About the Project
Our Healthy Jackson County (OHJC) is a community-wide initiative that promotes and delivers widespread COVID-19 vaccinations and other health services to residents on the east side of Kansas City. More than 60 community organizations and health agencies are partnering with OHJC to support healthy lifestyles through vaccine events and health screenings like blood pressure checks, diabetes screenings and dental education. This is a Call to Action! Together we will Protect Jackson County. Get vaccinated! Do it for all of us.
OHJC Community and UMKC Sector Leads
OHJC equips community leaders to promote COVID-19 vaccination and health screening events with their peers. To ensure each of the four sectors (neighborhood associations, businesses, faith, and youth) are well-represented and have the support to carry-out the project, a Community Sector Lead and a UMKC Sector Lead work closely together to implement the project. These sector leads are below.
Business Sector
Founder, SourceLink
Assoc. Vice Chancellor/Exec. Director, UMKC Innovation Center
meyersme@umkc.edu
Neighborhood Association Sector
Neighborhood Association Community Advocates
Cashe_wilson@outlook.com
Faith-based Organizations Sector
Pastor, Calvary Temple Baptist Church
Founder and Executive Director, Calvary Community Outreach Network
williams9133@att.net
Project Director, UMKC Community Health Research
Group Project Director, UMKC Health Equity Institute
bowethompsonc@umkc.edu
Youth Organizations Sector
Our Community Partners
More than 60 community and health organizations are participating in OHJC. Your organization can too! Learn more and sign up to become an OHJC community partner today!
Do it for all of us. Together we can Protect Jackson County.
Business Sector
- Porter House KC
- Heartland Black Chamber of Commerce
- KC Daquiri Shop
- Aya Coffee and Books
- Reconciliation Services
- Ruby Jeans Juicery
- The Next Paige
- The Prospect Urban Eatery
Church Sector
- Calvary Community Outreach Network
- Boone COGIC and Boone Tabernacle CDC
- Calvary Temple Baptist Church
- Centennial United Methodist Church
- Concerned Clergy Coalition
- Heaven Sent Outreach Ministries
- Jamison Memorial Temple CME
- Kingdom Word Ministries
- Sunlight Missionary Baptist Church
- United Believers Community Church Neighborhood Association Sector
Neighborhood Associations
- Blue Hills Neighborhood Association
- Boston Heights and Mt Hope
- Eastwood Hills Community Association
- Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
- Key Coalition
- Vineyard Neighborhood Association
Youth Sector
- Youth Ambassadors
- Hickman Mills Prevention Coalition
- UMKC Multicultural Student Affairs
- Operation Breakthrough
- Arts Tech: A Center for Youth Enterprise
- HYPE: Helping Youth Plan For Excellence
OHJC Research Team Members
Jannette Berkley – Patton, PhD
Director, UMKC Health Equity Institute & UMKC Community Health Research Group
berkleypattonj@umkc.edu
Carole Bowe Thompson
bowethompsonc@umkc.edu
Jenifer Allsworth, PhD
Statistician, UMKC Community Health Research Group
allsworthj@umkc.edu
Salome Wilfred, MS
Melissa Patterson Hazley, PhD
mphazley@umkc.edu
OHJC Health Agency Partners
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Pharmacy
School of Medicine
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
School of Dentistry
Truman Medical Centers
Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City
