MARION COUNTY, Fla. – Some pastors in Marion County started a partnership with a local NAACP chapter and the county’s health department to make COVID-19 vaccines more accessible to minorities in the area.
There have been three separate events across the county vaccinating about 800 people and it was all through word of mouth. The latest event was held Wednesday at Greater New Hope church in Ocala.
Bishop James Stockton III said he and other pastors at historically black churches throughout the county have noticed many members of their congregation weren’t vaccinated.
Lizzie Lennon is a former nurse practitioner and the health chair of the NAACP in Marion County. She said accessibility is an issue for many minorities living throughout the