,
so
this
is
gonna.
This
is
really
the
reason
why
we
were
interested
in
this
campaign.
Not
I
mean,
obviously,
we
want
to
address
covet.
But
how
do
we
start
talking
about
substance,
abuse,
youth
violence?
How
do
we
start
talking
about
chronic
diseases?
C
How
do
we
start
making
sure
folks
know
about?
I
I
do
research
around
the
country.
I
mean
you
guys
are
lucky
to
have
a
dr
gloucester,
but
folks
don't
know
about
community
health
centers
and
federally
qualified
health
centers
in
their
in
their
locations.
How
do
we
make
that
the
end
campaign
if
we
can
get
people
connected
to
a
community
health
center?
Do
you
know
how
big
of
a
safety
net
that
is,
and
then
you
have
that
relationship
that
can
enable
us
to
deal
with
a
lot
of
health
disparities?
C
So
great
question,
but
that's
the
point
we
have
to
do
it
and
by
the
way,
there's
a
number
of
case
studies
that
document
the
impact
of
community
engagement.
If
you
look
at,
if
you
look
at
hiv,
hiv
right
now
is
still
primarily
in
black
communities
and
and
with
men
who
have
sex
with
men.
That's
where
the
hiv
epidemic
really
still
exists.
If
you
look
at
what
white
gay
men
did
20
20
years
ago,
what
did
they
do
they
mobilized?
They
did
what
laura
said.
They
got
grants.
C
B
Dr
gloucester,
I
I
should
have
asked
you
this
earlier.
I'm
sorry
if
you
would,
although
all
of
us
are
familiar,
if
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
primary
care,
maybe
people
don't
understand
what
the
primary
care
network
is.
I
think,
if
you
sort
of
talk
to
us
about
what
that
is,
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
your
need
to
have
a
new
headquarters.
D
Thank
you,
reverend
burgess
again,
so,
yes,
primary
care
health
services.
D
We
are
actually
one
of
the
first
community
health
centers
that
federally
qualified
community
health
centers
that
started
in
the
country
back
in
the
late
60s
as
the
homewood
neighborhood
health
center,
and
then
we
were
incorporated
as
primary
care
health
services
in
1977
and
our
headquarters
is
the
amma
hillary
medical
center
that
a
lot
of
people
know
about,
but
we've
grown
over
the
years
to
nine
community
health
center
sites
throughout
the
county,
where
we're
located
in
mckeesport,
braddock,
homestead,
hazelwood,
the
west
end
the
hill
district,
east
liberty
and
wilkinsburg
as
well
as
homewood,
and
we
exist
as
fairly
qualified
health
centers
as
entities
that
serve
everyone.
D
D
And
we
see
you
without
regard
for
your
ability
to
pay.
We
have
what's
called
a
sliding
fee
schedule
for
those
who
don't
have
insurance.
Having
said
that,
if
when
we
do
the
fee
schedule
based
on
your
income
or
lack
thereof-
and
it
says,
okay,
your
services
today,
instead
of
costing
two
hundred
dollars,
costs
twenty
dollars
and
you
say:
well,
I
don't
have
twenty
dollars,
we
say:
okay.
Well,
then
we're
still
going
to
see
you
and
that's
our
mission,
and
we
you
know
I.
D
I
started
working
at
primary
care
initially,
26
years
ago,
in
1995
came
to
homewood
in
amilleri,
and
I
was
there
for
16
years
and
then
seven
years
over
on
the
north
side,
with
northside
christian
health
center
and
came
back
as
the
ceo
of
primary
care
in
2018
and-
and
I
said
all
that
to
say
that
my
passion,
as
well
as
our
doctors
and
nurses
and
nurse
practitioners
and
pas,
are
just
for
our
communities
for
those
who
are
the
underserved,
those
that
again
other
practices
don't
want,
because
the
revenue
isn't
isn't
you
know
satisfactory,
but
our
fairly
qualified
health
centers
are
comprehensive
as
well.
D
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we
see
from
birth
through
geriatrics
or
the
elderly
for
primary
care.
