; Whereas 19.7 percent of AAPI students in grades 9 to 12 seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year; Whereas youth of color were witness to the renewed national attention and protests against racialized police violence when an unarmed Black man named George Floyd was murdered during the summer of 2020; Whereas racism against the AAPI community has been exacerbated due to xenophobic, harmful rhetoric to describe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic; Whereas repeated experiences of racialized violence and prejudice may lead to racial trauma which can manifest as depression and anxiety; Whereas racial inequities in mental health are a result of historical oppression and discriminatory practices that have deliberately and unjustly targeted marginalized communities; Whereas structural racism has resulted in limited access to health care for BIPOC adolescents; Whereas the lack of cultural understanding and competency by health care providers can cause individuals to delay or forgo care and may contribute to underdiagnosis of mental illness in people from racially and ethnically diverse populations; Whereas BIPOC adolescents are significantly less likely than White youth to receive treatment for their depression overall because of negative perceptions of mental health services and providers within their communities; and Whereas the lack of school resource funding results in a lack of school-based mental health services, especially in schools whose populations are predominately made up of students of color: Now, therefore, be it