UC San Diego Cross-Cultural Center 2018-2019 Year-End Review
A Unit of the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Table of Contents Executive Summary 01 Vision, Mission, and Philosophy 02 Acknowledgements 2018-2019 03 Social Justice Leadership Academy 05 Community and K-12 Outreach 06 Academic and Faculty Engagement 07 Staff Engagement 08 Internship Program 09 Student Centered Programming 10 Educational Display Boards 12
Affiliates Program and Student Leadership 13 Student Organization Data Highlights 14 Cross-Cultural Center Staff Engagement 15 Alumni Roots Program 17 Gallery and Art Programs 19 Marketing and Social Media 20 Social Justice Educator Trainings and Programs 21 Center Usage Data 23
Executive Summary The Cross-Cultural Center had a successful 2018-2019 academic year. Key highlights include the second year of our three year rollout Alumni Roots Program, re-configuring student intern programming to highlight academic major content, and launching a new co-curricular program (CCR) Leadership for Engagement and Advocacy. The highlights above position the Center to take full advantage of the Cross-Cultural Center strategic reconfiguration. The 2018-2019 academic year laid the foundation for 2019-2020 where the Center will be celebrating the Center’s 25th Anniversary. The CCC will be launching a Cross-Cultural Center archive with Geisel Library, finishing up mission and vision review, and aligning programs and services to our updated vision.
Vision, Mission, and Philosophy Our Mission The UCSD Cross-Cultural Center is dedicated to supporting the needs of UCSD’s diverse student, staff, faculty, and San Diego community. Our mission is to create a learning environment in which the entire campus community feels welcome. Within this charge, and in collaboration with existing campus programs, the Cross-Cultural Center’s priority is to: *Facilitate the academic, professional and personal development of students, staff, and faculty who are members of historically under-represented groups *Provide programs and services to foster discussions on issues related to the creation of a multi-ethnic, culturally conscious university Our Vision To empower UCSD to recognize, challenge, and take proactive approaches to diversity for the campus and the San Diego community.
P. L. A. C. E. S. Philosophy Promoting respectful dialogues Leadership Affirmation of identities Community building Empowerment Social justice lens
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Acknowledgements
Cortni Bardier Programming Assistant Intern
Keyona Meeks Jim Lin Alumni Relations and Development Intern
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Mariela Flores Social Justice Educator Intern
Haneen Mohamed Social Justice Educator Intern
Ami Ikeda Social Justice Educator Intern
Maria Montes Arvizu Joy de la Cruz Art and Activism Intern
Emily Liu Affiliates and Leadership Intern
“I feel that I had immense difficulty feeling like I belonged at UCSD or forming meaningful experiences here. I had traumatic relationships and experiences that made me feel isolated on campus and in my personal life. This internship has given me so many opportunities that I did not think possible for myself, I have been able to find a community and a support system that genuinely cares about me and that encourages me to reciprocate that support. I feel that I am now able to recognize and appreciate the entities on campus that are devoted to providing the community members a home.� - CCC Intern
Samantha Munoz Common Ground Social Media and Marketing Intern
Ryan Okazaki Social Justice Educator Intern
Adriana Rojo-Tapia Programming Assistant Intern
The Center is only as impactful as the staff and interns who work tirelessly to create programs and services that critically engage and build community at UC San Diego. Thank you to the 2018-2019 intern cohort for your work and dedication.
Faculty in Residence: Dr. Daphne Taylor-Garcia UCSD Ethnic Studies Department
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Social Justice Leadership Academy The Cross-Cultural Center Social Justice Leadership Academy (SJLA) is a program geared for undergraduate students to build: 1) foundational skills of a social justice framework and knowledge 2) leadership development and self–awareness 3) interpersonal communication skills For their culminating projects students facilitated a paired presentation on a chosen topic using a critical social justice lens. Those topics included Domestic Violence, Prison Industrial Complex and the School to Prison Pipeline, Food Security, and Health Justice in Black Communities. Over the last three years, SJLA averaged 8-12 students whose academic majors have included engineering, biology, arts, humanities, and social studies. After participating in SJLA students have furthered their leadership by becoming Center volunteers, student interns, organization leaders, and Resident Life Assistants.