We
have
podiatry
care,
we
have
women's
health,
we
have
actually
our
own
in-house
pharmacy,
which
a
lot
of
people
don't
realize
it
at
alma
hillary,
which
is
able
to
deliver
medications
to
our
other
sites
as
well.
We
have
behavioral
health
care
where
we
have
behavioral
health
therapists,
social
workers.
D
We
also
have
our
own
laboratory
level,
three
laboratory
primary
care
health
services
as
well
operates
the
wilkinsburg
family
support
center,
as
well
as
we
deliver
homeless
health
care
throughout
the
county
through
four
direct
care
sites
in
the
county,
as
well
as
we
fund
some
indirect
care
at
some
additional
sites,
so
we're
a
pretty
large
we're
the
largest
fqhc
in
the
county
and
again
we're
here
for
everyone,
and
especially
those
of
need,
and
for
those
who
are
experiencing
health
disparities.
B
You
mentioned
behavioral
health
and
I
I
wanna
I
wanna
stay
there
for
just
a
minute.
We've
had
other
shows
talking
about
just
stress
that
black
people
were
under
and
that
kovic
in
many
ways
we've
saw
that
exacerbate
the
trauma
and
the
stress
in
black
communities.
So
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit.
A
little
deviate
fact.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
dissensit
the
take
the
stigma
away?
Just
this
this,
the
stigmatized
mental
health
issues?
B
How
do
we
get
you
know
as
a
pastor,
you
know
sometimes
I'll
get
people
who
want
counseling,
but
really
they
would
be
better
served.
You
know,
rather
than
my
sort
of
pastoral
counseling
is
sort
of.
Although
helpful
is
short
term
many
of
them,
I
think,
need
to
be
in
a
longer
term,
behavioral
health
setting.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
do
that?
How
do
we
make
you
know
behavioral
health,
more
accessible
to
black
people
in
the
black
community.
D
Well,
I
think
one
of
the
ways
is
is
through
federally
qualified
health
centers
and
that
we
integrate
it
within
to
our
care
so
that,
if
you
come
in
for
a
medical
visit,
our
providers
are
asking
some
questions
about
how
you're
doing
whether
you've
felt
down.
D
In
the
past
few
days,
whether
you're
stressed
whether
you're
having
issues
with
obtaining
food
and
and
other
issues,
and
should
those
individuals
again
share
those
issues
we
can
make,
as
ivan
mentioned
in
this
regard,
especially
the
warm
handoff
right
within
our
organization
to
those
behavioral
health
therapists,
and
not
only
just
from
the
standpoint
of
within
the
organization
we're
working
to
integrate
it
physically,
so
that
it's
not
like
you
go
to
you
know
you
have
to
leave
the
medical
unit
to
then
go
to
some
other
floor
and
see
see
the
psychiatrist
or
the
behavioral
health
therapist
that
that
individual
would
be
right
there
on
the
unit
and
able
to
see
you
right
where
you're
getting
your
medical
care
and
so
to
get
people
to
really
see
it
even
physically,
as
this
is
a
part
of
your
whole
health.
D
This
isn't
some
stigmatized
thing
that
people
don't
talk
about
and
we
keep
it
separate
and
then
keep
that
narrative
going
that
it's
it's.
You
know
taboo
or
something,
but
no,
we
we
we
talk
about
whole
person,
care
and,
and
we
really
encourage
everyone
to
to
access
it,
and
we
and,
like
I
said,
breaking
down
those
barriers
to
access
to
behavioral
health.
C
And
can
I
respond
to
that
real,
quick,
just
real,
quick,
just
just
understand
that
you
know
if,
as
we
talk
about
you,
know,
mistreatment,
particularly
in
black
communities,
mental
health
is
a
major
source
of
that.
Most
people
have
traditionally
used
mental
health
services
because
they've
been
mandated
or
forced
to
use
it.
So
I
think
mental
health
needs
a
total
reframing
and-
and
I
think
you
know,
if
you
look
again
at
suburban
educated
communities,
there's
this
whole
notion
of
self-care
and
it's
just
framed
so
differently
so
positively
and
in
our
communities.
C
It's
really
framed
as
the
deficit
that
there's
something
wrong
with
you
that
you're
crazy.
