UMBC is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation, and we value the richness that such diversity brings to our campus community. At UMBC, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b for short) creates opportunities for students to build their awareness of self and knowledge of diverse people, cultures, and belief systems. In our work, i3b aims to equip students, staff, and faculty with the awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions to co-create a more inclusive and social justice-oriented campus community. Through facilitated discussions, classes, informal gatherings, educational engagements, presentations, and campus-wide events, individual students, student organizations, as well as faculty and staff learn the skills to create inclusive, just, and mutually respectful communities at UMBC and beyond.
Our Centers:
The Gathering Space for Spiritual Well-Being
The Gathering Space serves as a spiritually-centered space where UMBC community members can gather at the intersection of religion, faith, spirituality, and other lived experiences.
Learn more about The Gathering Space
The Mosaic
The Mosaic strives to provide diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning opportunities that center and celebrate racial, ethnic, and national identities.
Learn more about The Mosaic
The Pride Center for LGBTQIA2+ Diversity
The Pride Center for LGBTQIA2+ Diversity is a communal space that envisions, nurtures, and advocates for a flourishing, healthy, and inclusive LGBTQIA2+ community.
Learn more about The Pride Center
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We recently learned about disconcerting content shared by members of the UMBC community that uses difference to invalidate the life and experiences of LGBTQ+ and Muslim people. We know that our...
Posted: December 10, 2020, 3:19 PM
Check out and share our attached calendar of events!
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United...
Posted: February 2, 2018, 12:16 PM
Checkout our monthly newsletter!
Make sure you check out our newsletter below with our events this month, before we close out for the year! Congratulations to Becca Mann for getting Dylan's Stamp of Recognition! Have any...
Posted: December 4, 2017, 2:09 PM
our undocumented people who still seek shelter in the shadow
I rise for our undocumented people whose voices are silenced. Our voices are silenced as soon as we internalize the belief that living in the shadows is our best chance at assimilating. We know...
Posted: October 26, 2017, 3:23 PM
Islamophobia and Religious Oppression
Ever since terrorists attacked on 9/11, people started discriminating against Muslims. How ironic it is that, people would disrespect them, show them hostility, and then exaggerate that they are...
Posted: October 25, 2017, 10:05 AM
