Prince George’s County, MD— On Jan. 23, while running for a U.S. Senate seat, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks held a small ceremony yesterday acknowledging Latino and African Diaspora Boards’ contributions to the county.

Alsobrooks said that both groups have done much work to reach out to community residents. In a speech, she took time to emphasize the work that the groups did during the early years of the pandemic. She thanked the Office of Multicultural Affairs for its work on community engagement during that time.

“So many of you were on the frontline of the fight against [Covid-19], said Alsobrooks of the various African communities. “Your advocacy helped us to create an African diaspora Covid-19 Vaccination Workgroup to help develop culturally tailored health education initiatives. And we established partnerships with African immigrants and faith-based community organizations to enhance government services.”

She said that the administration partnered with a Latino chef’s business. This particular business provided other Latinos with food during the pandemic. She also championed the administration’s partnership with CASA, a non-profit Latino advocacy organization, and “other stakeholders to ensure that the Latino community of Prince George’s County received the resources they needed to combat COVID-19 and the economic disaster that it caused.”

The pandemic, she said, revealed the county’s food insecurity problems, which is why her administration participated in distributing food to struggling residents.

She challenged the Latino and African diaspora to continue to be advocates for their communities and Prince George’s County as a whole.

“ I am so proud of the work that these boards have already done,” she said. “I am excited about the work that you will do — and I know that residents will look forward to our combined efforts to make sure our government works for everyone.”

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