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But the demand for shots is much greater than the supply, said hospital CEO and President George Miller Jr. Loretto is partnering with community groups on the weekends, in addition to giving shots during the week at the hospital.
Rev. Ira Acree and Rev. Marshall Hatch were in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to pray for the country’s future and condemn white supremacy a day before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The relatives of several Illinois prisoners shared their concerns about how COVID-19 is affecting their loved ones. As of Jan. 11, 9,318 prisoners and 3,625 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19, said Alan Mills, executive director of Uptown People’s Law Clinic. That number would be far lower if the Illinois Department of Corrections had started universal testing sooner, Mills said.
Last week’s meeting, held via Zoom was the second of two “community conversations” the Chicago Police Department is holding as it crafts a strategic plan for 2021. Each district is coming up with a plan as part of the consent decree the department signed in March 2019 with the U.S. Department of Justice.
The Loretto Hospital is providing free mammograms through the end of October to Austin residents who are uninsured or underinsured. Call 833-THL-LOVE.
People with disabilities can be especially difficult to count, as are Black and brown residents, the homeless and the elderly, advocates say – and that undercount can lead to cuts in essential services. It’s not too late to be counted in the once-a-decade census, which helps determine billions of dollars in government funding.
Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church, and Jose Abonce of Austin Coming Together both traveled to D.C. last week to take part in the “Commitment March: Get Your Knee Off Our Necks.”
Elijah Adams and Yafae Cotton, sophomores at Michele Clark Academic Prep Magnet High School, have been producing a weekly podcast since the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools across the state.
SEIU Healthcare Illinois said workers delivered strike notices this week to administrators at The Austin Oasis, at 901 S. Austin Blvd.; Symphony of Chicago West, at 5130 W. Jackson Blvd.; and Mayfield Health Center, at 5905 W. Washington Blvd.
Four Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in Chicago – including PCC Community Wellness Center, which operates two sites in Austin, and the Lawndale Christian Health Center – will expand testing on the West and South sides over the next several days to an additional 400 tests per day.