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Bienvenue, ようこそ , kuwakaribisha, welcome. Beyond the Commons is a magazine dedicated to not only tell the narrative of people who have experienced real-life situations where we have felt oppressed, but to also educate - to educate others about the topics we love the most, the topics that we believe are crucial and important. We are strictly staffed by people of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and other marginalized groups. The entire staff consists of college students, hoping to make a mark on the world as we encounter it. It is our promise to not only write about what we love about the world, but to also reveal how the world sometimes does not love us. Every issue is different, with no recurring theme or angle. We write what we know because we want to, not because we have to. The idea behind this magazine arose because we all have something to say - an opinion about the world that not everybody gets to hear, not everybody gets to feel or be able to comprehend. The mission for Beyond the Commons is to be able to educate - knowing so much about what we experience around us, we want everybody to know what we see, hear, feel. Our writing goes beyond the commons.


BEYOND THE COMMONS

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