The first Mobile COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will visit the Feed Evansville Community Food Share at Hartke Pool this Wednesday, May 5.
Eligible Residents 16 and older can receive the vaccination from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Preregistration is not required; however, individuals will need a 2nd dose following a four-week period.
A Metropolitan Evansville Transit Service (METS) Mobility bus will serve as a pop-up clinic. Vaccinations will be administered by Vanderburgh County Health Department staff.
The clinic with reach the following locations through the end of June:
Feed Evansville Community Food Share at Hartke Pool (201 N Boeke Road)
Howell Park (1101 South Barker Avenue)
Economy Grocery/Former Ruler Foods (1200 North Fulton Avenue)
Main METS Terminal (103 NW Sixth Street)
Lawndale METS Transfer Station (950 S. Hebron Avenue)
Nashville, TN…. May 3, 2021 – GRAMMY® nominated, multiple American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and Dove Award-winning band MercyMe has announced their fall 2021 inhale (exhale) tour. Hitting 30 cities across the U.S., the band is excited to hit the road with fellow Fair Trade Services artist Micah Tyler. For ticket information on all MercyMe tour dates, please visit www.mercyme.org.
MercyMe released their tenth studio project, inhale (exhale) last Friday, April 30, and the current single, “Say I Won’t” has risen quickly across national radio charts,
currently #4 on Billboard National Christian Audience, Mediabase Christian Audience and Billboard AC Indicator, as well as #5 on Billboard AC Monitored and Mediabase Christian AC.
MercyMe inhale (exhale) tour
w/ Micah Tyler (*all dates subject to change):
THU 9-30-21 Lubbock, TX
FRI 10-1-21 Tulsa, OK
SAT 10-2-21 Cedar Park, TX SUN 10-3-21 Fort Worth, TX FRI 10-8-21 Louisville, KY SAT 10-9-21 Evansville, IN SUN 10-10-21 Duluth, GA THU 10-14-21 Charlotte, NC FRI 10-15-21 Columbia, SC SAT 10-16-21 Greensboro, NC SUN 10-17-21 Augusta, GA THURS 10-21-21 Tampa, FL FRI 10-22-21 Jacksonville, FL SAT 10-23-21 Biloxi, MS
SUN 10-24-21 Pensacola, FL THU 10-28-21 Oklahoma City, OK FRI 10-29-21 Wichita, KS
SAT 10-30-21 Kansas City, MO THU 11-4-21 Toledo, OH
FRI 11-5-21 Grand Rapids, MI SAT 11-6-21 Champaign, IL
SUN 11-7-21Columbus, OH
THU 11-11-21 Moline, IL
FRI 11-12-21 Ft. Wayne, IN
SAT 11-13-21 Cincinnati, OH SUN 11-14-21 Nashville, TN
THU 11-18-21 Greenville, SC
FRI 11-19-21 Norfolk, VA
SAT 11-20-21 Pittsburgh, PA SUN 11-21-21Indianapolis, IN
About MercyMe:
It continues to be a landmark time for the multi-platinum selling, GRAMMY® nominated, multiple American Music Award, Billboard Music Award and Dove
Award winners MercyMe. They were recently named Billboard’s Top Christian Artist of the 2010 decade, and in 2020 received their eighth American Music Award nomination. A major motion picture based on the life of frontman Bart Millard who wrote the mega-hit song “I Can Only Imagine†after the loss of his father, opened at a remarkable No. 3 at the box office on Mar. 16, 2018 (Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions). In conjunction with the movie release, Millard penned a memoir and the band released a collection of hits titled I Can Only Imagine – The Very Best Of MercyMe. In 2018 MercyMe was named Top Christian Artist at the Billboard
Music Awards, was the top winner at the fan-fueled K-LOVE Fan Awards including a win for Artist of the Year, and was the GMA Dove Award Winner for Artist Of The Year. Since their debut in 2001, the band has sold more than 9 million units in CD, single and DVD sales, garnered more than 48 No. 1 multi-format radio singles, and had four consecutive mainstream radio hits. MercyMe made history in 2014 as “I Can Only Imagine†surpassed 2 million digital downloads, making it the first song in Christian music to go platinum and double-platinum in the digital domain. The song has now gone has gone 4x platinum. In 2009, Billboard named MercyMe’s “Word Of God Speak” the No. 1 Song of The Decade and the group the No. 1 Artist of the Decade in both the Christian Songs and Christian AC Songs categories, recognizing them as one of the industry’s most notable talents. They have sold out venues throughout the US and Canada, including Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and have appeared on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Good Morning America, GMA3, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, FOX New Channel’s FOX & Friends, CNN, ABC News and in the pages
of Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, USA Today and more. Their tenth album, inhale(exhale), is available now.
