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I scheduled a conversation with various representatives across my campus on Monday regarding a multicultural event on campus. In preparation, I've been exploring what the history of the event is at our campus and elsewhere.</div>
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CBC has held this event the last few years, but people have reported to me that they were planned in haste which means we may have missed the mark on its intention. I also heard that there was some pushback about it encouraging segregation and a step backward
for equity. While the benefits of such events can be quite meaningful for participants, I know this debate is the case at other college campuses as well. </div>
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<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/college-segregating-graduation-ceremonies-race-sparks-anger-1789278" class="ContentPasted2" id="LPNoLPOWALinkPreview_2">College Segregating Graduation Ceremonies by Race Sparks Anger (newsweek.com)</a><br>
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<li>If you have one, what does a multicultural graduation event look like on your campus? </li><li>If you don't have one, why not?</li></ol>
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