{"id":3271,"date":"2020-06-05T16:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/members-of-ksom-community-stand-silent-for-8-minutes-46-seconds\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T17:25:22","slug":"members-of-ksom-community-stand-silent-for-8-minutes-46-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/members-of-ksom-community-stand-silent-for-8-minutes-46-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the KSOM community stand silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Announcement<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n      <h1>Members 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\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n          <figcaption><p>(Photo\/Jerome Fletcher)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text white\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n        \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Members of the Keck School of Medicine of USC community honored George Floyd, and protested his unjust death, by silently standing for 8 minutes, 46 seconds Friday \u2014 part of a nationwide observance called <a href=\"https:\/\/whitecoats4blacklives.org\/\">White Coats for Black Lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Healthcare professionals from Keck Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital and LAC+USC Medical Center also held events.<\/p>\n<p>The duration of silence measured the length of time a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on the back of Floyd&#8217;s neck after he had been handcuffed and pinned to the ground on May 25. Floyd, 46, lost consciousness and died, sparking a national wave of protests and outrage.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some photos of today&#8217;s observance:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-121243\" src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/KSOM_BLM2-300x202.png\" alt=\"KSOM Black Lives Matter 2\" width=\"425\" height=\"284\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121244\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/KSOM_BLM3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121244\" src=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/KSOM_BLM3-300x211.png\" alt=\"KSOM Black Lives Matter 3\" width=\"425\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>(Photo\/Jerome Fletcher)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To\u00a0 view a larger photo gallery, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KECKschoolUSC\/posts\/1441809169343299%20\">Facebook post<\/a>. You can also engage on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KECKSchool_USC\/status\/1269006216967057408\" aria-label=\"open our Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBETdaoFdQW\/\" aria-label=\"open our Instagram\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/keck-school-of-medicine-of-the-university-of-southern-california_georgefloyd-whitecoatsforblacklives-activity-6674771492833640448-TCKs%20\" aria-label=\"open our LinkedIn\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Now is a time to come together as a community and work toward permanent change,&#8221; Dean Laura Mosqueda, MD, and Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD, Associate Dean for Social Justice, said in an email to faculty, staff and students Thursday. &#8220;It is time to eradicate racism for good, and we are committed to taking immediate action. We do not tolerate any racism and have implemented resources to foster unity and growth within our school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/s\/usc-black-lives-matter-march\/2938434839602665\/\">USC Black Lives Matter March<\/a> is scheduled for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.., and here&#8217;s a list of other <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usc.edu\/170955\/usc-events-statements-of-support-george-floyd-protests\/\">events going on around USC<\/a> in the coming days. T<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Landon Hall<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":3272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[394,34,57],"class_list":["post-3271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-inclusive-excellence","tag-news","tag-recent"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Members of the KSOM community stand silent for 8 minutes, 46 seconds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, 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