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:
Profiling the Mosaic Center's Diversity Educator Interns
Alonté is a transfer student in his first semester at UMBC, studying Media and Communication Studies. In addition to his studies and working in The Mosaic Center as a Diversity Educator Intern and...
Posted: October 11, 2012, 1:38 PM
Profiling the Mosaic Center's Diversity Educator Interns
Nicole is in her senior year, majoring in social work and minoring in sociology. She will be applying to the advanced standing program at the University of Maryland Baltimore soon. Her goal is...
Posted: October 11, 2012, 1:33 PM
Profiling the Mosaic Center's Diversity Educator Interns
Mark is a junior studying Sociology. “I couldn’t tell you the meaning of existence. It’s different for everyone I suppose. I can tell you this though. The happiest moments of my life have...
Posted: October 11, 2012, 1:31 PM
Profiling the Mosaic Center's Diversity Educator Interns
Khristina is a senior studying Anthropology with a minor in Sociology. In addition to her studies, she participates in several extracurricular activities, particularly those that have to do with...
Posted: October 11, 2012, 1:20 PM
October is National LGBT History Month! In recognition of this month, the Office of Student Life's Mosaic Center has created a calendar highlighting the events planned during this month. ...
Posted: October 5, 2012, 7:49 PM
