“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)

1. Alliance for Aging Research
2. HealthyWomen
3. National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, Inc.
4. Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
5. Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio
6. Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing
7. Advocacy & Awareness for Immune Disorders Association
8. Align Us Inc
9. Allergy and Asthma Network
10. Alliance for Patient Access
11. Ambulatory Surgery Center Association
12. American Academy of Ophthalmology
13. American Academy of PAs
14. American Association for Respiratory Care
15. American Association of Colleges of Nursing
16. American Association of Nurse Practitioners
17. American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association
18. American Behcet’s Disease Association
19. American College of Clinical Pharmacy
20. American College of Emergency Physicians
21. American College of Nurse-Midwives
22. American College of Preventive Medicine
23. American Frozen Food Institute
24. American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living
25. American Medical Women’s Association
26. American Muslim Health Professionals
27. American Network of Community Options and Resources
28. American Nurses Foundation
29. American Pharmacists Association
30. American Physical Therapy Association
31. American Psychological Association
32. American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
33. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
34. Amputee Coalition
35. Arthritis Foundation
36. Association of Clinical Research Professionals
37. Association of Immunization Managers
38. Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
39. Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
40. Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
41. Association of University Centers on Disabilities
42. Beyond Type 1
43. Biotechnology Innovation Organization
44. Black Women’s Health Imperative
45. Burke’s Main Street Pharmacy
46. California Pharmacists Association
47. CancerCare
48. Caregiver Action Network
49. Center for Healthcare Innovation
50. CGFNS International
51. Children with Diabetes
52. Chronic Care Policy Alliance
53. Color of Crohn’s & Chronic Illness
54. Colorado Medical Society
55. Consumer Brands Association
56. Dia de la Mujer Latina, Inc.
57. Diverse Elders Coalition
58. Drexel University, College of Nursing and Health Professions
59. Emergency Nurses Association
60. Emily Stillman Foundation
61. End Sepsis
62. Epilepsy Foundation
63. Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
64. Generations United
65. Global Healthy Living Foundation
66. Grantmakers in Aging
67. Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health
68. O.M.E (Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly)
69. Health Care Improvement Foundation
70. Healthcare Leadership Council
71. HealthHIV
72. Heart Valve Voice US
73. HIV + Hepatitis Policy Institute
74. Home Care Association of America
75. Howard Community College Nursing Education Program
76. Illinois Public Health Association
77. Immune Deficiency Foundation
78. Immunization Action Coalition
79. Integrative Health Technologies, Inc.
80. International Foundation for Autoimmune & Autoinflammatory Arthritis
81. International Society for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurses
82. Islamic Medical Association of North America
83. Justice in Aging
84. Kimberly Coffey Foundation
85. Latin American Patients Academy
86. LeadingAge
87. Looms for Lupus
88. Lupus and Allied Diseases Association, Inc.
89. Lupus Foundation New England
90. Medicaid Health Plans of America
91. Melanoma Research Foundation
92. Men’s Health Caucus of the American Public Health Association
93. Men’s Health Network
94. Meningitis B Action Project
95. Midwest Geriatrics, Inc
96. Mu Sigma Delta
97. National Alliance for Caregiving
98. National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
99. National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations
100. National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
101. National Association for Home Care & Hospice
102. National Association of Chain Drug Stores
103. National Association of Convenience Stores
104. National Association of Councils on Developmental Disabilities
105. National Association of County & City Health Officials
106. National Association of Manufacturers
107. National Association of Neonatal Nurses
108. National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
109. National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs
110. National Black Nurses Association
111. National Coalition for LGBT Health
112. National Community Pharmacists Association
113. National Consumers League
114. National Council of State Boards of Nursing
115. National Council on Aging
116. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
117. National Grange
118. National Health Care for the Homeless Council
119. National Health Council
120. National Hispanic Council on Aging
121. National Hispanic Medical Association
122. National Kidney Foundation
123. National Osteoporosis Foundation
124. National Retail Federation
125. Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures
126. NeedyMeds
127. Network for Regional Health Improvement
128. NMQF/Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity
129. Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders, NYU College of Nursing
130. Nurses Organization of Veteran Affairs
131. Nurses Who Vaccinate
132. Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
133. Patients Rising
134. Pharmaceutical Care Management Association
135. POPCoRN: Pediatric Overflow Planning Contingency Response Network
136. Relapsing Polychondritis Foundation
137. Research!America
138. RetireSafe
139. Lab
140. SAGE
141. Sepsis Alliance
142. Society for Women’s Health Research
143. Solve ME/CFS Initiative (Solve M.E.)
144. Joseph Residence
145. The Allergy and Asthma Network
146. The Food Industry Association
147. The Gerontological Society of America
148. The Health Collaborative
149. The Immunization Partnership
150. The International Foodservice Distributors Association
151. The Joint Commission
152. The Lupus Foundation of America
153. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
154. The National Constables and Marshals Association
155. Translate Live
156. United States Pharmacopeia
157. Vaccinate Your Family
158. Wisconsin Grocers Association
159. Women’s Institute for Secure Retirement
160. WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
161. Word of Life Christian Community Church