>> THE COVID-19 VACCINATION RATE
IN WISCONSIN FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE
NOW HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE STANDS
AT 47.5%.
BUT THERE REMAIN LARGE
DISPARITIES IN WHO IS GETTING
THEM.
OF ALL PEOPLE IN WISCONSIN WHO
HAVE HAD THEIR FIRST DOSE, BLACK
RESIDENTS HAVE THE LOWEST RATE
OF VACCINATION IN THE STATE,
23.6%.
TRYING TO GET MORE SHOTS IN
ARMS, A NEW PROJECT RUN BY THE
URBAN LEAGUE OF MADISON IS DOING
JUST THAT.
BRINGING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
VACCINATIONS DEEPER INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
MURV SEYMOUR REPORTS.
>> EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET
VACCINATED.
>> ON THIS DAY OUTSIDE THE URBAN
LEAGUE HEADQUARTERS ON MADISON
SOUTH SIDE, IT'S A PARTY
ATMOSPHERE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN
PEPPERED WITH SIGNS AND FLIERS
IN THE WORDS OF ORGANIZERS TO
DO.
>> EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REACH AS
MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, AS MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AS WE CAN.
>> INVITATION FOR ANYONE TO COME
INSIDE, TO PROTECT THE
COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN
PEOPLE.
>> WE HAVE ONLY BEEN OPEN A
COUPLE HOURS, TONS OF TRAFFIC.
>> THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO
BRING THE VACCINE TO THE
COMMUNITY.
MANY OF US HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR
FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
INFECTED, YOU KNOW, AND DIED.
>> FOUR LETTERS OF THE SMALL
WORD MEANS ANYONE WHO SHOTS UP
CAN GET THE SHOT.
ONLY COST, TIME.
URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER MADISON
HAS PARTNERED WITH S.S.M. HEALTH
AND ALMOST A DOZEN OTHER
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING
THE VACCINE A FOOT STEP CLOSER
TO PEOPLE LIKE BRUCE TATE, WHO
SAYS THREE PEOPLE IN HIS FAMILY
HAVE THE VIRUS.
FOR HIM AND SO MANY OTHERS,
GETTING VACCINATED IS TOUGHER
BECAUSE OF A LACK OF
TRANSPORTATION AND CLINICS CLOSE
TO HOME.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE FUN, NOT LIKE
YOU ARE COMING TO GET A SHOT,
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST A MEET AND
GREET OF SOME SORT.
>> CRITICAL VACCINE DRIVE
TARGETS PEOPLE LIKE 13-YEAR-OLD
MARCUS ALLEN.
>> ADMITTED FOR THE 12 PLUS, I'M
LIKE I HAVE TO TRAVEL MORE.
>> A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH
PEDIATRICIANS AND HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS ACROSS THE STATE, WE
KNOW PARENTS ARE LOOKING TO
THEIR PEDIATRICIANS.
>> MARCUS TAKES A POST VACCINE
PHOTO WITH HIS DAD.
CAMPAIGN RUN BY RABBI BONNIE
MARGULIS.
URGES OTHERS TO GET THE PICTURE
BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE FACE
ACROSS THE STATE WITH COVID-19.
>> TRYING TO GET AS MANY FOLKS
FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE,
DIFFERENT AGES, ETHNICITIES.
THE MORE PEOPLE SEE WHO LOOK
LIKE THEM, OH, THEY GOT THE SHOT
AND THIS IS WHY, AND THAT REALLY
RESONATES WITH ME, MAYBE I
SHOULD GET VACCINATED AS WELL.
>> MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIVE-HOUR
EFFORT.
A SURPRISE VISIT FROM GOVERNOR
TONY EVERS.
>> THIS ISN'T A BLACK OR
WHITE ISSUE OR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
ISSUE, IT'S A WISCONSIN ISSUE.
>> THEY SAY SUCCESS IS ALL ABOUT
PARTNERSHIPS.
>> WE HAVE SO MUCH GREATER
REACH.
WE REACH OUT TO THE FAITH
COMMUNITY, THE URBAN LEAGUE
REACHES OUT TO THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND CENTRAL
HISPANIC AND BOSA LA FRONTERA.
>> PEOPLE TRUST US.
ONE OF THE YOUNG WOMEN TODAY
TAKING A SHOT, SHE WHENNIS --
WHISPERED IN MY EAR, I GOT THE
SHOT BECAUSE I SAW THE
PROMOTION.
>> WE ALL CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL
LIFE.
>> REPORTING FOR "HERE & NOW,"
I'M MURV SEYMOUR.
>> 76 PEOPLE CAME OUT TO RECEIVE
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