A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will convene a public workshop to review previous historical efforts to vaccinate the U.S. population in order to hear perspectives on whether there are lessons learned that can apply to the current COVID vaccine program. The workshop will feature invited presentations that may answer the following questions: Have these earlier efforts undertaken strategies that were effective with communities of color? Were there cultural components of these efforts that worked well? Who were the trusted sources that communities of color respected? And what delivery platforms have had success? In particular, the prospect of vaccination in the context of systemic racism and the historical marginalization of vulnerable communities will be discussed.
The planning committee will organize the workshop, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings-in brief of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.

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