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Knowledge is Power!
“Giovanna Negretti takes a deep breath, puffs out her cheeks, then releases a long sigh. “OK,” she murmurs comfortingly to herself as she stands in the back of a classroom at Suffolk University .
It’s minutes before the first session of the four-month Initiative for Diversity in Civic Leadership begins, and Negretti feels the pressure. The organization Negretti leads, Oiste? (Spanish for “Have you heard?” ), joined with MassVOTE and Suffolk University to run this free program, which will train 30 people of color twice a year in subjects including leadership, public policy development, and fund-raising.”
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