I
think
it
needs
a
reframing,
a
rebranding,
because
if
you
talk
to
some
of
the
top
black
psychiatrists,
particularly
dr
carl
bell
out
of
chicago
who's
now
passed,
one
of
the
things
he'd
say
is
that
you
know
you
know:
black
people
came
out
of
slavery,
so
they
had
resiliency,
they
had
mental
wellness.
They
had
things
that
were
not
lifting
up.
We
only
focus
on
their
deficits.
We
have
to
focus
on
some
of
the
positive
things.
He
would
always
say.
C
Black
people
have
mental
wellness
because
you
know
they've
been
the
coolest
in
some
of
the
stickiest
situations.
He
says
when
you're
cool
in
a
sticky
situation-
that's
wellness,
he
says,
but
it's
just
been,
we've
been
demonized
and
it's
been
used
differently
for
us
more
as
a
punitive
institution
versus
a
wellness
institution.
So
I
think
you
know
this
is
why
you
have
to
have
it
in
places
like
dr
gloucester,
so
that
people
can
see
folks
that
look
like
them
that
have
their
best
interests
at
hand
that
are
going
to
treat
them
right.
C
It
needs
a
rebranding
and
folks
need
to
actually
be
able
to
experience
a
new
set
of
mental
health
services,
not
the
traditional
ones
that
have
have
been
exp
that
that
the
black
community
has
been
exposed
to
traditionally
say.
B
C
Well,
actually,
this
we
do
have
messaging
in
this
campaign
around
how
covet
has
been
one
of
those
stressors
so
like
we
don't
we
we
use
terms
like
you
know.
How
do
we
deal
with
stress?
How
do
we
deal
with
trauma?
We
we
use,
we
use
the
language,
that's
in
our
communities,
but
at
the
same
time
we
also
talk
about
protective
factors
or
resiliency
and
the
fact
that
you
can
get
through
the
other
side.
You
have,
you
have
self-efficacy,
you
have
the
confidence
and
skills
to
do
this.
C
You've
done
it,
your
family
has
done
it
for
years,
so
we
we,
we
take
a
strength
based
approach
to
how
we're
even
talking
to
the
community
versus
saying,
there's
something
wrong
with.
You
know
we're
saying
no
they're
assets
there.
If
you're
here
today,
you
had
to
get
here,
you
had
some
something
you
had
some
agency
that
enabled
you
to
so
we
always
try
to
lift
people
up
in
our
conversations,
I
think
wellness
is
something
we
have
to
do,
particularly
if
you
look
at
youth
violence.
This
is
a
mental.
C
You
know
we
it's
obviously
a
public
health
issue
in
terms
of
epidemiology,
but
it's
really
a
mental
health
issue,
I'm
coping
with
stress
and
trauma
and
I'm
coping
with
it
by
acting
out
in
violence
versus
looking
and
understanding
that
there's
positive
ways
and
alternate
ways
to
deal
with
the
stress
and
trauma.
So
I
absolutely
think
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
as
we
mobilize
communities,
is
then
to
start
having
those
conversations
around
community
trauma
that
exists
and
start
saying:
how
do
we
get
upstream?
E
And
if
I
could
add
to
you
know
what
are
the
barriers
that
that
people
face
in
accessing
resources,
support
and
care
ivan?
You
said
something
which
reminded
me
of
what
an
activist
in
philly
said,
which
was
people
aren't
service
resistant
services
are
people
resistant,
and
this
gets
back
to
the
idea
of
how
do
we
support
people
and
getting
the
resources,
the
care
and
everything
they
need
in
their
own
communities?
That
doesn't
mean
always,
but
to
the
degree
that
it
doesn't
require
three
bus
transfers
to
get
a
basic
primary
health
screening.
E
You
know
why
should
someone
have
to,
I
know
pittsburghers
the
the
riff
is
that
they
don't
like
crossing
bridges,
but
when
it's
something
really
basic
that
you
need,
why
does
it
have
to
become
a
day-long
endeavor
to
get
something?
That's
so
basic,
and
you
know
the
the
other.