“I really enjoyed the program. It taught me to expand beyond my roots and I learned about important issues that I didn’t know of. Overall I came to learn more about social justice issues and I have become motivated to do something about those issues.” - 2019 SJLA Cohort Member
Fall 2018 Outreach and Networking STARS Summer Research Program Tabling
115
Admissions First-year and Transfer Students
100
Transfer Student Engineering Visit
66
Triton Community Leadership Institute
140
STEAM Meeting
60
Summer Bridge Class
300
Triton STEAM Academy Dinner
105
TRiO Student Support Services Program Communication Styles
50
OASIS CCC Tabling
300
CAPS Post-Doc Visit
4
Graduate Student Orientation CCC and Tabling
35
Student Services Fair
300
Cross-Cultural Center Block Party
350
APIMEDA Ascend
40
Raza Resource Centro Open House
50
MEChA Oriéntate
45
Women’s Center Welcome Week Fest
100
APSA Disorientation
67
APSA Disorientation Time Management workshop
24
First Friday
300
Kaibigang Pilipino Orientation
65
UCSD Scholar Society
70
Graduate Diversity Fellowship Mixer
18
Native American Heritage Celebration
300
First Generation Networking Reception
250
Staff Associations Diversity Luncheon
120
Throughout the year the Cross-Cultural Center partnered with community-based groups through referrals, existing relationships across student affairs, academic departments, and with groups of campus students, staff, faculty and UCSD alumni. Connections between the CCC and the greater communities within and beyond San Diego include K-12 visits, college bound students, community colleges, transfer students, college visitors, as well as international and professional staff. The CrossCultural Center hosted tours, interactive workshops, and educational presentations that focus on inclusive practices and highlight the impact of diverse voices and representation in institutions.
Spring 2019 Outreach and Networking Cesar E. Chavez Celebration
300
Overnight Program Resource Fair
300
Black Family Dinner
70
Triton Day Community Reception and Luncheon
150
Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Celebration
300
TRiO Student Support Service 25th Anniversary
140
Chancellor’s Associates Scholarship Program
75
Winter 2019 Outreach and Networking
Cuyamaca Student Visit
35
Hoover High School Visit
25
Admissions Transfer Student Tabling
120
Wilson High School
100
PATHS Summer Program
25
Hoover High School Cardinals Interact
35
Hoover High School Visit
30
300
1st Gen Transfer Med Students
25
Total Participants: 3374
Comienza Con un Sueño
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Community and K-12 Outreach
Total Participants: 455
Total Participants: 1570
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Academic and Faculty Engagement This year, Dr. Daphne Taylor-García of Ethnic Studies was our featured Faculty in Residence. Annually the CCC offers opportunities for a department faculty member and the campus to engage in educational learning and advocacy. Highlighting her latest publication, The Existence of the Mixed Race Damnés: Decolonialism, Class, Gender, Race, Dr. TaylorGarcía integrated academic and community-based experiences each quarter. Dr. Taylor-Garcia led a conversation on Decolonizing Mixed Race Subject during the fall for an audience of undergraduate/ graduate students, staff, and faculty. In winter quarter, the Cross-Cultural Center sponsored and hosted Dr. Daphne Taylor-Garcia’s three final class presentations for Ethnic Studies 100B, Interdisciplinary Research Methodologies in Critical Ethnic Studies. Our faculty in residence-program concluded with Dr. Taylor-García and a guest research professor, Dr. Karlyn WigginsAdams, of Portland State University for a joint presentation called Childhood in Anti-black World: The Question of the
Human in Developmental Psychology.
