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“Building Bridges” is a student initiated, student led diversity conference dedicated to addressing today’s pressing global and social issues. This year’s conference, “Immigration: Surviving the Land of Opportunity,” will focus on the two sides of immigration: the struggles immigrants face and the strength required to survive these struggles every day.
In March 2010, Women's Program Director Cheryl Thomas will travel to Errechidia, Morocco at the invitation of the Washington D.C.-based group Global Rights.
In this historic project, The Advocates collaborated directly with the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission to give Liberian refugees across the United States, the United Kingdom, and West Africa a role in the truth and reconciliation process.