Current Priority:
Faith in the Vaccine Ambassador
Phase 2: January - August 2022

$1 million grant from The Duke Endowment.

19 higher education campus teams.

100+ collegiate student ambassadors.

Dozens of community partners.

Thousands of Carolinians reached.

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Trained with peers across the country on COVID-19 vaccines, community organizing, and storytelling, student ambassadors and community partners are working together to address gaps in vaccine information and access.

PHASE 2 SCOPE OF WORK
 

Through a generous $1 million grant from The Duke Endowment, Bridge Builders Carolinas (BBC) and its host organization, Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), seek to foster ties between 18 higher education campuses and trusted community partners to address gaps in COVID-19 vaccination education and access for historically marginalized populations.

This second wave of a national "Faith in the Vaccine Ambassadors" (FIVA) program seeks to reach Carolinians by working alongside trusted community partners and religious organizations. 

PHASE 2 CAMPUS TEAMS
 

Campbell University (Buies Creek, NC)

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Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, NC)

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Clemson University (Clemson, SC)

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Charleston Southern University (Charleston, SC)

College of Charleston (Charleston, SC)

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Duke Divinity School (Durham, NC)

Furman University (Greenville, SC)

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Hood Theological Seminary (Salisbury, NC)

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Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC)

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Lenoir-Rhyne University (Hickory, NC)

Livingstone College (Salisbury, NC)

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NC A&T (Greensboro, NC)

NC Central University (Durham, NC)

Queens University (Charlotte, NC)

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Southern Piedmont Community College (Polkton, NC)

Southern Wesleyan University (Central, SC)

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Wingate University (Wingate, NC)

Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)