In the Summer of 2020, the Columbia University HIV Center Postdoctoral Research Fellows and Associate Fellows drafted the following letter in an effort to acknowledge and address anti-Black racism endemic to academia and public health in the United States. The letter as a whole makes policy and practice suggestions to the HIV Center to work towards greater racial equity and inclusion. Below is the letter presented to HIV Center Leadership, which has resulted in numerous conversations between the Fellows and HIV Center Leadership, and has led to Center Leadership both taking concrete action in the short term and beginning longer-term change within the Center. These conversations and plans continue to evolve, and, in the spirit of transparency, we would like to share these remarks publicly.

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