“Strength Thru Unity” will focus on the hard-hit impact of COVID-19 among Americans of color. Some of the nation’s most influential multicultural leaders will discuss why there is a disproportionate risk among people of color and their recommendations for how to curb this pandemic.
Topics to be discussed include health and economic disparities, the rise in hate crimes, looming evictions, remote learning, and the White House response and solutions to stop COVID-19 from impacting Blacks, Latinos, Asians, and Native-Americans.
A new poll from UC Berkeley’s Institute for Governmental Studies reveals this unequal deadly threat on minority communities read the full story here: www.tinyurl.com/an-unequal-threat
Time: 1 p.m. PST Aug. 26 via Live Stream on Zoom and on KPFK.org
Details: STU will also broadcast on KPFK-FM 90.7 at 5 p.m. PST Aug. 28 at Pacifica radio station KPFK-FM can be heard throughout Southern California.
WHY: Today, there are over five million cases of COVID-19 in the US and over 150,000 deaths. In California, there are over 400,000 cases and 42,000 deaths so far. Most of California’s COVID-19 cases are among young people ages 18-49. Hospitalization is on the rise in poor Latino and Black communities statewide.
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