Description

On April 1, 2023, two Allegheny College professors (Dr. Ishita Sinha Roy and Dr. Becky Dawson) and various community partners (Crawford Health Improvement Coalition, Meadville Rotary, Meadville Medical Center and its affiliates) hosted the “Immunity is Community” health fair.

The goal of this initiative was to address vaccine hesitancy in Crawford County. The event also included Meadville’s mayor, council members, the county commissioners, the Meadville YMCA, firefighters, police personnel, EMTs and school nurses. Under the guidance of Professors Dawson, Sinha Roy, & Doug Luman and in collaboration with illustrator Allison Crouch ’23 and writer Carson Messemer ’25, a comic book was designed, self-published and handed out for free during the event.

Outcome

The "Immunity is Community" health fair was coordinated and hosted. Students and professors collaborated to design, self-publish and print out a comic book to hand out for free during the event.

Project Details

IMPACT TEAM

Health and Wellbeing

TYPE

Community Project Grants (CPG)
Direct Service and/or Social Action Project (SAP)
Volunteerism

STATUS

Completed

FACULTY/STAFF SUPERVISOR

Dr. Ishita Sinha Roy; Dr. Becky Dawson

STUDENT(S)

Allison Crouch '23; Carson Messemer '25

COMMUNITY PARTNER(S)

Crawford Health Improvement Coalition; Meadville Rotary; Meadville Medical Center