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Hosted 8 pop-up events in wards 7 & 8 to provide books, hot food, gloves, hats, and more than 2,000 winter coats.

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Made more than 18,000 deliveries of free groceries & household items including: canned goods, locally sourced produce, adult incontinence products, baby diapers, pull ups, cleaning supplies and hygiene products to households in Wards 7 and 8.

Provided emergency housing to those affected by threat of violence, home fires, and COVID quarantine.

Assembled more than 9,000 hygiene kits

InApril2021,EORMAcreatedaCOVID-19hotlinet vaccinebyschedulingvaccinationappointments,answeringquestions,sendingoutappointment reminders,andprovidingtransportation.

Black residents in the District are more than 5x as likely to live in poverty and have roughly 1/3 the income relative to white residents.

The share of Black people in DC living below the poverty line rose from 21 6% percent in 2019 to 27 7%

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