‘Die-In’ calls on providers to stand up for racial equity and inclusion

Surrounded by the gleaming towers and verdant beauty of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’ Research Quad, Thursday’s midday gathering had a somber purpose. People lay prone for exactly eight minutes and 46 seconds – the amount of time a police officer pressed his knee on George Floyd’s neck on that brutal day in Minneapolis. The annual Die-In was organized by the CU School of Medicine student chapter of White Coats for Black Lives, a national movement of medical students founded in 2015.