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Diya Abdo Speaks About Every Campus a Refuge

February 8, 2017
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Francesca Benedetto
Diya Abdo, founder of Every Campus a Refuge at Guilford College, speaks to an audience of 50 at Duke Chapel in Durham North Carolina on Feb. 7, 2017. An associate professor of English and creative writing, she offered advice on how to create sanctuaries on college campuses.
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