The Gloucester Branch NAACP will hold its Community Health Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 21, at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Gloucester.

The event, which the Gloucester NAACP plans to hold annually, was organized by the group’s Health Committee in response to the NAACP’s goal of reducing health disparities for minority communities that have been exacerbated by the recent pandemic, a release stated. Committee chair Natalie Johnson, MSN, RN, and Gloucester NAACP president Brenda Dixon, BSN, RN, have both worked in health care in the region for many years.The Community Health Fair is intended to connect all citizens, of all ages and backgrounds, to health, mental health and health-related services.Dr. Vanessa Walker Harris, current Director of Virginia Department of Health Office of Family Health and immediate past Secretary of Health and Human Services under Gov. Ralph Northam, will deliver the keynote address at 11 a.m.Local providers and agencies ...