evidence: Last year, dozens of communities rushed to declare racism a public health crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests against police brutality, both of which disproportionately affect people of color. [...] The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis last June, but community and faith groups said the council's resolution had "no true depth" and failed to direct resources to the city’s African American community. [...] Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County became one of the first to declare racism a public health crisis in May 2019, citing disparities in employment, low birth weight and incarceration. More than 3,500 county employees have since undergone racial equity training, and the county also created a "racial budgeting tool" that requires departments to analyze how their budgets affect communities of color, according to Jeff Roman, head of the county’s Office on African American Affairs.