Incidents of racism and racially motivated violence have persisted throughout our history as a country. Things must change.
Mayo Clinic stands against racism and prejudice in all forms. And on behalf of the organization, the Board of Governors is making a commitment of $100 million to work on:
- Eliminating bias in medicine and science
- Giving equitable access to Mayo Clinic's knowledge and services to patients, addressing barriers
- Achieving true belonging among Mayo Clinic's staff and students
- Reflecting the diversity of our patients and communities among our staff, students and leaders by ensuring equal employment, educational and advancement opportunities for all
Driven by our values, in 2020, Mayo renewed our focus on fulfilling our vision for who we aspire to be: a place of equity, inclusion and opportunity for all, including our Black staff and patients and for the entire Black community. Today we continue to focus on fulfilling our vision by fostering a culture of belonging and safety for staff and patients, staying true to our core values and working together with compassion and respect.
Aligning with our path leading to 2030, Mayo Clinic is pledging $100 million over the next 10 years to eliminate racism and advance equity and inclusion within Mayo Clinic, and to improve health equity. We will make sure every dollar of this commitment is put to meaningful and actionable use.
In education, we will strengthen our diversity and inclusion pipeline programs for health care professionals.
In research, we aspire to foster a diverse community of investigators and ensure our clinical trial accruals accurately reflect the diversity of our patient population.
In practice, we strive to recruit and develop clinical leaders who are representative of our broader community and to foster a culture of safety and belonging for all staff, students and patients.
We will leverage our platform and digital strategies to help improve health equity across the nation.
We will address conscious and unconscious racism throughout our organization by extending equal employment opportunity to all and rejecting discrimination.
We will invest to make healthcare accessible to all and eliminate healthcare disparities.
We will accelerate efforts to identify and create opportunities for all staff to get personally engaged in meaningful community service activities.
This is just the beginning. We know this is an initiative that will require a continued and steadfast effort from all of us.
As the Board of Governors, we will set the direction, provide necessary resources and be accountable for impactful, sustainable change. We look forward to receiving your best ideas to inform our action.
The change begins now. The change begins with us.
