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WHITE COATS FOR BLACK LIVES

Johns Hopkins ‘White Coats’ Gather for Black Lives

Originally published in the Johns Hopkins University HUB.
Health care workers from across Johns Hopkins Medicine demonstrated their support for
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equality and racial justice on Friday, June 5 , by kneeling together during a national moment of
silence honoring George Floyd and others who have died from police brutality.

Medical residents, postdocs, students, and other affiliates gathered at 1 p.m. on the East

Baltimore campus as well as at other health system sites: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical
Center, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Howard County General Hospital, Sibley
Memorial Hospital, Suburban Hospital, and the Johns Hopkins Home Care Group. They joined
many health care professionals across the country in solidarity against senseless violence. The

event was organized by White Coats for Black Lives, a national group founded by medical
students.

Participants were encouraged to wear face masks and practice social distancing at the gatherings,
where they read aloud the names of victims including Floyd, who died May 25 in police custody
in Minneapolis. Those who weren't able to participate in person were asked to join virtually

where possible and to look for social media posts with the hashtags #WCB4L,
#HopkinsWC4BL, and #Hscdiversitycouncil.

Flora Kisuule, an immigrant from Uganda and one of the organizers of the observance at
Bayview Medical Center on the front lawn of the Francis Scott Key Pavilion, said she was
thinking about both Floyd and her 8-year-old son.