COVID-19 Community Corps
The COVID-19 Community Corps was an American propaganda initiative led by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It was formed in April 2021 in order to recruit influential individuals and organizations to promote COVID-19 vaccines. It was part of the HHS COVID-19 Public Education Campaign.
History
HHS announced the formation of the COVID-19 Community Corps on April 1, 2021.[1]
On April 19, Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking records about the Corps.[2] After HHS failed to respond, Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit to compel the lawful release of the requested records.
Over a year later on October 4, 2022, Judicial Watch announced that it received 249 pages of records from HHS.[3]
Members
There were “nearly 17,000 organizations and individuals across the United States” who participated as members in the Corps.[4] Founding members include:
- AARP
- Actor's Equity Association
- Advancing Health Equity
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- Alaska Federation of Natives
- Alliance for Youth Action
- Alliance of Baptists
- America Indivisible
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Baptist Churches USA
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- American College of Physicians
- American Farm Bureau Federation
- American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)
- American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- American Fraternal Alliance
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium
- American Legion
- American Library Association
- American Lung Association
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Medical Student Association
- American Medical Women Association
- American Muslim Health Professionals
- American Nurses Association
- American Public Health Association (APhA)
- American Red Cross
- American Veterans (AMVETS)
- Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
- Amos Brown
- Anthony Becht
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)
- Asian American Christian Collaborative
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Asian Business Association of Orange County
- Asian Community Development Council
- Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
- Asian/Pacific Islander American Chamber
- Asociación de Mexicanos en Carolina del Norte (AMEXCAN)
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
- Association of Children's Museums
- Association of Neighbors Concerned for Latino Advancement
- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
- BAPS Charities
- Bend the Arc
- Benedict College
- Bennett College
- Black Coalition Against COVID-19
- Black Economic Alliance
- Black Women's Agenda
- Black Women's Roundtable
- Blinded Veterans of America
- Blue Future
- Blue Star Families
- Boat People SOS
- Bridging Cultures Institute
- Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
- BSP Research
- Business Roundtable
- California Fresh Fruit Association
- Care in Action
- Carlos Malave
- Catholic Charities USA
- Catholic Health Association
- Center for American Progress (CAP)
- Center for Native American Youth
- Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)
- Center for Public Justice
- Center for Rural Strategies
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Center for Wellness and Nutrition
- Central Valley Immigrant Integration Collaborative (CVIIC)
- Chester Pitts
- Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
- Chicagoland Vaccine Corps Partnership
- Choose Healthy Life
- Christian Churches Together
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
- CIELO
- Ciencia Puerto Rico
- CityGate Network
- Civic Nation
- Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
- Coalition of Filipino American Chambers of Commerce
- Cobb Institute
- Community of Christ
- Community Research Network
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
- Corazon Latino
- Council for Christian Colleges and Universities
- COVID Collaborative
- Data for Progress
- Delaware State University
- Democracy Partners
- Día de la Mujer Latina
- Disabled American Veterans
- Domestic Workers Alliance
- Ecumenical Catholic Communion
- Eddy Aleman
- El Comercio de Colorado
- El Zocalo Resource Center
- Emgage
- Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
- Episcopal Church
- Episcopal Diocese of Washington
- Esperanza
- Esther Choo
- Ethnic Minorities of Burma Advocacy Center
- Eugene Cho
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Faith and Community Empowerment
- Faith in Action
- Faiths4Vaccines
- Farm Credit Council
- Feeding America
- Filipino Migrant Center
- Filipino Young Leaders Program
- Florida Immigrant Coalition
- Franciscan Action Network
- Fred Davie
- The Fresno Center (TFC)
- Friends United Meeting
- Gen Z Girl Gang
- George Lopez
- GLAAD
- Greater Good Initiative
- Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- Health Initiative of the Americas
- Healthy Trucking of America
- Hindu American Foundation
- Hispanic Alliance GA
- Hispanic Federation
- Hispanic Heritage Federation
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- Hudson Young
- Hunger Free America
- ICONICO
- Illuminatives
- Indivisible
- Indo-American Center
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- Interfaith Alliance
- Interfaith Center of New York
- Interfaith Youth Care
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- International Council of Community Churches
- International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
- International Longshoresmen's Association
- International Organizations of Masters, Mates & Pilots
- International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Association
- Iron Workers
- Islamic Networks Group
- It Gets Better
- Jack and Jill of America
- Jacob Blumenthal
- Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii
- Jewish Democratic Council of America
- Jim Winkler
- Jo Anne Lyon
- Joseph Walker
- Joshua DuBois
- Keck School of Medicine
- Keiro
- Khmer Girls in Action
- Kichwa Hatari
- Kimochi
- Know Your Neighbor
- Laotian American National Alliance
- Latino Center of the Midlands
- Latino Coalition Against COVID-19
- Latino Victory
- Latinx COVID-19 Task Force
- Latinx History Project
- Lawrence Reddick
- Leadership Conference of Women Religious
- Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
- Leah Daughtry
- The Links, Incorporated
- Long Beach Latino Civic Association
- Luis Cortes
- Major League Baseball (MLB)
- Major League Soccer
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
