June is Pride Month
People who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are members of every community. The perspectives and needs of LGBT people should be routinely considered in public health efforts to improve the overall health of every person and eliminate health disparities.
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This campaign features Latinx Doctors, Nurse, and Promotoras who respond to information needs about COVID-19 vaccines among Latinos and Spanish-speaking people in U.S.
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Better Together: How Rutgers is Helping to Create a More Equitable Recovery from COVID-19
June 8, 12pm ET
Rutgers University Alumni Association and Rutgers Global Health Institute invite you to discuss Rutgers’ role in helping small businesses in low-income and minority communities overcome challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Vaccinate Against COVID-19 in a FREE Community Vaccination Clinic
June 9, 4pm - 8pm
Open to New Brunswick residents, 12 years or older.
First dose appointment available for: June 9th and June 19th. Location: A.C. Redshaw Elementary School, 216 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (please use door #9 on Delavan Street side).
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Vacunese contra el COVID-19 en una Clinica Comunitaria Gratis
June 9, 4pm - 8pm
Abierto para residentes de New Brunswick, debe tener 12 años o más.
La cita para la primera dosis de la vacuna están disponibles: 9 de Junio y 19 de Junio. Sitio: A.C. Redshaw Elementary School, 216 Livingston Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 (favor de usar la puerta #9 del lado de la calle Delavan).
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Structural Racism & COVID-19
June 11, 12pm ET
The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School invites you to the 9th session of the Rutgers Project ECHO series. Robin Eubanks, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Health Professions, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies will be presenting.
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State Farm Neighborhood Assist®
The goal of this funding opportunity is to help good neighbors across the U.S. take an active role in improving their communities. This year $25,000 grants will be awarded to 40 nonprofits. State Farm can’t wait to learn about your nonprofit and the positive impact you’re making in your neighborhood. The first 2,000 submissions will be accepted starting June 2nd, 2021. Learn more here.
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Morehouse School of Medicine's Satcher Health Leadership Institute has built a Health Equity Tracker - explore, learn, and share the tracker here.
Learn more about the CDC's resources on Alzheimer's Disease and Healthy Aging here.
COVID-19 Vaccines May Be Less Effective in Some People with Cancer.
The Institute for Women's Leadership Consortium symposium "Making Care Count: Care Work, Gender, and Covid-19" features distinguished leaders whose research, policy work, and activism are advancing our understanding of one of the most pressing issues of our times: the care crisis.
New Jersey COVID-19 Information Hub: The State of New Jersey has put together a list of resources about the COVID-19 virus including testing sites, signs and symptoms, and FAQs about social services.
You can find community-based and local COVID-19 testing site locations and hours here.
Middlesex County residents can register for a free COVID-19 test at sites throughout the county. Appointments required. The sites provide saliva-based test kits developed at Rutgers University.
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New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science
This newsletter is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number, UL1TR003017 to Rutgers University. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not represent the official views of the NIH.
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