Baltimore NAACP Circulates ‘Stay-at-Home’ Message Where People are Still Gathering

People at the Lexington Market transit hub dance to the music coming from the Baltimore NAACP truck delivering a public health message for a new campaign called #StayHomeBaltimore. | Credit: Baltimore Sun by Amy Davis

The Baltimore branch of the NAACP has dispatched a rolling soundstage into the city’s streets to spread a loud “stay-at-home” message amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

With concerns that some city residents may not be in the habit of watching the news or engaging with social media, the local chapter of nation’s largest civil rights group has rented a 40-foot flatbed truck equipped with state-of-the-art sound equipment and enlisted a roster of local celebrities to broadcast a simple set of suggestions: stay at home when possible, and if you must go outside, observe social distancing, avoid congregating in groups, and wear a mask.