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​R.A.C.E.: Are We So Different?

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Fargo City Hall, thru Sept. 30 

Fargo City Hall, 225 4th St. N. 

A powerful mini-exhibition coupled with community engagement, conversations about race are front and center in City Hall through the end of September, that’s IF you participate. Sponsored by YWCA Cass Clay and the City of Fargo, the mini-exhibition located on the main floor in City Hall is open to the general public through September. In addition, community conversation engagements have been taking place at the Fargo Public Library from 11:30am to 1pm, the final two on Aug. 18 and Sept. 29. Those conversations are facilitated by the YWCA Racial Justice Committee.

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