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Esperanza FEMA vaccine site is back on its feet after J&J setback – WHYY; April. 14, 2021

Vaccinations are back on track at Philadelphia’s second largest mass clinic, at Esperanza Charter School, after hundreds of appointments were rescheduled due to Tuesday’s announcement that further administration of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine would be put on hold temporarily. Danny Cortes, executive vice president and chief of staff at Esperanza, said FEMA officials operating…
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Second FEMA supported vaccination clinic opens Saturday 10th in North Philadelphia – FOX 29; April. 9, 2021

Philadelphia opened its second federally-supported mass vaccination clinic at the Esperanza Community Center in Feltonville on Saturday as the city looks to ramp up its effort to innoculate over 1M residents. Mayor Jim Kenney said Esperanza Community Center will help Philadelphia continue its push to deliver the coronavirus vaccine to underrepresented communities that have been…
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Esperanza Community COVID-19 Vaccination Center In North Philadelphia Opens To Public On Saturday 10th – CBS Philly; April. 9, 2021

“We rejoice in the opening of this site,” Esperanza Community Center CEO Rev. Luis Cortes said. With COVID-19 cases continuing to spread across Pennsylvania, Philadelphia opened its second FEMA mass vaccination site on Friday in a neighborhood that’s been hard hit by the virus and with low rates of vaccinations. Philadelphia reported 626 new COVID-19…
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Without push, leaders say North Philadelphia’s FEMA site at Esperanza would not have happened – Al Día News; April. 8, 2021

Esperanza is now the second federally-supported community mass-vaccination site in Philadelphia, and will officially open to the public on Saturday morning, April 10. It will deliver approximately 1,000 vaccinations per day, but it wouldn’t have been possible without relentless efforts by Esperanza’s Reverend Luis Cortés or Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez.  
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