Black, Latinx, and indigenous communities have been especially hard-hit by Covid-19. The Atlantic's Covid Racial Data Tracker recently found that Black people are dying of Covid at more than twice the rates of whites. What can local governments and states do to close the gap?
What are cities and counties doing to address Covid-19 racial disparities? This report spotlights innovative practices in 10 cities throughout the country, such as public-private partnerships, equity frameworks, anti-displacement strategies, free pop-up testing, and more.
Learn what states can do to combat Covid racial disparities, including data initiatives to better track Covid disparities, task forces specifically focused on Covid racial disparities, mask campaigns culturally tailored for diverse communities, and more.
We are graduate students in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) program at Troy University in our final capstone class. To empower local and state governments to fight Covid racial disparities, we dedicated our capstone project to curating best practices from around the country through digital media sources.
Erika Barnes-Ford (Team Captain, States Team)
Steven Maxwell (Team Captain, Cities Team)
Tracy Armstead
Latonya Fuller
India Oliver
India Sims
Keisha Tramel
Michael Wilson
Catherine White
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