“Count Me In” Campaign Launches, Sharing Real Stories to Highlight Support for COVID-19 Vaccination
February 24, 2021
“Count Me In” Campaign Launches, Sharing Real Stories to Highlight Support for COVID-19 Vaccination
Campaign Featuring Tools to Build Awareness and Equity in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake
Includes an Online Photo Wall Highlighting Individual Supporters
WASHINGTON, DC, February 24, 2021 – Today, the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project, a group of more than 150 leading organizations representing patient, provider, employer and public health organizations launched “Count Me In,” a campaign to provide individuals and organizations with information to build confidence in authorized COVID-19 vaccines, and to motivate and inspire people to collectively fight the pandemic.
“Count Me In” provides individuals and organizations with tools to express their commitment to COVID-19 vaccination as communities across the country strive to reopen and return to normal. This includes personal stories featuring frontline physicians, the president of the American Nurses Association, president of Colgate University, president of the National Grange, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Council on Aging, and TV hosts Meredith Vieira and Faith Jenkins, in addition to grandparents, pastors and reverends, and volunteer firefighters, among others.
To download campaign assets for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter,
click here.
“Count Me In” also encourages adults to share their stories about why they were vaccinated or why they are encouraged to be vaccinated against COVID-19, once vaccines are available to them. Click here to share your story and photograph to be featured on the campaign’s online photo wall.
Convened by the Alliance for Aging Research, HealthyWomen, and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc., the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project has more than doubled its membership since its December 2020 launch. One of the project’s objectives has been to convene a dialogue among organizations representing the multitude of constituencies that face challenges from COVID-19, particularly diverse populations that have been most harmed, and those on the front lines of the pandemic.
Statement from the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project:
“We are facing a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic, which makes the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project’s ‘Count Me In’ campaign exceptionally timely. The campaign is collecting and disseminating a variety of relatable reasons why individuals want to get vaccinated to help build confidence in authorized COVID-19 vaccines and bring us all a step closer to resuming activities with the people we miss most.”
For details on the campaign and how to get involved, click here. To learn more about the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project and for additional resources, visit www.covidvaccineproject.org.
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About the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project
As more than 150 leading organizations representing patients, caregivers and families, diverse communities, healthcare workers, older Americans, veterans, frontline workers and scientists, the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project launched in December 2020 to provide information about the clinical trials process, regulatory review, distribution of and access to COVID-19 vaccines in a way that promotes equity and trust. Initial support for the project has been provided by Pfizer, Inc. Learn more at covidvaccineproject.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter at @COVIDVxProject.
Media Contact: press@covidvaccineproject.org
COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project Members (to-date)
- Alliance for Aging Research
- HealthyWomen
- National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc.
- Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
- Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio
- Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
- Advocacy & Awareness for Immune Disorders Association
- Align Us Inc
- Allergy and Asthma Network
- Alliance for Patient Access
- Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- American Academy of PAs
- American Association for Respiratory Care
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
- American Behcet’s Disease Association
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American College of Nurse-Midwives
- American College of Preventive Medicine
- American Frozen Food Institute
- American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living
- American Medical Women’s Association
- American Muslim Health Professionals
- American Network of Community Options and Resources
- American Nurses Foundation
- American Pharmacists Association
- American Physical Therapy Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
- American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
- Amputee Coalition
- Arthritis Foundation
- Association of Clinical Research Professionals
- Association of Immunization Managers
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
- Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Beyond Type 1
- Biotechnology Innovation Organization
- Black Women’s Health Imperative
- Burke’s Main Street Pharmacy
- California Pharmacists Association
- CancerCare
- Caregiver Action Network
- Center for Healthcare Innovation
- CGFNS International
- Children with Diabetes
- Chronic Care Policy Alliance
- Color of Crohn’s & Chronic Illness
- Colorado Medical Society
- Consumer Brands Association
- Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
- Diverse Elders Coalition
- Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions
- Emergency Nurses Association
- Emily Stillman Foundation
- End Sepsis
- Epilepsy Foundation
- Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
- Generations United
- Global Healthy Living Foundation
- Grantmakers in Aging
- Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
- O.M.E (Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly)
- Health Care Improvement Foundation
- Healthcare Leadership Council
- HealthHIV
- Heart Valve Voice US
- HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute
- Home Care Association of America
- Howard Community College Nursing Education Program
- Illinois Public Health Association
- Immune Deficiency Foundation
- Immunization Action Coalition
- Integrative Health Technologies, Inc.
- International Foundation for Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis
- International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses
- Islamic Medical Association of North America
- Justice in Aging
- Kimberly Coffey Foundation
- Latin American Patients Academy
- LeadingAge
- Looms for Lupus
- Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.
- Lupus Foundation New England
- Medicaid Health Plans of America
- Melanoma Research Foundation
- Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association
- Men’s Health Network
- Meningitis B Action Project
- Midwest Geriatrics, Inc
- Mu Sigma Delta
- National Alliance for Caregiving
- National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
- National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
- National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
- National Association for Home Care & Hospice
- National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- National Association of Convenience Stores
- National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
- National Association of County & City Health Officials
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Association of Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
- National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
- National Black Nurses Association
- National Coalition for LGBT Health
- National Community Pharmacists Association
- National Consumers League
- National Council of State Boards of Nursing
- National Council on Aging
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
- National Grange
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council
- National Health Council
- National Hispanic Council on Aging
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Kidney Foundation
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
- National Retail Federation
- Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
- NeedyMeds
- Network for Regional Health Improvement
- NMQF/Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity
- Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, NYU College of Nursing
- Nurses Organization of Veteran Affairs
- Nurses Who Vaccinate
- Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
- Patients Rising
- Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
- POPCoRN: Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network
- Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation
- Research!America
- RetireSafe
- Lab
- SAGE
- Sepsis Alliance
- Society for Women’s Health Research
- Solve ME/CFS Initiative (Solve M.E.)
- Joseph Residence
- The Allergy and Asthma Network
- The Food Industry Association
- The Gerontological Society of America
- The Health Collaborative
- The Immunization Partnership
- The International Foodservice Distributors Association
- The Joint Commission
- The Lupus Foundation of America
- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
- The National Constables and Marshals Association
- Translate Live
- United States Pharmacopeia
- Vaccinate Your Family
- Wisconsin Grocers Association
- Women’s Institute for Secure Retirement
- WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
- Word of Life Christian Community Church
