Belan Antensaye of the City of Burlington’s Office of Racial Equity, Inclusion and Belonging speaks at a press conference to mark nearly 100,000 coronavirus vaccinations in Chittenden County in Burlington on Friday on Thursday, May 7, 2021. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger
The leaders behind Vermont’s effort to vaccinate Black, Indigenous and people of color are launching a new organization to centralize the state’s effort to lessen vaccine disparities.
It’s called the Vermont Health Equity Initiative and was announced Wednesday at Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger’s weekly press conference. The organization is born out of the Vermont Professionals of Color Network, the group leading Chittenden County’s vaccination efforts for BIPOC community members.