Videos

This video features Kimberly Hall, seven-time Food Network baking contender and owner of Signature Sweets Bakery in Shorewood, Wisconsin, talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why she chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World) 

This video features Gaulien “Gee” Smith, owner of the iconic Milwaukee barbershop Gee’s Clippers talking about the COVID-19 pandemic and why he chose to get vaccinated. (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World)

Did you know that you can access over 1,200 accurate, free and downloadable resources about vaccines in 50+ languages right here on the Vaccine Resource Hub (VRH)? This video tutorial will walk you through simple steps that will help you get the most out of the VRH. Watch and learn about all the various functions and features so that you can explore all that the VRH has to offer.

The Chinese American Chamber of Commerce (CACC) in Minnesota partnered with the Wat Thai Temple during the SONGKRAN Festival (Thai New Year) to offer free educational materials and COVID-19 vaccinations to over 30,000 attendees. By working with trusted faith leaders, CACC was able to reach more people and increase vaccine confidence within the local Thai community.  

Ser Familia, in Atlanta, GA, provides family, social and mental health services to Latino communities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Ser Familia began hosting regular vaccination events where people could have their questions answered in English and Spanish. Latino community members with ties to over a dozen countries attended, trusting that Ser Familia would take care of them.

In Baton Rouge, LA, Metro Health partnered with local church pastors on an ad campaign to overcome mistrust and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch here to learn how this partnership increased vaccine confidence and inspired more people to get vaccinated.

The predominantly Black community of West Philadelphia experienced high rates of COVID-19 and low rates of vaccine acceptance. That’s where ACHIEVEability stepped in, making vaccination as easy as a trip to the grocery store. Learn more about how they were able to reach their community.  

The Center works to resettle and support refugees in upstate New York. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center offered vaccine clinics to immigrant and refugee families, as well as to the wider community. People also came to share their concerns and have their questions answered by people who understood their culture and spoke their languages.

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the CDC Foundation partnered with CDC and community-based organizations (CBOs) across the country to increase vaccine confidence and access in all communities, especially those where disparities exist. The CDC Foundation is currently supporting 123 CBOs through the Partnering for Vaccine Equity (P4VE) program. These organizations are trusted resources with long-standing relationships in the neighborhoods they serve, and their ongoing efforts have resulted...

Local Changemaker Asian Services in Action (ASIA) is a health and social services organization that serves the needs of the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in Northeast Ohio. In January 2023, ASIA co-hosted a Lunar New Year event with performances & entertainment, as well as essential health information on HIV self-testing and COVID-19 vaccines. Check out the music, dancing and martial arts as Ohio rang in the Year of the Rabbit!

In this video, the Brighton Park Neighborhood Council in Chicago reminds us of the importance of remembering those we've lost. In 2022, community members came together for Día de los Muertos and built an altar to honor and celebrate loved ones lost to COVID-19.

Asian Pacific Community in Action (APCA) gave their community an opportunity to come together for hope, healing and donuts! In March 2023, APCA held a pop-up art event at the Donut Parlor in Tempe, Arizona. Local artists created works reflecting the community’s experiences with COVID-19. Friends and neighbors were able to take home original art and delicious donuts too:

Working through five offices in Atlanta, Ser Familia provides a wide range of family services, including parenting classes, couples and youth programs and domestic violence services. In total, Ser Familia serves about 6,000 clients each year. “Our Latinos and our Hispanic community have a lot of challenges,” said Belisa Urbina, CEO of Ser Familia. “There are very few services, and sometimes these are very difficult to get, in particular if that family is undocumented or is a family with mixed...

Several of our Partnering for Vaccine Equity (P4VE) community partners were invited to Washington, D.C. to present their work at the White House Summit on COVID-19 Equity and What Works showcase in November 2022:

The Eastside Community Network in Detroit, Michigan recently held a wellness fair for their residents that included vaccine information, fitness, dance and cooking classes and information on vaccines and other health resources. Check out how this #LocalChangemaker is helping the Detroit community thrive!

The Center for Multicultural Wellness and Prevention hosted a Caribbean health fair in September 2022 in Orlando, FL with health screenings and vaccination opportunities along with food, music and fun for the whole family:

Who says vaccine education can't be creative? Spy Hop’s Apprenticeship students worked in partnership with the CDC Foundation, the Salt Lake County Health Department and Amplify Utah on the Vax2theMax 2.0 campaign. They created innovative  projects to educate and engage the youth audience, including a poster, a video game, and this humorous and informative PSA.  

This animated music video features an original song created for the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning in Queens, NY as part of the VaxxScene campaign, a project to promote health and the benefits of vaccination against COVID-19 as well as influenza in the BIPOC community of Southeast Queens.  

This captivating collection of original musical and dance performances was created by the Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artist Collective.  Story Stitchers' "Perception Isn’t Always Reality" campaign engaged teen and young adult artists from BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) to recognize their worthiness as individuals, and encourages these communities to reevaluate messages they may have received about COVID and vaccinations, while considering the sources of the information.   

Join the Team; a brilliant, witty short about the importance of working together to beat COVID-19.

Community Immunity: A Rap Anthology About Vaccines is a COVID-19 public information campaign from Hip Hop Public Health. A suite of free resources aimed at increasing COVID-19 vaccine coverage in communities of color, this animated rap anthology deconstructs vaccine literacy into in a series of seven animated videos featuring the voice of Grammy®-winning rapper and HHPH Advisory Board member Darryl DMC McDaniels of Run-DMC, along with award-winning producer Artie Green and singer-songwriter...

Jared Rogerson performs his original song, “It Won’t Be Me,” affirming his decision to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He created this song and video as a part of the Wyoming Arts Council's Vaccine Education effort, drawing inspiration for the lyrics from his own COVID-related struggles and losses. In sharing his song, Jared hopes listeners will be moved to consider getting  vaccinated themselves.  

This powerful video from Mississippi-based nonprofit My Brother's Keeper features a family of five who all contracted the Delta variant in June 2021 talking about the importance of getting vaccinated.

In this powerful video we get a first-person perspective from a breastfeeding mother about her choice to get vaccinated and how vaccination allows her to provide even more protection for her baby.  (Video produced by our social media partners Culture One World)

This video is a compilation of fun and memorable moments from the Viva La Fiesta health fair hosted in April 2022 by the Texas nonprofit BEAT AIDS. The event was an example of the BEAT AIDS approach of reaching their community through focused on-the-street outreach.

This video from the Northern Indiana Hispanic Health Coalition features Pilar Rodriguez, a popular radio host on the La Raza radio station in Goshen, Indiana. Rodriguez talks about her struggle to care for her children after she became severely ill from COVID-19 in 2020 and why she believes getting vaccinated is so important.

The Center for Independent Living (CIL) of Broward County, Florida, hosted several COVID-19 and influenza vaccine clinics, providing American Sign Language and Spanish interpreters to help ensure that their clients received the correct information in their own language. This video shows an appreciative client getting her COVID-19 vaccination at one of CIL Broward’s inclusive clinics.