Door-to-door effort delivers Spanish-language COVID vaccine info
Janeita Lentz knocks on doors in the Berclair area to hand out vaccine information literature. Saturday, July 17th, 2021. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Volunteers plan their routes for the vaccine literature drop on Saturday, July 17th, 2021. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Janeita Lentz translates and explains some of the information that is in the packets. Saturday, July 17th, 2021. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Janeita Lentz leaves a vaccine literature booklet at someone's door. Saturday, July 17th, 2021. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Volunteers used voter registration data to coordinate which homes to visit. (Lucy Garrett/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Volunteers and employees of office of Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris targeted the 38128 ZIP code in North Memphis, because of its prominent Spanish speaking-population, citing a disparity in local vaccination rates among Hispanic communities.
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Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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