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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordJune 19, 2019
No, it is important. And lastly, one of the things, and again, in the nonprofit sector, we did these diversity trainings.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan
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Tlaib emphasizes the importance of diversity training in nonprofits.

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