The
other
piece
of
this
is
if
we,
if
we
can
do
what
ivan
and
dr
gloucester
is
saying,
which
is
promoting
agency
among
people
they'll
tell
us
what
they
need.
E
When
you
talk
to
people
who
who
you
say,
oh
I'd,
really
like
to
help
you
with
your
substance,
use
or
your
mental
health,
they
might
say
my
utilities
are
shut
off,
I'm
living
in
a
home
where
I'm
I'm
exposed
to
domestic
violence.
You
know
and
I'm
just
trying
to
survive.
Well,
let's,
let's
listen
to
you
and
say
you,
you
need
a
safe
home.
You
you
don't
like
your
substance.
E
Use
is
something
that's
allowing
you
to
cope
with
the
reality
of
what
you're
experiencing,
so
that
ability
to
listen
to
people,
which
is
what
primary
care
physicians
can
do
and
what
community
members
to
do
can
do
restores
the
agency
of
a
person
to
say
I
know
this
is
the
symptom.
I
know
this
is
what
you
see
on
the
surface,
but
the
reality
the
root
cause
of
what
what's
going
on
and
what
I'm
experiencing
is
going
to
require
a
little
more
time,
a
little
more
digging.
E
But
if
we
can
get
to
that,
then
other
issues
that
are
downstream
get
get
addressed,
and
you
know
again,
we
can
even
apply
that
to
like
public
safety.
If
we
get
upstream-
and
I
know
you-
you
all
declared
racism
as
a
public
health
issue,
if
we
address
racism
as
a
public
health
issue,
we
don't
need
to
rate
address
racism
as
it
manifests
in
unsafe
situations
for
people.
A
Okay,
so
here's
my
question:
how
do
we
track
the
success
of
this
current
campaign,
this
current
process,
so
that
we
can
even
then
build
it
out
into
all
these
other
avenues
that
you
are
saying?
This
sort
of
this
approach
can
assist
us
with
whether
it's
the
crime,
mental
health.
How
do
we
track
the
success
of
this
so
that
we
can
replicate
it
to
address
other
issues.
C
So
let
me
tell
you
how
we're
doing
remember.
I
mentioned
the
organizational
survey.
We
call
it
a
reach
and
impact
service,
so
we're
gonna.
So
as
each
person
registers
and
we
and
they
complete
the
survey,
then
in
a
sense
we
can
ultimately
aggregate
what
people
are
telling
us
their
reach
and
impact.
Is
you
know
what
zip
code
there
will
we'll
also
be
able
to
do
gis
map,
and
you
know
exactly
where
they're
at
in
the
county.
C
So
the
notion
is,
we
want
to
be
able
to
create
this
community
network
this
channel
so
that
we
know
where
folk
are.
Our
train.
Community
leaders
are
how
many
people
they
say
they
have
access
to.
What's
the
multiplier
effect.
On
top
of
that,
do
they
have
access
to
like
a
church
where
they
may
be
able
to
hold
a
a
vaccination,
pop-up
or
or
mobile
van.
So
we'll
have
all
of
that
information.
Then
they
go
through
the
training
and
then,
as
they
do
the
training.
We
actually
measure
their
user
engagement
with
the
portal.
C
So
we
know
if
they
downloaded
the
digital
toolkit.
If
they
watch
the
videos,
if
they
shared
the
video,
so
then
we
can
do
the
analytics
to
see
the
kind
of
impact
it
has
from
there.
But
the
key
thing
for
me
at
the
end
of
the
day
that
I
think
you
guys
should
be
interested
is
to
say
how
many
people
have
been
trained
in
good
health.
C
We
call
it
trauma-informed
health
communications,
how
many
people
have
been
trained
in
community
engagement
strategies
that
counter
lack
of
trust,
and
then
we
can
start
having
a
number
of
conversations
around
different
topics.
You
should
ask
you
should
ask
me
and
dr
gloucester
at
the
end
of
this,
how
many
people
have
been
trained,
how
many
people
have
stayed
engaged
and
how
many
people
have
have
said,
because
we're
going
to
ask
him
this?
