The UMBC community is invited to learn about our Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center and our campus’s connection to a national framework addressing race equity. The Shriver Center’s Choice Program, along with community partners, will also share how structural racism has impacted youth development in Maryland and how we all can become agents of change.
Moderators Candace Dodson-Reed ’96, Executive Director, UMBC Office of Equity & Inclusion, and Chief of Staff, President’s Office Howard Nicholson ’21, Chemical Engineering major and Music minor, UMBC Inclusion Council Member
Presenters Jenny Eagan, Chief Attorney, Juvenile Division, Maryland Office of the Public Defender – Baltimore City Tia McNair, Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, and Executive Director for TRHT Campus Centers, Association of American Colleges & Universities Brother David Fakunle, Ph.D., Executive Director, WombWork Productions, and Executive Director (acting) Maryland Lynching, Truth, and Reconciliation Commission; joined by Mama Deborah Dr. Loren Henderson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health Diane Bell-McKoy ’73, President and Chief Executive Officer, Associated Black Charities Michael Sarbanes, High School Physics Teacher, Green Street Academy, and Community Organizer Eric N. Ford ’14, Director, The Choice Program at UMBC Frank Anderson ’15, Director of Operations, The Choice Program at UMBC
Upcoming Virtual Community Gatherings
Stay tuned for more information about upcoming community gatherings this fall and winter with the following themes.
- October: Research and Creative Achievemen
- November: Teaching and Learning
- December: Virtual Holiday Celebration – The Empowered University: Storytelling
- January/February: University Retreat – The Empowered University: Writing the Next Chapter
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