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Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning is now accepting applications from families statewide who may be eligible for grants for their children to receive free, high-quality, pre-kindergarten education through the On My Way Pre-K program for the 2021-2022 school year. Information about the program and the link to apply can be found at OnMyWayPreK.org.
For the 2021-2022 school year, a child is eligible for an On My Way Pre-K voucher if they will be 4 years old by Aug. 1, 2021, and plan to start kindergarten in the 2022-2023 school year. An eligible child must live in a household with income below 127% of the federal poverty level and have parents or guardians who are working, going to school, attending job training or searching for employment.
A limited number of vouchers will be available for children who will be 4 years old by Aug. 1, 2021, live in a household with income up to 185% of the federal poverty level, and have:
A parent/guardian who is working, attending job training or an educational program, looking for employment OR
A parent/guardian who receives Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits
For the second year, an easy-to-use, online application called “Early Ed Connect†will serve as the application for both On My Way Pre-K and child care assistance provided in Indiana via the federal Child Care Development Fund or “CCDF.†Early Ed Connect offers the benefits of easier attachment of documents and notification of successful submission. A Spanish version is also available as well as support for any technical issues.
On My Way Pre-K awards grants to 4-year-old children from low-income families so that they may have access to a high-quality pre-K program the year before they begin kindergarten. Families who receive a grant may use the grant at any approved On My Way Pre-K program throughout the state.
Once the family has met eligibility requirements and has been awarded a grant for their child, they may choose from any of the approved On My Way Pre-K programs. Families can search approved providers at www.ChildCareFinder.IN.gov.
Approved pre-K programs may be located in a public or private school, licensed child care center, licensed home or registered ministry as long as that program meets the quality requirements and is registered as an On My Way Pre-K Provider. Families may choose from a program that is full-day or part-day, as well as from programs that end with the school year or continue through the summer. Families who need help finding an approved pre-K program can also call 800-299-1627 for assistance from an early learning referral specialist.
Nearly 14,000 Hoosier children have attended pre-K through a grant from the On My Way Pre-K program since it began in 2015. The program, which started as a five-county pilot and then expanded to 20 counties in 2017, became a statewide program in 2019. OECOSL continues to partner with Purdue University on a longitudinal study of children who have participated in the program in an attempt to measure their success. OECOSL also updates the Indiana General Assembly every year on the program. The most recent report can be found here.
The Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning is a division of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.
Families may call 800-299-1627for assistance from an early learning referral specialist or for other questions about On My Way Pre-K.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Health announced today that 812 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 723,443 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard.
To date, 12,938 Hoosiers are confirmed to have died from COVID-19, an increase of one from the previous day. Another 412 probable deaths have been reported to date based on clinical diagnoses in patients for whom no positive test is on record.
A total of 3,394,981 unique individuals have been tested in Indiana, up from 3,392,361 on Sunday. A total of 9,857,803 tests, including repeat tests for unique individuals, have been reported to the state Department of Health since Feb. 26, 2020.
