How Buffalo is ensuring the Black community isn’t left behind after mass supermarket shooting [cnn.com]

Mathew Portell 10/5/226:00 AM

By Katie Lobosco, Photo: Katie Lobosco/CNN, CNN US, October 2, 2022

The day after Buffalo experienced the largest mass shooting in its history, teams of emergency volunteers and mental health counselors arrived on the scene, offering emotional support and distributing food.

The response was robust and swift, but there was one big problem.

“The community didn’t feel comfortable coming up the stairs to the center because what they saw was a large group of White people,” said Kelly Wofford, Erie County’s director of health equity.

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