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SFU’s SOCA discusses the significance of Black spaces

Written by: Youeal Abera On Saturday, February 16, SFU’s Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) facilitated a panel discussion titled Black Spaces Matter at the Burnaby campus. The event is part of SOCA’s Black History Month, which aims to educate SFU students, faculty, and staff, about the accomplishments and history of the African-Canadian community. The month of February was officially recognized as Black History Month by the Simon Fraser Student Society earlier this year. With the incentive of having discourse on the significance of Black communities having access to and possession of their own communal spaces, the event aimed…

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