CORE – Los Angeles Sentinel

St. Mark UMC Sponsors Community Health Fair

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorSeptember 21, 2022

USC School of Pharmacy and LA Recovery Connect co-host event featuring free vaccines and screenings Scores of people filled the campus of St. Mark United Methodist Church to take advantage of the many free resources available at the Community Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 10. USC School of Pharmacy and LA Recovery Connect co-sponsored the afternoon event, which offered COVID and flu vaccines, wellness screenings, and educational booths. The program also included raffle prizes, musical entertainment and nutritious refreshments. In addition, the health fair featured a fentanyl awareness panel discussion and training on using Naloxone, which counters fentanyl overdoses. The

CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) Launches it’s Time Los Angeles, a Vaccine Awareness Campaign to Aid its Vaccine Distribution Efforts

Special to the SentinelMay 6, 2021

Disproportionate distribution and barriers to access among marginalized communities propelled CORE to rally community experts to form alliance and execute the equity-focused campaign

COVID-19 Local News

New Homeless ‘Bridge’ Shelter Opens on San Pedro; L.A. County Provides $400,000 to Support COVID-19 Staffing

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJuly 7, 2020

The unsheltered have been part of the most susceptible demographic to coronavirus, due to being exposed to the elements with no permanent protection to take refuge. July 6, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti held a conference “Confronting the Crisis,” announcing the opening of a bridge home shelter in San Pedro. Monetary resources are being funneled to areas that are imperative to fighting a global pandemic, L.A. County disclosed a commitment to testing site funding.

COVID-19 News

Mayor Eric Garcetti Announces the Launch of Mobile COVID-19 Testing Sites

Betti Halsell Contributing WriterJune 23, 2020

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the deployment of mobile testing units.
With the launch of the mobile testing program, the construction of the site is to be flexible to the need and the current moment. This partnership adds to the list of 23 testing sites that are ran by the city and the county.

History National News

60 Years Ago: Students Launched Sit-In Movement

Dr. Kelton Edmonds, Special to The New Journal and GuideFebruary 6, 2020

Violent episodes were the exceptions and not the rule of the massively spreading Sit-in Movement.

Entertainment

Core DJs Group Hosts Annual Summit in Phoenix

Arizona Informant Staffers Arizona Informant NNPA MemberNovember 30, 2017

Veterans like Neal didn’t have the pleasure of growing up on the Internet when pursuing his craft as a DJ; he had to solely rely on relationships that he built through networking and traveling the world.