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California Health Report: Central Valley Residents Help One Another
Into the void left by a health care system that doesn’t offer sufficient translation services and an economy that demands grueling labor from low-wage agricultural and meatpacking workers, Punjabi residents in California’s Central Valley have created an organization to help each other.
Claudia Boyd Barrett
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A short video about the Jakara Movement’s efforts in Sacramento County to help local residents get vaccinated during the pandemic. The organization also helped with vaccine clinics in Fresno County, an effort that led to the creation of the community health worker program.
Sahibjit Singh
