Vaccine Plus – Community Health & Power: Knoxville

For this month’s issue, we feature lessons learned from three community-based organizations in our Vaccine Plus: Community Health and Power grant program – El Centro, New Direction Health Care Solutions, and the Organization for Black Struggle. Each led community-centered public health responses during the height of the pandemic, and are leveraging the relationships, collaborations, and access to resources…

In this webinar, featuring three of Rx Foundation’s Vaccine Plus – Community Health and Power grant partners – El Centro, New Direction Health Care Solutions, and the Organization for Black Struggle – and guided by moderator Gloria Medina of Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE), we discuss whether grassroots groups are better able to advance long-term change in their communities as a result…

This article was co-authored by Jennie Riley (Executive Director, Rx Foundation), Megan Cook (Manager of Programs and Operations, Rx Foundation) and Ms. Cynthia J. Finch (President and Founder, New Direction Health Care Solutions). It originally appeared in Grantmakers in Health’s Views from the Field on April 25, 2023. The Rx Foundation launched a rapid response…

This month, we are honored to feature New Direction Health Care Solutions, one of our Vaccine Plus: Community Health & Power grant partners. In conversation with Founder and President, Ms. Cynthia J. Finch, we discuss her biggest takeaways from New Direction’s COVID vaccine equity work including lessons on community engagement, trusted messengers, and faith-based health…

Ms. Cynthia J. Finch, Executive Director of New Direction Health Care Solutions, was recently honored for her significant contribution to her community as USA Today’s Woman of the Year in Tennessee. “When people started calling me in my community saying they couldn’t get a vaccine, when African Americans in East Knoxville were telling me they…