‘COVID-19: All in This Together’ Series with Rep. Mfume and Former Mayor Dixon

WEAA | By Karsonya Wise Whitehead,

Micarie Kemp

Published April 27, 2021 at 12:22 PM EDT

BALTIMORE, MD (WEAA) —U.S Congressman Kweisi Mfume and former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon join Dr. Kaye and Dean Kim Sydnorfor WEAA’s COVID-19: All in This Together series.

The congressman and former mayor discuss vaccination mandates, herd immunity, the Tuskegee Study, concerns regarding the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and more.

“This is a once and lifetime pandemic we want to get everybody out of it... We’ve lost too many people in our communities to this disease.”- Rep. Mfume

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Karsonya Wise Whitehead

Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead is an associate professor of Communication and African and African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland and the award-winning author of Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis; a featured Public Commentator for WYPR and Op-Ed columnist for the Baltimore Sun; a K-12 master teacher in African American History; an award-winning curriculum writer and lesson plan developer; an award-winning former Baltimore City middle school teacher; and, a three-time New York Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker.

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Micarie Kemp

Baltimore native, Micarie Kemp has always been passionate about working in the media.

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