Today, Lyons-Pruitt - president of the Santa Maria and Lompoc chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - is a major player in a multipronged, multicultural task force created to make sure people of color get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County.Īnd she’s still hearing pretty much everything. Either way, it was Lyons-Pruitt’s job to make sure they all got the best defense the Public Defender’s Office could possibly give. Some, it turns out, were extremely guilty some only partially so and others, it also turns out, were actually and factually innocent. For more than three decades, she functioned as both investigator and chief investigator with the Santa Barbara Public Defender’s Office, during which time she worked intimately with people charged with extremely serious crimes. Over the years, Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt has heard pretty much everything. Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt: A Trusted Messenger of Vaccine Truth NAACP Leader Uses Science Facts to Overcome Inoculation Fears By Nick Welsh | ApPresident of the Santa Maria chapter of the NAACP Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt | Credit: Erick Madrid

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