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Pan-Africanist Community-Building/Support

In this clip, a Black and an Ethiopian student describe what it looks like to build community with one another. They both observe that as students they often find themselves to be the only person of color in the room or classroom. It can be hard to find affinity and build a community when they are so siloed in different areas of the school. Together they have found student support with each other to navigate these spaces.

I think that was probably the hardest thing being here initially: finding the time to find support