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The Park South YMCA in South Dallas has reopened after a year-long renovation, featuring new facilities, programs, and a commercial kitchen, and offering financial assistance to ensure equal access to the community.

This new “Neighborhood Connect Telehealth Initiative” — a partnership between Aetna CVS Health and the South Dallas Fair Park Faith Coalition, which Salem pastor Todd Atkins chairs — is intended to bring health care directly to South Dallas residents, bypassing barriers such as internet access, transportation, and the historical mistrust of Black Americans in medical care.

West Dallas residents affected by power outages were provided with food, water, blankets, light and hope by volunteers, while environmental justice advocacy group Downwinders At Risk encouraged neighbors to submit public comments to push back against the presence of roofing plant GAF in their neighborhood.

For Reynolds, a South Dallas native who grew up in the South Blvd/Park Row neighborhood, The Help Show has been a spiritual journey that has allowed her to process her grief.

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During a typical month, Dennis Gant may welcome one or two new residents to the former South Dallas apartment building that now operates as a dormitory for men who just left prison and are trying to get on their feet.

In the last three weeks, however, six new residents have been released to the care of Trinity Restoration Ministries.

The coronavirus pandemic already is taking its toll on Dallas. And COVID-19 is likely to more fiercely attack disenfranchised sections of the city.