The Biden administration said it is teaming up with several organizations to launch an initiative called 'Shots at the Shop' to engage Black-owned barber shops and beauty salons in efforts to promote vaccine education and outreach on a local level
As part of a White House initiative, the National Association of County and City Health Officials is is planning to help train Black-owned barber shops and hair salons to provide accurate vaccination information and even provide vaccines where possible, Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of NACCHO, told CNN on Wednesday.
In the years to come, as racial segregation laws limited the spaces where Black Americans could gather, the barber shop served as a safe meeting space for the Black community. In barber shops, Black men could speak openly and honestly about a range of topics, including their health -- and that seems to continue today.
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