; (5) the overall death rate from suicide among American Indians and Alaska Natives is 20 percent higher compared to non-Hispanic White populations; and (6) cycles of violence have overburdened indigenous communities to respond to levels of violence such as gender-based violence, human trafficking, suicide, and homicide with minimal resources; Whereas Hispanics or Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders experience racially motivated kidnapping, murders, and mass violence, such as shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, El Paso and Allen, Texas, Atlanta, Georgia, and Indianapolis, Indiana, that, even when not fatal, can cause severe physical or psychological harm; Whereas, throughout the history of the United States, members of racial and ethnic minority groups have been at the forefront of civil rights movements for essential freedoms, human rights, and equal protection for marginalized groups and continue to fight for racial and economic justice today; Whereas racial inequities in health continue to persist because of historical and contemporary racism; Whereas public health experts agree that racism meets the criteria of a public health crisis because— (1) the condition affects many people, is seen as a threat to the public, and is continuing to increase; (2) the condition is distributed unfairly; (3) preventive measures could reduce the effects of the condition; and (4) those preventive measures are not yet in place; Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention— (1) declared racism a serious threat to public health; and (2) acknowledged the need for additional research and investments to address that serious threat; Whereas a Federal public health crisis declaration proclaims racism as a pervasive health issue and alerts the people of the United States to the need to enact immediate and effective cross-governmental efforts to address the root causes of structural racism and the downstream impacts of that racism