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
Recent Posts:
TRIGGER WARNING: Vulgarity, threats of sexual assault below
from "The Middlebury Campus" Middlebury College (Not So) Safe Space by Guest Contributor / op-ed (1) in Opinions / October 9, 2013 Editors’ Note: The following text contains vulgarity. ...
Posted: October 16, 2013, 3:58 PM
This New CADVC Exhibit debuts on Oct. 24th!
Visibility Machines: Harun Farocki and Trevor Paglen Opening Reception Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5 pm Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture Fine Arts 105, UMBC The Center for...
Posted: October 16, 2013, 10:45 AM
Let's see who can name this one...
Its placement on the map should serve as a hint, though not too obvious a hint 🙂 Good luck!! Also, if you'd like to have your photo taken with your country's flag, please stop by...
Posted: October 15, 2013, 10:35 AM
Today is Eid al-Adha, otherwise known as Tabaski
Eid al-Adha, known as Tabaski in West Africa, is a Muslim holiday to honor the prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) acceptance to sacrifice his only son at Allah's request. At the last minute, Allah...
Posted: October 15, 2013, 10:07 AM
Polls may underestimate homophobia and LGB population
Though the researchers point that the study's sample wasn't representative of the U.S. population, the findings are potentially groundbreaking. Pew Research Center reports: "Do conventional...
Posted: October 11, 2013, 12:42 PM
