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.
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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:
Gender identity in the news: Portrayals of Chelsea Manning
By: Kevin Gosztola – Thursday August 22, 2013 9:45 pm "The soldier who was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison for releasing United States government information that was published by...
Posted: August 23, 2013, 12:03 PM
With no instructions. In 5 months, taught themselves English
MIT's One Laptop per Child Program (OLPC) decided to deliver boxes of tablets to two illiterate villages in Ethiopia, taped shut, with no instructions whatsoever. (from dvice.com) "We left...
Posted: April 26, 2013, 2:56 PM
TED Talk : Chimamanda Adichie
Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical...
Posted: April 1, 2013, 1:52 PM
Beautiful As You Are
Controversial tactics for female models in America today. Check out this article about Ondria Hardin, a white, sixteen-year-old model whose skin was painted so she could pose as an 'African...
Posted: March 1, 2013, 3:09 PM
Are you a student over the age of 25?Do you have 60 credits?
Here is a great opportunity for students who have answered 'yes' to both questions in the tagline. You can apply for the Newcombe scholarship as well as the Bryson Neville scholarship....
Posted: March 1, 2013, 2:56 PM
