Cheryl Stokes is partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York office and a member of Heidrick Consulting. For more than 25 years she has helped leaders effectively address challenges in the global business environment. She has designed and delivered numerous senior level programs, facilitating face-to-face and virtually in the areas of leadership, strategy, inclusion, productive dialogue, systemic thinking, and other organizational learning disciplines.
More than 75% of the U.S. population needs to get vaccinated to end the pandemic--but many Americans remain skeptical, especially the Black adults wary of medicine's long history of racism.
I’m excited that there is a vaccine. Everybody’s like, Oh, thank God! Maybe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. But it’s really early days, and I’m looking for data. As a woman of color, nine out of 10 people I know well are saying they will not get the vaccine. There simply isn’t the trust.