C
How
many
people
are
going
to
tell
us
that
they
want
to
stay
involved
in
in
the
in
the
project
post,
the
post,
the
covet
resources
for
this
campaign?
And
that's
what
we're
we're
here
for
we're
here
for
the
long
haul,
so
whether
whether
the
county
or
whoever
funds
it,
we
will
continue
to
build
out
the
network,
because
we
have
got
to
start
focusing
on
agency
to
deal
with
health
disparities
in
our
community.
D
I
I
would
add
that
I
think
that
we
can
also
track
it,
although
this
is
further
down
the
road,
but
I
think
that
you
can
track
those
individuals
within
our
agencies
that
that
have
been
touched
and
become
users
again
of
the
fqhcs
and
other
agencies
through
this
process.
D
To
see
again,
look
at
how
many
warm
handoffs
did
occur
did
how
was
access
improved
to
services
and
and
then
ultimately,
outcomes
improved,
and
I
know
that's
a
that's
a
longer
thing
down
the
line
but
to
be
able
to
to
look
at
those
individuals
as
you
track
them
through
our
process.
C
But
I
agree
with
that
last
one:
we
should
make
the
one
of
the
last.
You
know
last
activities
funded
by
the
county
to
say,
let's
get
folks
connected
to
their
local
community
health
center
and
then
let's
actually
track
the
number
of
people
that
get
those
warm
handoffs,
because
that's
big,
if
you
get
folks
to
re-engage
with
health
care,
then
we
can
start
talking
to
them
about
a
variety
of
their
comorbidities,
particularly
as
we
want
to
deal
with
underlying
health
conditions.
C
I
mean,
I
think,
that's
critical,
because
if
they're
not
connected
to
health
care,
there's
there's
not
a
lot
we
can
do.
We
can
do
prevention,
but
a
lot
of
these
folks
need
intervention
need
treatment,
and-
and
this
is
the
only
way
we
can
do
it-
is
we
connect
them
directly
to
you
know.
You
know
to
culturally
relevant
services
that,
like
like
dr
gloucester,
provides.
E
Then?
It
gets
down
into
all
of
the
things
that
we've
identified
and
many
people
have
identified
as
other
issues.
And
how
do
we
start
to
can
how
do
we
continue
to
support
the
people
who
are
going
to
prioritize
resource?
You
know,
connections
and
warm
handoffs
for
people.
B
So
how
can
tell
me
laura
how
can
long
term,
how
do
you
see
your
office
and
your
office
is
fairly
new
long
term?
How
do
you
see
the
city
participating
in
this
endeavor?
How
can
we
continue
this
momentum,
which,
what's
your
thinking,
you
you
think
about
this
stuff
every
day?
So
what
do
you?
How
do
we
do?
What
what
are
the
things
we
need
to?
Do?
You
think.
E
I
think
I
think
we
we
see
partners
in
the
community
who
are
are
already
working
toward
this
and-
and
you
know
rather
than
reinventing
the
wheel,
which
is
you
know
what
we're
not
going
to
do
here-
we're
going
to
work
with
existing
resources
and
campaigns
and
support.
But
when
we
see
community
health
advocates
community
health
workers,
neighborhood
neighborhood,
health
deputies,
we
can
start,
and
even
the
you
know
the
really,
the
frankly
incredible
work
of
gvi.
E
Those
are
people
who
know
neighbors
and
know
people
far
better
than
than
than
people
that
don't
get
to
interact
with
the
community
on
a
daily
basis.
So
what
are
the
ways
that
we
continue
to
elevate
them
as
a
network
of
of
resource
providers
of
supporters
and
ultimately
is
connectors?
Who
can
be
in
a
position
to
tell
us
when
stuff
isn't
working?
I
mean,
I
think
that
the
you
know,
probably
one
of
the
most
significant
challenges
I've
I've
witnessed
is
that
we
work
to
create
a
program,
we're
excited
about
it.
We
do
it.
E
We
don't
have
an
iterative
process
to
say
oops.
This
isn't
working
oops.
We
you
know,
we
didn't
get
this
right
and
that
by
the
end
we
all
realize
where
we
could
have
done
differently
or
done
better.
