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
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Take the time to celebrate the diverse cultures of the AAPI
This month is Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month! We at the Mosaic would like to recognize all the amazing AAPI individuals that have made a difference in UMBC as well as...
Posted: May 14, 2019, 2:37 PM
Baltimore and DC Area Commemoration and Educational Events
"Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King march together along a rural Mississippi road with the March Against Fear in 1963 after the death of James Meredith." Source and Copyright: Flip Schulke...
Posted: January 18, 2019, 3:37 PM
A message from President Hrabowski and Provost Rous
Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We welcome you to the start of the fall semester. UMBC is a community of inquiring minds, where we inspire one another to reach our full potential and make an...
Posted: August 31, 2018, 12:16 PM
A message from President Hrabowski and Provost Rous
Dear Members of the UMBC Community, We have watched with grave concern as children have been forcibly separated from their parents at the southern border as part of the U.S. Department of...
Posted: June 21, 2018, 10:36 AM
Please join us in commemorating June 19th, the day the last slaves in America were freed. This occurred in Galveston, Texas in 1865, or two and a half years after former President Lincoln's...
Posted: June 19, 2018, 2:38 PM
