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Rooted in Unity and Defiance, Operation Shoestring Innovates to Serve Children During Pandemic

The Shoestring team not only worried for themselves and their own families as the pandemic ascended, but for the children of high-poverty Georgetown and MidCity neighborhoods in Jackson where the organization has been providing support for 53 years. Its goals are to ensure access to education, health and self-sufficiency services for Jackson Public Schools students in grades pre-K through 12.

Torsheta Jackson June 10, 2021

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COVID-19 Community Forum Tackles Vaccine Hesitancy, Indifference

With the state’s vaccine rush well in the rear-view mirror, individual advocates embedded in communities—like Pastor Odee Akines—are key to the Mississippi State Department of Health’s plan to vaccinate both the skeptical and the indifferent.

Nick Judin June 8, 2021

Woman applying bandage to vaccination spot

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Mississippi In Last Place for Vaccinations as Biden Administration Announces ‘Month of Action’

President Joe Biden has declared a vaccination “National Month of Action” to get the U.S. to herd immunity against COVID-19, alongside a slew of public health initiatives to close the remaining vaccine gap in the country.

Nick Judin June 4, 2021

MFP Voices

The Troubling Past of Forced Sterilization of Black Women and Girls in Mississippi and the South

Much like the North Carolina legislators, those in Mississippi based their arguments on claims about who is fit to have children, specifically those on government assistance. Rep. Walter Meek of Eupora, Miss., said that “the State of Mississippi is subsidizing illegitimacy through welfare payments, and that the moral structure has completely broken down in some segments of society.”

Michael Murphy June 4, 2021

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As Pandemic Ebbs, MSDH Drops Vaccine Scheduling Requirements

Mississippians can now show up at a Mississippi State Department of Health vaccination site and receive the COVID-19 vaccine without previously scheduling an appointment. The last remaining barriers to vaccination for residents 12 and older end at a time when vaccinations—and new cases of COVID-19—have dwindled to new lows.

Nick Judin May 31, 2021

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‘Breaking Point’: Restaurant Workers Push Back Amid Unemployment Benefit Crackdown

Management demanded workers return to their positions, but often part-time and during shifts with virtually no customers coming in. The industry-wide transition to curbside services left many employees working for the tipped minimum of $2.13 an hour with few tips, if any.

Nick Judin May 28, 2021

BWC Voices

My First Pregnancy: Living Through COVID While Discovering a New Norm

As COVID cases in Mississippi spiked in April 2020, the negative impact on what was supposed to be one of the happiest years of my life appeared right before my eyes. First, my graduation ceremony was cancelled, and students had to move off campus immediately. This meant goodbye to any senior-year traditions, rushed farewells to my professors, friends and classmates, no more late-night runs to the store with my college friends and definitely a “see you next time” to my twin bed in my dorm. Shortly thereafter, I noticed a change in how my OB-GYN scheduled appointments.

Gabrielle Terrett May 19, 2021

State Drive-Through Vaccination Sites Map

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MSDH Approves COVID-19 Vaccine For Adolescents, Expands Homebound Vaccinations

Adolescents aged 12 to 15 are now approved for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, which expands access to the two-shot mRNA vaccine to more than 160,000 young Mississippians, after the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices formally approved the decision on Wednesday.

Nick Judin May 13, 2021

BWC Voices

‘I Received a Divination’: Seek Friendship from Black Women Unapologetically

In February 2021, I received a divination—I was told that I need to open myself to friendship and community and that, specifically, I should seek the friendship of other Black women. A close friend reminded me of this by reassuring me it would be easy for me to make new friends in Memphis, Tenn., where my wife and I decided to plant roots.

Jasmine Wolfe May 11, 2021

Our Stories on COVID-19

Rooted in Unity and Defiance, Operation Shoestring Innovates to Serve Children During Pandemic

COVID-19 Community Forum Tackles Vaccine Hesitancy, Indifference

Mississippi In Last Place for Vaccinations as Biden Administration Announces ‘Month of Action’

The Troubling Past of Forced Sterilization of Black Women and Girls in Mississippi and the South

As Pandemic Ebbs, MSDH Drops Vaccine Scheduling Requirements

‘Breaking Point’: Restaurant Workers Push Back Amid Unemployment Benefit Crackdown

My First Pregnancy: Living Through COVID While Discovering a New Norm

MSDH Approves COVID-19 Vaccine For Adolescents, Expands Homebound Vaccinations

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