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2018 Mandela Washington Fellows participate in a Leadership in Business Institute at the University of Notre Dame. (Photo courtesy of the University of Notre Dame )

September 11, 2020

2018 Mandela Washington Fellows participate in a Leadership in Business Institute at the University of Notre Dame. (Photo courtesy of the University of Notre Dame )

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