2018-2019 Faculty Presentations and Co-sponsored Programs Faculty Presentation Dr. Daphne Taylor- García Mixer on Decolonizing Mixed Race Subjects Dr. Luz Chung with Victor Ochoa Education Studies, Calacas Making Dr. Dina Maramba and Dr. Corinne Kodama Understanding Family, Career, and Academic Expectations for Asian American Students Dr. Dina Maramba and Dr. Corinne Kodama Asian American Student Speak: Navigating Family Expectations during College Dr. Daphne Taylor- García and Dr. Karlyn Adams-Wiggins Childhood in Anti-Black World: The Question of the Human in Developmental Psychology Dr. Lisa Cacho Completely Innocent: (Dis)empowered by the American Role of Self Defense Dr. Steven Pan Paths to PhDs Panel Presentation 7
Staff Engagement 2018-2019 Staff-led Trainings and Workshops Office of Admissions Cultural Diversity Staff Training Academic Advisors Professional Development Summer Series Summer Bridge Guest Lecture Student Support Services Summer Transition Communication Workshop EAOP College Outreach Ambassadors: Identities and Privilege SPACES Social Justice Rounds SJE Presents: Shock First, Think Later MSA College Day: Antiblackness
25 30 300 50 11 21 29 19
APSA High School Conference Transfer Student Group Student Panel Presentation Amy Zroka: Privilege Activity and Socialization
12 50 99
School of Medicine Student Organization Orientation Eleanor Roosevelt Academic Advisors Workshop Theater and Dance Facilitated Conversation HDH Graduate Student Housing Community Coordinator Training
50 8 75 15
Gallup Strengths Workshop Women’s Center School of Medicine Conference Library Black History Celebration Panel Gallup Strengths Training for Senior Orientation Leaders San Diego City College Allyship Training Teaching and Learning Commons Staff Workshop
12 65 40 30 12 22 Total participants: 975
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Internship Program The personal and professional development components of the internship program have been the most rewarding aspect of the internship program. Our network of interns strengthens each year. The CCC connects UCSD intern alumni with current and recently graduated interns. Intern alumni give back to the CCC by providing informal professional mentorships to current interns and intern alumni who are pursuing graduate school or career paths in various fields, such as, medicine, public health, law, non-profit work, education, etc. An intern capstone project highlight this year was the “Focusing the Lens Post-Colonial Vietnam Collection of Photographs” art gallery. The intern worked with Dr. Yen Espiritu from the Ethnic Studies Department. This capstone opened up opportunities to showcase their photography through other professional outlets.
2018-2019 Intern Self-Initiated Capstone Projects and Programs Focusing the Lens Post-Colonial Vietnam Collection of Photographs Art Gallery A Black Women’s Forum Program Bridging the Gaps: Urban Renewal and Removal Program and Art Gallery Building Diaspora Art Reception Questions and Answers with Queer and Asian Professionals Panel Race and Gender in the Medical Field Program Moving Forward: Taiko in the Asian American Movement Documentary We (PoC) Are Not Alone Workshop Fruits of One’s Labor Art Reception Fast Fashion Blog 9
Student Centered Programming Programs are inspired by students’ passion, personal and professional interests, campus and national climate, campus-wide programming, and wellness needs. A program to highlight from this past year was, “Blindspotting: A Film and Discussion.” The Cross-Cultural Center, Black Student Union (BSU) and Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanx de Aztlán (MEChA) collaborated to have a discussion around gentrification, police violence, and racism after the film screening.
2018-2019 Student Programming List Chill Out With Coco Film Screening with Arts and Crafts 46 When the Place You Call Home is a Dumping Ground 25 Breather Series: No Stress, Just Success 34 Cruelty Free- Is It Really? 8 Blindspotting: A Film Screening and Discussion 40 Make Your Own Artivism 29 Complexities of Capitalism. Suburbanization. Globalization. Ethical Capitalism 21 Zine: A Workshop 14 Chicana Movidas 35 Financial Literacy for College Students 46 Stencil Artivism 12 All People’s Anniversary 45 Molding Possibilities 20 West African Dance Class with Olivia Jewel 51 Senior Grad Lounge 45 Wii Wednesdays (10 events) 77 Total participants: 548
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The graph below includes responses from the following social justice-oriented programs: “Race and Gender in the Medical Field,” “We (PoC) Are Not Alone,” “Bridging the Gaps: Urban Renewal and Removal,” “Complexities of Capitalism: Suburbanization. Globalization. Ethical Capitalism,” “Cruelty Free- Is it Really?,” “Blindspotting: A Film Screening and Discussion,” and “When the Place You Call Home is a Dumping Ground.”
