| Type | Non-profit organization |
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| Location |
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| Affiliations | Black Lives Matter |
| Website | whitecoats4blacklives |
White Coats for Black Lives (also known asWhiteCoats4BlackLives andWC4BL) is a nonprofit social justice student organization based in the United States. Founded in 2014 in response to theBlack Lives Matter movement, WC4BL supports efforts to fight racism in medicine and health care.
The organization participates in and organized protests againstsystemic racism at medical schools and the health care system in general, including protests in support of the end of police brutality in the wake of themurder of George Floyd. WC4BL members and supporters often wearwhite coats during events.[1] Some events take the form ofwalkouts ordie-ins.[2]
WC4BL operates chapters at medical schools throughout the United States.[3]
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