- Mark Harrison
- Meals on Wheels America
- Metropolitan Zachariah Mar Nicholovos
- Mi Familia Vota
- Michael Mitchell
- Michelle Kwan
- Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes
- Mil Mujeres Legal Services
- Minkwan Center for Community Action
- Minority Business RoundTable (MBRT)
- Minority Emergency Preparedness Task Force
- Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project (MICOP)
- Mobile Healthcare Association
- Modern Military Association of America
- Moravian Church Northern Province
- Morgan State University
- Movement Labs
- Multifaith Neighbor Network
- Muslim Public Affairs Council
- NACA Inspired Schools Network
- National 4-H Council
- National Action Network
- National African American Clergy Network
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
- National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR)
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- National Association of Broadcasters
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- National Association of Counties
- National Association of County Health Officials (NACHO)
- National Association of Evangelicals
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Individuals
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Association of State Departments of Agriculture
- National Association of Wheat Growers
- National Bar Association
- National Black Justice Coalition
- National Center for Lesbian Rights
- National Center for Transgender Equality
- National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
- National Corn Growers Association
- National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
- National Council of Jewish Women
- National Council of Negro Women
- National Council of Urban Indian Health
- National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON)
- National Education Association (NEA)
- National Farmers Union
- National Football League (NFL)
- National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
- The National Grange
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- National Hispanic Pastors Alliance
- National Immigration Law Center
- National Indian Health Board
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association
- National Latino Evangelical Coalition
- National League of Cities
- National Milk Producers Federation
- National Pacific Islander Education Network
- National Rural Education Association
- National Rural Health Association
- National Tongan American Society
- National Urban League
- National WIC Association
- Native Peoples Action
- New Deal for Youth
- New York Jewish Agenda
- NextGen America
- North American Meat Institute
- Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
- NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association
- Nurses for Biden-Harris
- Office of Peacebuilding and Policy
- Opportunity Youth
- Orlando Pace
- Outdoor America
- Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)
- ParentsTogether
- Pastor Wives of America
- People's Action
- PFLAG
- PGA Tour
- Pilipino Workers Center of Southern California
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Poder Latinx
- Poderistas
- Prairie View A&M University
- Presbyterian Church USA
- Progressive Vietnamese American Association
- Protect Our Care
- Public Private Strategies (PPS)
- Rebuild Rural Coalition
- Red de Pueblos Transnacionales
- Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
- Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union
- Rob Nemkovich
- Rural Coalition
- Sadhana Coalition of Progressive Hindus
- Sally Dyck
- Salvation Army
- School Nutrition Association
- Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA)
- Semillas TN
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Sierra Club
- Sikh Coalition
- Sojourners
- Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
- Stand Up Republic Foundation
- Stephen Green
- Stillman College
- Stop the Spread
- Street Vendor Project
- Student Veterans of America
- Students Learn, Students Vote Coalition
- Super Mamas
- Supermajority
- Syriac Orthodox Church
- T. Dewitt Smith
- Team Rubicon
- Teresa Jefferson-Snorton
- Terri Hord Owens
- Texas Southern University
- The Mission Continues
- Think of Us
- This Filipino American Life
- ThisIsOurShot
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund
- Tougaloo College
- TransLatina Coalition
- Trevor Project
- True Self Foundation
- Tyrone Pitts
- UltraViolet
- UnidosUS
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters
- United Church of Christ
- United Farm Workers
- United Food and Commercial Workers
- United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY)
- United Negro College Fund
- United South and Eastern Tribes (USET)
- United States Chamber of Commerce
- United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- United Steel Workers
- United We Dream
- Uniting Garden Homes
- University of the Virgin Islands
- U.S. Black Chambers (USBC)
- U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce
- Vaccinate Your Family
- Vaccine Hunters
- VetsFirst
- Vicken Aykazian
- Vietnam Veterans of America
- Vietnamese American Association
- Violence Intervention Program (VIP Mujeres)
- Voto Latino
- Washington National Cathedral
- Wholesome Wave
- Wiley College
- William Barber II
- Women Veterans Interactive
- Women's Missionary Society Foundation
- World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Wounded Warriors Project
- Young Invincibles
External links
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Launches Nationwide Network of Trusted Voices to Encourage Vaccination in Next Phase of COVID-19 Public Education Campaign. (2021, April 1). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://archive.vn/2022.04.01-175304/https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2021/04/01/hhs-launches-nationwide-network-trusted-voices-encourage-vaccination-next-phase-covid-19-public-education-campaign.html ↩︎
Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Biden Administration’s COVID-19 Community Corps Program. (2021, September 24). Judicial Watch. http://archive.vn/2022.10.14-004205/https://www.judicialwatch.org/jw-covid-corps/ ↩︎
Judicial Watch Uncovers Biden Administration Propaganda Plan to Push COVID Vaccine. (2022, October 4). Judicial Watch. http://archive.today/2022.10.13-141907/https://www.judicialwatch.org/covid-19-vaccine-campaign/ ↩︎
Members of the COVID-19 Community Corps. (2021, June 9). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://web.archive.org/web/20221014053909/https://wecandothis.hhs.gov/members-covid-19-community-corps ↩︎