Educational Display Boards
The Center re-vamped some of our passive programming this year. The TV in the lobby was used for digital advertising and fun music hours with a social justice theme. Our topic-specific display boards and “Critique This!” interactive display board generated a lot of traction. Below are the display board and music hour topics from this past year.
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Strongly agree 30.00%
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This program contributed to my intellectual development.
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N= 138 respondents out of 139 participants
2018-2019 Display Boards and Music Hours Music Hour: Animated Music Videos Music Hour: Yee Haw Agenda Music Hour: VH1 Pop Up Videos Music Hour: Music Our Parents Listened To Music Hour: Spooky and Scary Music Hour: Sam’s Picks! Music Hour: Music Videos in Nature Music Hour: Sports! Passive Board: Mental Health in College Students Passive Board: War on Drugs Passive Board: The Period is Political Passive Board: Womxn’s Hxstory Critique This: Voluntourism Critique This: The New Green Deal Critique This: Voting
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Affiliates Program and Student Leadership The Cross-Cultural Center’s Affiliates Program fosters relationships with student organizations and their leaders. This relationship enhances the growth and development of student leaders and creates a sense of belonging both within their organization and outside of the university.
Student Organization Data Highlights Organizations use the center most often for general body and board meetings. Students also initiate study jam activities and social events focused around community building with several organizations.
During the 2018-19 academic year activities and events including a jointly sponsored CCC and SPACES (Student Promoted Access Center for Education and Service) leadership retreat for members of Student Affirmative Action Committee organizations, leadership development workshops focusing on time management for individual organizations, 1 to 1 mentorship with organizational leaders, and finally fall and spring organizational gathering for cross-group event planning and engagement.
AFFILIATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION CENTER USAGE CHART 1%
14% 36% Board Planning/Planning Meeting
1%
General Body Meeting (GBM) Other Event/Workshops Student Organization Event Trainings /Workshops
48%
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Cross-Cultural Center Staff Engagement Staff of the Cross-Cultural Center support campus wide EDI efforts in a variety of ways. Annually we collect data on these efforts. The chart below shows hours of work in addition to running the CCC that support campus climate building efforts. The Center saw data changes from last year to this year with traffic data trending upward and direct staff engagement falling somewhat. This was attributable to staffing shifts and the need to bring in temporary staffing to cover Center operations.
Staff continued to track advising sessions for the fourth year in a row. Students and alumni outreached to us on many areas, and usually three topics were covered per visit. It was not unusual, during the course of conversations, to move from talking about how to manage a conflict with a peer to career planning and graduate school. 2018-19 main topic areas continued to be wellness and leadership similar to the prior year.
2018-2019 CCC FTS AdHoc Meetings
Staff Engagement Hours 2018-2019
Number of Hours
70
71
Tours
66
60
60
Alumni Visits
50 40 30
29
31
Family
18
20 10 0
Career
39
AdHoc Committees Outreach Networking Advising
Training Student Org Consulting Advising
Fall 2018
Peers
Type of Meeting
80
Current work/job
Winter 2019
Mental Health
Spring 2019
Financial/$ Academic Org/&, or leadership Wellness/ balance Conflict Resolution 0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Number of Hours
15
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Alumni Roots This year was our second year of a three-year program to increase alumni engagement and connection to current UC San Diego first-generation students of color. Our main goals were to increase reach to current staff alumni and put in place an alumni engagement infrastructure (database set up, Linked In group creation, social media presence, etc). Our inaugural Jim and Julie Lin Alumni Relations and Development intern hit the ground running. Over 55 alumni completed the alumni interest profile. This profile will serve as a base for alumni engagement with current students. The newly formed Alumni Linked In group has over 130 members. The Alumni Roots Intern also was involved in direct outreach with the Alumni Office, Career Services and ethnic specific alumni groups to talk about potential partnerships. Finally, alumni interviews ran in our other social media platforms. These efforts set the stage for the next intern to advance alumni engagement. Going forward the Center is partnering with Alumni Relations on the launch of the Graduway platform that will increase capability for alumni to interact with students and campus. We will also be doing quarterly alumni/undergraduate focused activities leading up to the 25th Anniversary of the Cross-Cultural Center.