But
when
you
have
a
whole
series
of
people
who
live
and
work
in
the
community,
who
can
tell
you
that
we
can,
we
can
iterate
faster,
we
can
work
faster.
So
I
could
envision
a
scenario
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
something:
that's
a
whole
series
of
of
government
deputies,
but
a
community-based
organizations.
E
Much
like
gvi
does
where
we
have
people
in
our
communities,
who
are
our
ambassadors
they're,
our
leaders
they're,
the
people
that
we
recognize
are
actually
taking
the
burden
off
of
the
public
safety
infrastructure
and
off
of
the
systems
infrastructure
but,
more
importantly,
precluding
the
trauma
of
systems,
involvement
and
the
recurrent
trauma.
Because
once
someone
is
involved
in
a
system,
it's
very
difficult
to
sort
of
extricate
them
and
connect
them
to
something.
That's
more
community
based.
E
You
have
prescriptive
processes
where
you
have
to
be
involved
with
a
particular
provider
on
a
particular
day,
and
let's
you
know,
let's
stop
that.
So
I
think
part
of
it
is
re-empowering
community
members
to
be
our
our
advocates,
our
leaders,
our
deputies
in
the
community,
whether
they
are
formerly
part
of
the
government
or
not,
and
the
second
piece
is
when
we
have
public
safety
engagements
because
truly
that's
our
biggest
reach
in
the
community.
E
At
this
moment,
it's
over
half
the
government
when,
when
one
happens,
what
are
the
ways
with
a
medic
or
a
firefighter,
goes
into
a
home
and
sees
underlying
issues,
social
determinants
of
health
that
are
affecting
a
person's
ability
to
thrive?
What
are
the
ways
that
we
follow
up
with
that
person
and
connect
them
with
services?
How
do
they
get
connected
with
pchs?
E
How
do
they
get
connected
with
other
providers
that
might
be
able
to
mitigate
those
issues?
So
we
don't
have
continued
recurrent
point-based
engagements,
but
rather
a
really
meaningful
relationships
with
and
with
something
like
an
f,
a
group
like
an
fqhc
or
with
a
mental
and
behavioral
health
provider.
Who's
going
to
be
able
to
meet
those
needs-
or
you
know,
as
ivan,
was
saying
food
right.
How
do
we
get
people
connected
with
food
or
safe
housing?
E
So
I
think
we
also
are
looking
at
how
do
we
optimize
the
engagements
that
we
do
have
on
a
public
safety
infrastructure
to
bring
in
partners
that
can
have
durable
relationships?
And
that's
good
for
everybody?
That's
good
for
our
community,
it's
good
for
our
first
responders
and
it's
it's
good
for
city
residents,
because
we
know
that
we're
more
meaningfully
supporting
and
helping
people.
C
So
that's
a
great
point:
if
you
don't
mind
me
adding
to
that
the
benefits
of
mobilizing
communities
are.
Are
we
forget
that
by
doing
community
mobilization,
you're
actually
creating
village
village
is
social
connectedness?
Social
connectedness
is
a
mental,
is
a
mental
wellness,
so
you're
actually
putting
in
mental
wellness,
because
you're
creating
more
social
fabric
you're
creating
connectedness
just
doing
that
is
going
to
lift
all
boats
in
the
lake
but
to
laura's
other
point
you
guys
when
you
do
good
community
engagement,
and
you
now
have
these
advocates.
C
You
can
also
do
better
data
gathering.
You
don't
have
to
get
it
from
your
traditional
institutional
sources.
We
have
a.
We
have
a
network
of
almost
1500
community-based
organizations
across
the
state
of
louisiana,
we're
doing
we're
doing
work
across
the
state
for
the
for
the
health
department.
When
we
do
work,
we
don't
I
don't
go.
I
don't
try
to
go
through
institutions,
ngos
and
and
and
institutions
that
have
mistreated.
I
go
through
these
gatekeepers.
I
go
through
the
community-based
organizations
and
I'm
able
to
get
much
richer
survey.
C
Data
focus
group
data
insights
because
it's
coming
from
the
community
itself.
