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This tour offers participants the opportunity to move through the building, explore its design, and reflect on how student advocacy, institutional change, and campus space intersect.\n\nCommunity Tabling Fair\nParticipants include: Arab American Heritage Council (AAHC), Emma Davis- Cultivating Communities of Belonging class table, Flint Alliance for Immigrant Rights (FAIR), Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative (GLSI), IHP Student Advisory Committee, International Center of Greater Flint (ICGF), Mott Warsh Gallery, Riverbank Arts, Ruth Mott Foundation, Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium, and UM-Flint Student Government. 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