Purpose

This website was established to mirror the level of transparency that we, as student allies of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (RFUMS), expect to see from the institution. It is a one-stop website highlighting all communication across the RFUMS schools from administration to students and vice versa.

Please drop down the "Home" tab for specific updates related to each of the colleges at RFUMS. For updates related to the Open Letter/Petition, click the "Demands and Progress" tab. For a catalog of Black businesses you can support, click the "Buy Black" tab.

Take Action

Submit as many as appropriate: Anonymous Feedback on Diversity and Inclusion at RFU

Sign the Petition #AdmitTheSix

"Four Black students and two Latinos were denied admission to Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine's (RFUMS) Chicago Medical School due to systemic and explicit racism in the institution's admission process.

The six racial minority students successfully completed the Pre-Matriculation Program (PMP) at RFUMS with A/B letter grades, which historically, for over 30 years have earned PMP students admission into Chicago Medical School. CHAMPS and the student leadership at Chicago Medical School are demanding their immediate admission for the class of 2024.

The former PMP director resigned because of these reprehensible acts of racism on several levels. This expert in matriculating minorities into medical school, along with CHAMPS’ leadership endorsed all six candidates. "

• Medical students of Chicago Medical School (CMS) requested his reinstatement in a letter to Rebecca Durkin, Vice President of Student Success and Inclusion, on Feb 20, 2020, but this letter went unaddressed.

Black Lives Matter.
Ways you can help beyond an institutional level.

Support Local: Lake County-Based Organizations

• Black Lives Coalition Lake County

• Empowered Together / Empoderados Juntos

• Enrich our Communities

• Lake County Change Team

• Lake County Immigrant Advocacy

• Lake County Solidarity

• North Chicago Think Tank

• Tea Time with Kema Jay

• The Crazy Riot Show

Learn

• Anti-Racism and Race Literacy: A Primer and Toolkit for Medical Educators

• Anti-Racist Health Care Professionals: A Working Toolkit

• SNMA Anti-Racism Toolkit

• Working Document for Scaffolding Anti-Racism Resources

• Black Doctors Matter: Dr. Fred Richardson's Website

Last updated 9/2/2021

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