The NAACP distributed free face masks outside of the Government Center in Superior on Thursday, April 23.
COVID-19 disproportionately impacts people of color, particularly African American and Native American people. As a result, the NAACP wants to get face masks to members of BIPOC communities, as well as everyone else.
The NAACP will be handing out more masks Wednesday, April 29, at the Super One Plaza in Duluth at 5 p.m.
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1/3: Dr. Verna Thornton hands out free face masks outside of the Government Center in Superior Thursday afternoon, April 23. The Duluth Branch of the NAACP had 700 masks, some dental products and fun items for children to hand out. The NAACP will be handing out more masks Wednesday, April 29, at the Super One Plaza in Duluth at 5 p.m. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
2/3: Ivy Vainio hands some free face masks to a woman in her car outside of the Government Center in Superior Thursday afternoon, April 23. The Duluth Branch of the NAACP had 700 masks, dental products and some fun items for children to hand out. The NAACP will be handing out more masks Wednesday, April 29, at the Super One Plaza in Duluth at 5 p.m. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
3/3: Dr. Verna Thornton hands off free face masks to a woman outside of the Government Center in Superior Thursday afternoon, April 23. The Duluth Branch of the NAACP had 700 masks, some dental products and fun items for children to hand out. The NAACP will be handing out more masks Wednesday, April 29, at the Super One Plaza in Duluth at 5 p.m. (Jed Carlson / jcarlson@superiortelegram.com)
Jed Carlson joined the Superior Telegram in February 2001 as a photographer. He grew up in Willmar, Minnesota. He graduated from Ridgewater Community College in Willmar, then from Minnesota State Moorhead with a major in mass communications with an emphasis in photojournalism.
