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Confluence SSN is composed of dedicated scholars from Missouri, southern Illinois, and Kansas looking to enact positive change through policy work in the American Midwest and Upper South. Confluence SSN was founded in 2013 and would like to welcome as many Confluence-area colleagues as they can.
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