Friend,

Tonight at 9PM ET, can you join Rashida and other leaders in the movement for: How COVID-19 Disproportionately Impacts the Black Community.

Click here to RSVP for tonight’s Zoom meeting.

Rashida will be joined by Dr. Cornel West, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Marc Lamont Hill, and Phil Agnew as well as other leaders in the Black community. Read Rashida’s email below for more details.

Thank you! I hope to see you online tonight.

Lindsay Maas
Campaign Manager, Rashida for Congress

P.S. This event will also be livestreamed on our Facebook page.

--Rashida's Email--

Friend,

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on the 13th Congressional District. Our community will be forever changed. And we know across the country that while no one is immune to this disease, Black and brown communities have been disproportionately impacted.

This is a topic that we must explore to ensure that we are responding to this pandemic in an equitable way. That’s why I’m proud to announce that Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Dr. Cornel West, Marc Lamont Hill, and Phil Agnew will join me this Saturday night on our next #ReflectWithRashida event to talk about: 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. We will highlight local Black organizations that are fighting against systemic racism widened by COVID-19 and serving our families most in need including Black Youth Project 100, Detroit Action, Brightmoor Connection Food Pantry, and Operation Refuge.

See you on Saturday,

Rashida