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title: PMC Statement on Racism
description: While we have been singularly focused on eradicating cancer, we recognize that the PMC has a role to play in changing systemic racism.
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# [PMC Statement on Racism](https://www.pmc.org/blog/racism-statement)

 Written by [Pan-Mass Challenge](https://www.pmc.org/blog/author/pan-mass-challenge) | Jun 19, 2020 6:19:02 PM

For more than 40 years, the Pan-Mass Challenge has been raising funds to pursue the cures for cancer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. While we have been singularly focused on eradicating cancer, we recognize that the PMC has a role to play in changing systemic racism. We deplore racism and will re-examine the PMC, aiming to combat it. This challenge will engage every facet of the PMC community in order to emerge as an even better organization and a part of the solution to this national crisis. We will keep all PMCers apprised of our ideas and our progress.

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