So
remember
when
I
talked
about
the
channel
to
put
information
into
the
community,
it's
also
a
channel
to
bring
information
out
of
the
community.
That's
going
to
give
you
the
best
qualitative
and
quantitative
data
to
make
good
decisions
so
that
that's
how
you're,
you're,
you're
literally
building
capacity
for
you
know
for
us
to
do
stuff
that
create
wellness
in
and
of
itself.
A
We've
got
a
little
bit
of
time.
Left.
Micah
smith
has
been
monitoring
questions,
so
I
want
to
bring
her
on.
But
as
she
comes
on
dr
gloucester,
can
you
tell
us
what
you're
aware
and
knowledgeable
of
as
it
relates
to
the
vaccine
in
children
and
the
reason
why
I'm
asking
and
it's
somewhat
even
personal
many
families
are
starting
to
finally
send
their
children
back
to
school.
Mine
started
two
weeks
ago.
They
go
12
twice
a
week,
but
I
had,
during
this
entire
time,
never
knew
a
kid
that
had
actually
been
diagnosed.
A
My
son
plays
baseball
and
it
was
actually
a
child
on
his
team
that
was
diagnosed
with
kovid
two
weeks
ago,
so
we
had
to
shut
it
down,
make
sure
every
kid
got
tested
didn't
play
for
two
weeks.
So
I'm
just
curious.
Can
you
share
any
information
you
have
with
us,
as
it
relates
to
children
eventually
becoming
vaccinated.
D
Sure
I
am
thankful
that
some
school
districts
are
embarking
on
a
plan
to
provide
mass
vaccination
as
well.
As
you
know,
we
at
primary
care
health
services
all
of
our
sites,
we're
working
through
a
process
now
to
identify
those
families
that
have
not
been
vaccinated
yet-
and
you
know,
throughout
the
summer,
reach
out
to
them
not
wait
for
them
to
reach
out
to
us
to
try
to
facilitate
a
vaccination
for
those
kids.
D
As
many
of
you
know,
pfizer
vaccine
has
received
emergency
use
authorization
down
to
the
age
of
12.,
and
the
great
news
is
it's
showing
to
be
100
effective
at
preventing
the
infection.
So
that's
that's
great
news
as
well.
Also,
kids
tend
to
do
great
with
vaccines,
even
the
concerns
around
the
vaccine.
D
In
our
you
know,
older
adult
population
and
our
adult
population
with
side
effects
that
kids
tend
to
not
have
that
as
well
as
not
nearly
as
you
know,
significant
if
they're
going
to
have
a
reaction,
and
they
also
mount
an
incredibly
good
immune
response
and
that's
why
the
vaccine's
been
shown
to
be
so
effective.
D
So
I
think
that
what
I'm
trying
to
tell
parents
to
do
is
contact
your
pediatrician,
your
family
doctors
now
and
if
your
school
hasn't
reached
out
and
you're,
not
aware
of
other
mass
efforts,
please
by
all
means
contact
your
your
physician.
If
you
don't
know
of
one
that
has
the
vaccine,
we
welcome
you
at
primary
care
health
services,
as
well
as
the
other,
fairly
qualified
health
centers
that
we
would
love
to.
You
know
the
opportunity
to
serve
you
and
get
your
child.
The
vaccine.
F
Yes,
thank
you.
The
first
question
I
believe
would
be
directed
to
dr
gloucester,
which
is
just
generally.
Where
can
where
can
we
get
the
covid
vaccine
at
the
moment
in
pittsburgh?.
D
So
again,
the
great
news
is
beyond
us:
it's
fairly
qualified
health
centers
that
I've
mentioned.
We
know
of
many
mass
vaccine
sites,
whether
they
are
you
know
in
the
hill
district
or
downtown,
but
moving
away
from
those
we've
actually
partnered
with
some
community
organizations,
for
instance
down
in
hazelwood.
Besides
our
hazelwood
community
health
center,
the
spartan
center
we're
doing
vaccines
on
fridays
at
the
spartan
center
in
may
we're
doing
vaccines
at
hosanna
house
in
wilkinsburg
on
tuesdays.
D
You
know
this
month
in
in
may,
as
well
as
moving
into
june
and
at
all
of
our
sites
as
well.
