What Volunteers Learned After Making Thousands of Vaccine Appointments

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 24, 2021

In early January, Epicenter-NYC, a newsletter launched for New Yorkers to get through the pandemic, began volunteering to help community members make vaccine appointments. So far they’ve booked more than 2,600 shots. Mitra Kalita, Co-Founder of URL Media and CEO & Publisher of Epicenter-NYC, talks about what her and other volunteers have learned through the process and where access gaps remain.

Need help making an appointment or want to help someone in your life make an appointment? You can call Epicenter-NYC at 917-818-2690 or fill out this registration form. 

Read: What We Learned Registering Thousands of Our Neighbors for Vaccines 

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