America is undergoing a reckoning as the pain, suffering and setbacks caused by years of systemic racism is coming into full view. This heightened awareness around racism, sparked by death and injustice, must result in the development of real pathways to eliminate systemic racism, or it will be a lost opportunity for our generation to do our part in--to paraphrase Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--bending the long arc of the moral universe toward justice. Higher education, like all other institutions in society, must do its share of bending the arc. Drawing from her experience as a scientist, professor and administrator, author Gilda A. Barabino believes there are a number of ways in which colleges and universities can advance and improve the lives of all students--and especially students of color. Even though higher education institutions are facing significant operational and financial challenges created by the COVID pandemic, nonetheless they must take action today to ensure that they are moving beyond words and demonstrations and taking real action to ensure that equity, diversity and opportunity exists and benefits young people of color--not only within their quads, residence halls and classrooms--but in the larger world as well.