Any prohibition on services promoting their own tools could hinder these valuable services and make it harder for customer to patronize Black-owned businesses.
“Gun violence is not acceptable anywhere, and can never be accepted as normal. We cannot accept children growing up without parents, lost to gun violence. We cannot accept a world where parents lose their children to senseless shootings,” said Cook County Commissioner Frank J. Aguilar.
The response to COVID-19 has failed at every level of the Pritzker administration. The response has been based 100% on political science. He is in the process of trying to clean up the mess he created.
The team found the initial vaccine rollout did not give priority to some underserved communities, pointing toward disparities in vaccine coverage.
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Throughout the pandemic, Jamie Kucera and The Y have stepped in to provide necessary resources for the community with limited financial means. The organization has partnered with Alivio Medical Center to administer nearly 10,000 COVID-19 vaccines. The YMCA has provided over 15,000 emergency food boxes to seniors to allow them to stay safely in their home and have sustainable food.
“We must meet the community we serve where they live in order to make sure everyone has access to PPE supplies, testing, and vaccinations,” said Cook County Commissioner Frank Aguilar.
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