You
can
call
to
get
a
vaccine
but
yeah,
thankfully,
now
there's
plenty
of
supply
and
lots
of
vaccine
distribution
sites
that
you
can
access
but
again
welcome
you,
calling
us
and
and
giving
our
network
and
the
other
fqhc's
we'd
be
happy
to
to
give
people
our
vaccine.
F
Thank
you.
The
second
question
was:
how
does
the
holistic
public
health
approach
differ
from
the
historical
approach
to
health
and
black
communities
and
I
think
that's
open.
C
Well,
I
think
the
this
approach
that
we're
using
is
what
we
call
community-centered
it's
buy-in
for
the
community.
Traditional
public
health
has
really
been
what
we
call
you
know
we
identify
what
the
message
is
that
we
want
to
get
across
it's
it's
more
based
in
science
and
literature,
but
and
then
we
kind
of
use
whatever
channels.
We
think
we
want
to
use
to
get
the
message
to
the
consumer
that
hasn't
worked
as
well,
because
it's
sometimes
not
culturally
relevant
and
matter
of
fact.
Sometimes
it
actually
backfires
and
is
insulting.
C
So
if
you
start
with
the
community
and
you
take
a
community-centered
approach
and
understand
one
how
they
view
the
world.
Secondly,
what's
their
communications
culture,
then
you
can
make
sure
you're
crafting
your
message
to
their
worldview,
but
all
of
our
messages,
the
number
one
thing
we
say
is
that
if
you
don't
talk
to
their
world
view,
they'll
opt
out
of
your
message.
They'll
say
you're,
not
talking
to
how
I
view
the
world.
C
So
it's
critical
to
be
able
to
take
a
community-centered
approach
and
and
by
mobilizing
and
training
community
leaders
who
know
their
communities
they're
even
closer
to
being
able
to
make
sure
that
they're
speaking
to
the
world
view
of
that
audience.
So
it's
really
just
more
of
a
what
we
call
a
oral
based
approach
to
a
literate
based
approach.
Public
health
has
usually
been
literate
based
and
what
we're
saying
is
that
you
have
to
be
oral
based
because
we
come
from
the
oral
tradition.
C
B
Dr
gloucester,
why
don't
you
give
your
phone
number,
the
main
number
for
people
to
call
if
they
need
if
they
want
kovic
or
they
want
to?
You
know,
get
some
primary
care
services.
D
Absolutely
so
our
headquarters
at
mallory,
the
telephone
number
main
number,
is
four
one.
Two,
two
four,
four,
four:
seven:
zero:
zero!
That's
four
one,
two,
two
four,
four:
four:
seven:
zero
zero.
A
Thank
you.
Well.
That
is
all
the
time
we
have
for
today's
show.
We
want
to
thank
our
guests,
lord
jokowski,
critical
communities,
manager
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
dr
jerome
gloucester,
and
ivan
zhuzang
founder
and
president
of
me
productions
in
order
to
have
a
significant
investment
in
the
black
community.
B
Purpose
of
our
leadership
and
of
this
media
show
is
to
help
to
facilitate
all
the
things
that
will
uplift
black
people,
councilman
lavelle
and
I
sit
and
counsel,
and
our
job
is
to
lift
up
all
of
those
issues,
whether
in
education,
health,
public
safety,
economic
development,
public
housing,
you
know
affordable
housing.
All
of
those
things
that's.
What
this
show
is
to
do
is
that
we
know
that
not
one
thing
was
going
to
make
the
black
community
better,
but
all
these
things
together
at
scale,
we
believe,
will
empower
the
black
community.
B
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
watching
and
participating
in
this
town
hall
meeting.
Remember
you
can
watch
this
show
on
facebook,
the
city's
youtube
channel
or
the
city's
cable
channel.
A
new
meeting
occurs
every
wednesday
by
working
together,
united
purpose.
We
can
transform
our
city
strengthen
it
for
all
of
its
residents.
Pittsburgh
is
becoming
a
city
for
all
by
becoming
a
city
where
black
pittsburgh
matters
good
evening,
stay
safe
and
be.