{"id":94690,"date":"2021-06-18T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-lets-kick-off-summer-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-06-18T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T02:17:00","slug":"english-lets-kick-off-summer-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-lets-kick-off-summer-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Kick Off Summer 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen3{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnpr6{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n.prnsblb0{\nBORDER-LEFT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnpl6{\nPADDING-LEFT:0.50em\n}\n.prnrbrb0{\nBORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-TOP-COLOR:; BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR:; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR:; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR:\n}\n.prnvat{\nVERTICAL-ALIGN: TOP\n}\n.prnsbtb0{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt\n}\n.prntal{\nTEXT-ALIGN: LEFT\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">HOUSTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 18, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6e81left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6e81left\" title=\"Let's kick off Summer 2021 with FREE COVID-19 vaccinations on Juneteenth Saturday, June 19\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Let's kick off Summer 2021 with FREE COVID-19 vaccinations on Juneteenth Saturday, June 19\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1537016\/NAACP_Madison_English_Flyer_for_PDF.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"prntal\">\n<table id=\"convertedTable7ee9\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prnsbtb0 prnrbrb0 prnvat prnsbtb0 prnpl6 prnsblb0 prnpr6\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHAT:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">The NAACP Houston Branch and Dr. Joseph C. Gathe, Jr., M.D. collaborate to offer free Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccinations on a first-come-first-serve basis to students, parents, and guardians in unserved and underserved Houston communities. This event is part of the NAACP Houston Branch&#8217;s commitment to address community healthcare inequities and help curb the rising COVID-19 infection rate especially among young people ages 12-20. To protect health and safety during this event, masks and social distancing will be encouraged but not required. <b>#WeAreDoneDying<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHEN:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m. (or while supplies last)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHERE:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Madison High School \u2013 13719 White Heather Drive, Houston (77045) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><i>(Serving students &amp; families from Madison and Westbury high schools and from Lawson, Pershing, and Reagan middle schools)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Worthing High School \u2013 9215 Scott Street, Houston (77051)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><i>(Serving students &amp; families from Worthing High School and from Attucks and Thomas middle schools)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>WHO:\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Carlotta Brown<\/b>, Principal, Madison High School\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Everett Hare,<\/b> Principal, Worthing High School<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Dr. Joseph C. Gathe, Jr., M.D.,<\/b> Chair, NAACP Houston Branch Health Committee &amp; Board Certified Infectious Disease Specialist<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Dr. Carolyn Evans-Shabazz<\/b>, Chair, NAACP Houston Branch Education Committee &amp; Houston City Council Member, District D<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>Belinda Everette<\/b>, Chair, Housing Committee, and Secretary, NAACP Houston Branch<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\"><b>FEATURES: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Free Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines while supplies last<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Scholarships for rising &amp; graduating seniors to attend a HBCU (Historically Black College\/University) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Raffle contests for prizes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen3\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>About NAACP Houston Branch<br \/><\/i><i>The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span> Branch is to ensure the political, educational, housing, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. The <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span> Branch is committed to advocating and serving our most vulnerable communities who are experiencing the brunt of food and health insecurities, during this COVD-19 Pandemic. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>About Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Joseph C. Gathe, Jr.<\/span>, M.D.<br \/><\/i><i>Board-certified infectious disease specialist Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Joseph C. Gathe, Jr.<\/span>, M.D. has been in private practice serving <span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>, the community where he was born and raised, since 1986. A fellow in the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Dr. Gathe has expertise in a wide range of infectious-disease problems with a particular focus on those living with HIV. Early in the pandemic, he opened and co-directed one of the largest HIV care units in the world. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg0d83left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg0d83left\" title=\"Houston, let's celebrate Juneteenth and kick off Summer 2021 with freedom from COVID-19!\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Houston, let's celebrate Juneteenth and kick off Summer 2021 with freedom from COVID-19!\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1537015\/NAACP_Worthing_English_Flyer.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpga59fleft\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpga59fleft\" title=\" \" border=\"0\" alt=\" \" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1432791\/NAACP_Houston_Branch_Logo.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3202049-1&amp;h=3966032913&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1537016%2FNAACP_Madison_English_Flyer_for_PDF.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1537016%2FNAACP_Madison_English_Flyer_for_PDF.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1537016\/NAACP_Madison_English_Flyer_for_PDF.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3202049-1&amp;h=2909126750&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1537015%2FNAACP_Worthing_English_Flyer.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1537015%2FNAACP_Worthing_English_Flyer.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1537015\/NAACP_Worthing_English_Flyer.jpg<\/a> <br \/>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3202049-1&amp;h=991420056&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1432791%2FNAACP_Houston_Branch_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1432791%2FNAACP_Houston_Branch_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1432791\/NAACP_Houston_Branch_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  NAACP Houston Branch<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">HOUSTON<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 18, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6e81left\" dir=\"ltr\">&lt;img id=&quot;prnejpg6e81left&quot; title=&quot;Let&#039;s kick off Summer 2021 with FREE COVID-19 vaccinations on Juneteenth Saturday, June 19&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Let&#039;s kick off Summer 2021 with FREE COVID-19 vaccinations on Juneteenth Saturday, June 19&quot; align=&quot;middle&quot; imagelabel=&quot;General&quot;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}