To find testing sites around the state, visit www.coronavirus.in.gov and click on the COVID-19 testing information link.
Hoosiers age 16 and older can receive a COVID-19 vaccine. To find a vaccination clinic near you, visit https://ourshot.in.gov or call 211 if you do not have access to a computer or require assistance.
EVANSVILLE –Â Early and often offense from Dallas Baptist handed Evansville a 20-1 loss in the two sides’ series finale on Sunday at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.
“Didn’t get the result we wanted today, but battled in three out of the four games this weekend against the Valley leader,” said Aces head baseball coach Wes Carroll. “We need to get back to work this week and be better prepared in the fourth game of the weekend on the mound.”
The Patriots opened the contest with single runs in the first and second innings, but really got their offense going with an explosive third inning. In all, DBU scored 13 runs in the third, including three home runs to take a 15-0 lead.
On the other side, Evansville struggled at the plate as the Patriots starter Luke Eldred pitched masterfully through three innings of work, allowing just one base runner, while striking-out four and not allowing a walk.
DBU’s success on the mound continued with Cole Reeves continuing the no-hitter through the fourth and fifth innings, while recording three strikeouts.
The Patriots added a run in the fifth and then four more runs in the sixth, elevating their advantage to 20-0.
With the 10-run rule in effect, Evansville was down to its final chance to prolong the game in the seventh and avoided being no-hit and being shutout with three hits and an RBI groundout by Tanner Craig that scored Simon Scherry as the Patriots captured the win.
Evansville returns to close-out its home stand on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday May 6, 7, and 8 with a four-game set against Southern Illinois in a non-conference weekend at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.
(This is part of a series about how Black, Hispanic/Latinx and Asian Hoosiers have responded to the COVID-19 vaccine. A Spanish language version of the Hispanic/Latinx story can be found here. Look for a graphic breaking down the numbers for all the groups here.)
By Carolina Puga Mendoza and Alexa Shrake
TheStatehouseFile.comÂ
INDIANAPOLIS—As eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine opens up for all Hoosiers, those who identify as white and Asian are taking the lead in getting vaccinated while some minority groups are falling behind.
According to the state’s vaccine dashboard, 6% of available vaccines have been claimed by those who identify as Black in Indiana. Data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows just 22% of those who are Black have been vaccinated in the state.
While COVID-19 has affected all of the nation regardless of race, Black people are being hospitalized almost three times more than white people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Â
To get more people to vaccinate, Indiana has been seeking community leaders to help educate about the COVID-19 vaccine. To accomplish that, the state is using $9 million from federal grants to help minority groups by having translators and advertisements.
However, problems built up in the community due to years of systemic racism and inequality in the health system have left Black people skeptical of the process, and they are experiencing other roadblocks.
Staff members of the Indianapolis Urban League displaying their first dose card of the COVID-19 vaccine. Photo provided by the Indianapolis Urban League.
What are the problems?Â
Individuals within the African-American community are at a higher risk of getting COVID-19 than other groups, according to the CDC. Income, education, health care access and mistrust are just a few of the factors that prevent minority communities from getting the vaccine and that cause them to get sicker.
Economic disparity plays a big role in why Black Hoosiers are being vaccinated at a lower rate. In 2019, for example, the national poverty rate for Black households stood at 18.7% compared to 7.3% for white households, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The economic difference can be seen in the lack of transportation in predominantly Black neighborhoods or internet and phone service that are needed to schedule and make appointments.
Dr. Roland Walker, a Gary pediatrician, spoke at the governor’s COVID-19 press conference in March about the necessity of local leaders to convince members of the Black community to get vaccinated.
Walker said he has seen pharmacies go to suburban communities by highway exits rather than in urban communities, making it hard to get to vaccination centers.
“Some of these vaccine programs are through some of the big chain pharmacies, but these pharmacies don’t come into the inner city anymore,†Walker said.
Why the hesitancy?
