Community Well-Being: The 'Patron Saint of PPE'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 7, 2020

Rhonda Roland Shearer, founder of the non-profits Art Science Research Laboratory and Cut Red Tape 4 Heroes, a non-profit which puts free PPEs directly in the hands of hospital workers, talks about her decision to borrow more than $800,000 on a home equity line of credit to buy wholesale personal protective equipment for frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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