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Gallery and Art Programs The Cross-Cultural Center ArtSpace continues to be a welcoming venue for artistic and creative expression. This space functions as a multi-purpose room and is used to host receptions, meetings, programs, academic courses, and performances. The ArtSpace is unique because it utilizes art as a way to critically engage and explore issues surrounding social justice, building community, self-care, and wellness.
Marketing and Social Media This academic year, our interns utilized social media to tackle complex topics regarding social justice issues. Topics varied from global cooking to rethinking student organizing for Gen Z and using photography as a form of activism. Each intern created their own blog during the winter and spring quarter making academic theory and praxis accessible to community members within and outside the UC San Diego Community.
For 2018-19, two events showcased the range of art-related programming for the Center. The Cross-Cultural Center highlighted the work of student artist, Maria Montes Arvizu, who through their art portrayed farm workers’ lived experiences with food injustices in the Central Valley. The Center invited Michoacanan artist, Salvador Rodriguez, whose work is centered around culture and love for his native state.
Tool E-Newsletter Website Instagram Tumblr Facebook Total 19
Subscribers 7,357 7,200 568 324 2,959 Est. 18,400
Annual Impressions 146,316 10,000 1,308 145 60,000 Est. 218,000 20
Social Justice Educator Trainings and Programs Fall 2018 Social Justice Education (SJE) Workshop Program Schedule Group Workshop Type Attendees EAOP College Outreach Ambassadors Identities and Privilege 11 SJE Presents Cultural Cosplay Cultural Appropriation Workshop 34 BSU High School Conference Crossing Lines, Intersectionality 13 MSA High School Conference Name 5 Workshop 5 APSA High School Conference Identity Workshop 9 TMC SJ Residents Respectability Politics 19 San Diego City College Privilege Activity 41 TMC First Year Experience Privilege Activity 60 Total Participants: 192
Spring 2019 Social Justice Education (SJE) Workshop Program Schedule Group Workshop Type Overnight Program Social Justice Rounds Workshop 1 Overnight Program Social Justice Rounds Workshop 2 Early Academic Outreach Being an Ally SJE Presents En/Countering Cultural Imperialism in Community
Attendees 30 30 15 31
High Tech High Interview Panel Social Justice Engagement SJE Presents Labor Justice Discussion Leaders for First Year Experience Social Justice Rounds
4 38 38
Discussion Leaders for First Year Experience Social Justice Rounds 19 Cuyamaca College Tour and Presentation Asian Pacific Islander American Identity and Pop 22 Culture CGS 198 Directed Study Being an Ally 10 Total Participants: 237
Workshop Survey Data The program was facilitated well and speaker/s well prepared
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Winter 2019 Social Justice Education (SJE) Workshop Program Schedule Group Workshop Type Attendees SJE Presents Activism 24 Enero Zapatista Youth Encuentro Bell Middle API Media Rep 22 School Kaibigang Pilipino High School Conference Crossing Lines, Intersectionality 17 SJE Presents Climate Change 68 Associated Students First Year Fellowship Being An Ally 11 The Village Residents Privilege and Being an Ally 10 Comienza con un SueĂąo Panel Presentation Nuestra Historias 80 Comienza con un SueĂąo Panel Presentation Our Stories 80 Total Participants: 312
I have a better understanding of the social justice topics presented
I learned about people's experiences that were different than my own
Program contributed to my intellectual development
N= 1034
0 Strongly Disagree
Disagree
100 N/A
200 Agree
300
400
500
Strongly Agree
600
700
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Center Usage Data Center Usage Breakdown Types
Hours
Estimated Attendance 25
Note
Advising - Faculty
12
Advising- Graduate 9 Student/Teaching Assistants Advising4.5 Peer/Student
21
15
Advising – Staff/CAPS
152
179
Board/Planning Meeting Class – Academic
354
2,962
35
718
Class – Department 126
1606
Conference
390
Department Event
23
101
539.5
2171
Historically faculty have used the Cross-Cultural Center for formal office hours. Departments we work with include Ethnic Studies, Critical Gender Studies, and Literature to name a few.