The reluctance to get the vaccine administered also can be tied to the health care system’s long history of using Black people for testing and research, often against their wills or without their knowledge (the Tuskegee experiment is just one example), leading to mistrust that has caused some vaccine hesitancy.
In addition, Black people face health care discrimination and are less likely to access health care services.
According to Walker, patience and time are needed to convince them to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“You got to understand that people are fighting hundreds of years of mistrust and misuse and abuse, and they’re trying to get past that,†Walker said.
Indiana officials are reaching out to community leaders to spread information and reassurance about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Rep. Robin Shackleford, D-Indianapolis, chair of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus, said the IBLC is trying to reach out to the Black community to encourage them to get the vaccine. The state is trying to provide resources through churches and community groups.
Shackleford said she received her vaccine on March 5 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
“I would just encourage the minority community to go get [the vaccine]. I think for the challenges and fear that they have, that would override like if you did get COVID and have the possibility of death.†Shackleford said. “I highly recommend getting the vaccine.â€
Similar efforts include the Indianapolis Urban League, a social service and civil rights organization, opening its facilities as a vaccination site in Northwest Indianapolis.
Anthony Mason, CEO of the IUL, said that hosting COVID-19 vaccinations at the IUL will help people trust the process and be more willing to get the shot. He understands the hesitancy and reluctance of getting the vaccine due to the history of racism in the health system.
“As we progress towards vaccines being made available to the community, you know, we have a strong interest in being a part of that process, whether it was as simple as encouraging and promoting vaccination or … us hosting vaccinations here to help people to maybe trust more in the process,†Mason said.
The organization has opened its doors beyond COVID-19 information to include COVID-19 testing, flu shots, voter information, census information and more.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett announced the beginning of a COVID-19 Community Ambassador program to keep Hoosiers updated on vaccine information. The program is made possible through a partnership with the Office of Public Health and Safety and the Marion County Public Health Department.
“Communication from trusted leaders at all levels is critical to ensuring our residents of all backgrounds feel safe and confident in receiving a potentially life-saving vaccine,†Hogsett said. “This effort allows the power of connections to be at the forefront of disseminating critical vaccine information. Neighbor to neighbor, we can dispel myths and remove barriers to get our city on a healthier path.â€
FOOTNOTE: Carolina Puga Mendoza and Alexa Shrake are reporters for TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
This is part of a series about how Black, Hispanic/Latinx and Asian Hoosiers have responded to the COVID-19 vaccine. A Spanish-language version of the Hispanic/Latinx story can be found here. Look for a graphic breaking down the numbers for all the groups here.
ITS TIME TO PASS THE “PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE (PRO) ACT”
WRITTEN BY Chris Horn
Southwestern Chapter President of SIALF
In 2020, American heroes in grocery stores, the U.S.P.S., hospitals & more became known as “essential workers.†risking their lives by working in unsafe conditions. As the Covid-19 crisis continues into 2021 & deadly workplace risks remain, it is imperative to give workers more voice & power.
The solution is to pass the “Protecting the Right to Organize (“PROâ€) Act”, the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the New Deal. If passed, it would increase penalties for employers that violate workers’ rights; protect strikes & other protest activity; and, streamline the initial collective bargaining agreement process. Under the current National Labor Relations Act, independent contractors don’t have the right to organize, and therefore those workers can’t hold corporations accountable for unfair illness or workplace injury policies, nor can they bargain for better pay or safety.
However, for the first time in modern history, we have the chance to reverse this. The PRO Act would hold employers accountable & institute civil penalties for violations of the law, including back pay & damages. It would put the decision of Union formation back where it belongs—in the hands of workers. Call senators Mike Braun & Todd Young at (866) 832-1560 to pass the PRO Act.
currently #4 on Billboard National Christian Audience, Mediabase Christian Audience and Billboard AC Indicator, as well as #5 on Billboard AC Monitored and Mediabase Christian AC.
