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In particular, Latina/o/x students and Black students at Southwestern have worked to create a series of student organizations focused on creating safe spaces for Black and Latin/a/o/x students and advocating for social justice and inclusion on campus and beyond. \r\nSignificantly, until very recently, the safe spaces these organizations have created have been metaphorical, as none of them have ever had a physical space on campus to call their own.</p>","postscript_text":"","tour_img":"https://placingmemory.southwestern.edu/files/fullsize/383a112f9aeb0d25d02d0534d7c81c93.jpg","items":[{"id":116,"title":"Remembering “the Black Room” in Mood 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