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1. Foster dialogue on racism as a public health concern. Encourage physicians, physician organizations, and medical institutions to publicly recognize racism as a public health issue. Promote medical students involvement in local and national movements to end racism and police brutality. Advocate for the funding and promotion of research on the health effects of racism. 2. End racial discrimination in medical care. Demand that academic medical centers serve the healthcare needs of their local communities, particularly the needs of patients of color. Promote the allocation of funding for interventions that dismantle racism in the delivery of medical care. Ensure equal access to medical care by advocating for the establishment of a single-payer national health insurance program. 3. Prepare future physicians to be advocates for racial justice. Improve the recruitment and support of Black, Latinx, and Native American medical students. Promote the recruitment, retention, and hiring of Black, Latinx, and Native American physicians in medical school teaching, research, and leadership positions. Develop national medical school curricular standards that educate current and future medical professionals on the history and current manifestations of racism in medicine, principles of anti-racism, and strategies for dismantling structural racism.