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.
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The Mosaic
The Mosaic strives to provide diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning opportunities that center and celebrate racial, ethnic, and national identities.
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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
Recent Posts:
WHIAAPI Summer Internship Deadline Extended to March 27 The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI) in Washington, D.C., offers full-time internships during the...
Posted: March 24, 2014, 3:16 PM
Univ of Maryland, School of Social Work, April 3, 5pm
March 2014 Please Join Us! Spring Daniel Thursz Social Justice Lecture Thursday, April 3 We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Lessons from Black Feminism With Patricia Hill Collins...
Posted: March 19, 2014, 3:25 PM
Admission is $20 for adults, children under age 10 - $5
Olalekan Adedokun is a master drummer, drum maker, dancer, flautist, and educator. He has toured and performed extensively throughout his own country, performing and teaching workshops in more...
Posted: March 14, 2014, 4:12 PM
Irish-American Heritage Month, 2014
Every year the President of the United States of America creates presidential proclamation to officially announce March as Irish-American Heritage Month. In the proclamation the President calls...
Posted: March 6, 2014, 3:46 PM
20th Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery website offers us an interactive version of the traveling exhibition, Women of Our Time: Twentieth Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery. The images...
Posted: March 6, 2014, 1:24 PM