“Our team will be able to apply what they have learned so far in this pandemic, as we reach out to establish trust and provide services that have been scarce for many residents of this region.” “We are pleased to now have the mission of expanding COVID-19 testing, education and research into these four counties,” Akinleye said. “Building Resilience and Vital Equity,” known by the acronym BRAVE, was designed to leverage the resources of NCCU’s Advanced Center for Covid Related Disparities (ACCORD) to serve Native American communities in Hoke, Scotland, Robeson and Cumberland counties, NCCU Chancellor Johnson O. The project is aimed at reducing rates of COVID exposure in Native Americans, who are 3.5 times more likely than Caucasians to contract the disease and 5.8 times more likely to be hospitalized. NCCU is partnering with the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and The University of North Carolina at Pembroke to implement the program, which was funded by a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. North Carolina Central University and two partners from the state’s Sandhills region are coming together to provide free COVID-19 testing and education for North Carolina’s Lumbee Indian community.
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