Friend,

What do Dr. Cornel West, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Marc Lamont Hill, and Phil Agnew all have in common?

Each of them will join me this Saturday night on our next #ReflectWithRashida event: How COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts the Black Community.

Click here to RSVP for this virtual event, this Saturday at 9PM ET.

We’re coming together in solidarity to highlight the disproportionate havoc COVID-19 is wreaking on our Black communities.

Here in Wayne County, our communities with the largest Black populations—Highland Park, Redford Township, Ecorse, River Rouge and Romulus—have roughly double the rate of infection as the rest of the county.

This is the same county that has a COVID fatality rate at 20%—more than four times the Michigan state average. And within Michigan overall, Black people make up 15% of the total population but 40% of the people who've died from COVID. This is outrageous, and we need to reflect on what's going on and what we can do about it.

RSVP to join us for an important virtual event, this Saturday night, May 16th at 9PM ET: How COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts the Black Community.

We’ll be joined by leaders in the Black community, including those mentioned above and Dr. Bernadette Atuahene, Lauren Hood, Devita Davison, and Arthur Bowman. And local Black organizations—that are fighting against systemic racism widened by COVID-19 and serving our families most in need—will join us, too, including Black Youth Project 100, Detroit Action, Brightmoor Food Alliance, and Operation Refuge.

Can’t make it on Saturday? You can still donate to these amazing community organizations.

Click here to donate to Black community organizations fighting back against COVID-19!

See you on Saturday,

Rashida