To address Michigan’s glaring inequities, Governor Whitmer signed an executive order creating the Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities."It’s important you do work with people and not on their behalf without their inclusion," said Debra Furr-Holden, Ph.D. She talks with Self magazine about the task force, on which she serves, which was created in response to high COVID-19 infection and death rates among African Americans. 

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