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Yvette Clarke: The goal here should be how do we address that suffering through communication, through dialogue, through enlightenment.

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
The goal here should be how do we address that suffering through communication, through dialogue, through enlightenment.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York

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Advocates for dialogue and understanding to address community suffering.

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