Center Usage Breakdown Continued... Types
Hours
The Tranquility Room and the Lobby are used by graduate students for ad-hoc, formal, and group advising sessions.
General Body Meeting (GBM)
280.5
Estimated Attendance 4,290
The Lobby was used by Peer Mentors from the Student Success Coaching Program to meet with first-year students in the program individually. Two peer coaches used the space to meet with students. Mainly used by the Campus Community Centers’ in-home psychologist and group meetings. This also includes hours by the Study Abroad Office, Career Services, and Peer Health Mentors meetings with students. Staff and student organizations met in the Center to plan their events and programs. Over 21 student organizations and departments utilized the space for their board/planning meetings. Academic classes this year included courses from Ethnic Studies and Critical Gender Studies. This was the second year of “Race and Oral History” by the Ethnic Studies Department at the Center. Departments from various areas of campus utilized spaces to hold seminars and courses in the Center. For example, the Office of Academic Support & Instructional Services (OASIS) held seminar classes throughout the school year for first and second year students. Student organizations working with the Student Promoted Access Center for Education & Services (SPACES) held workshops in the Center for their high school conferences. Two student organizations held workshops at the Center for their high school conferences. One highlight, the Asian Pacific Islander Middle Eastern Desi American Program (APIMEDA), held a mental health panel on Queer Asian American Communities. This number also increased from the previous year as many members of student organizations did work for their organizations on behalf of SPACES.
Lecture/Speaker
10.5
65
Presentations
64.5
496
Student Events
237.5
1,548
Trainings/Workshops
423
1,851
University Sponsored Events
119
100
Total
2,468
16,417
Note Affiliated student organizations, like Kaibigang Pilipino@ (KP), Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (MEChA), and the Black Student Union (BSU) held general body meetings that held at times more than 40 students per meeting. Topics included: Including Decolonizing Mixed Race Subjects, Asian American College Students Speak: Navigating Family Expectations during College, and Completely Innocent: (Dis)empowerment by the American Role of Self Defense. Topics included: Childhood in an Anti-Black World: The Question of the Human in Developmental Psychology, Sexual Assault Awareness Month panel – Centering Women of Color Survivors of Sexual Assault, Chicana Movidas. This included work parties before major events or social events hosted by our student organization affiliates. Departments and Programs such as, the Student Success Coaching Program and Graduate Advising each held workshops in the Center on Strengths Finder and navigating LinkedIn. The Arts & Humanities Department hosted a workshop with alumni intended for African American Studies Minor (AASM) & Chicano/a Latino Arts and Humanities students focused on exploring careers from a social justice perspective. The Social Justice Educators also worked closely with the Center for Student Involvement to hold workshops in the Center. This year, the Center participated in Triton Day, Staff Diversity Luncheon, Caesar Chavez Celebration, and Black History Month Brunch.
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ABOUT US The Cross-Cultural Center is committed to supporting the needs of UCSD’s campus communities by creating a welcoming and holistic learning environment for everyone. Our vision at the Cross-Cultural Center is to empower UCSD to recognize, challenge, and take proactive approaches to diversity for campus as a whole. As part of the UC San Diego Campus Community Centers, we value differences and building relationships at all levels of the university and experience community and diversity through a broad lens.
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