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
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Check out our vacant positions to join our awesome staff!
Campus Life's Mosaic is excited to announce that we have TWO student intern positions open in our office to begin Winter 2019. We are looking for excited, proactive, hard-working students our...
Posted: November 12, 2018, 5:26 PM
Please check out this important post by President Hrabowski
Dear Members of the UMBC Community, Following recent press reports of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposal to narrow the federal definition of gender used to enforce...
Posted: October 29, 2018, 5:55 PM
Check out what Karina has to say about immigrant children
Written By Karina Aquiahuatl Villagran, Mosaic Intern for Hispanic, Latinx and Indigenous Student Engagement in Campus Life 91 days have passed since July 26, 2018. That was the deadline set by...
Posted: October 29, 2018, 9:52 AM
Check out what Mark has to say about the AAPI Experience
Written By Mark Gabriana, Mosaic Intern for East Asian and Pacific Islander Student Engagement in Campus Life Many times in the past, I have referred to myself as someone “from the Orient”, or as...
Posted: October 26, 2018, 4:31 PM
Check out what Becca has to say about her lived experiences
Written by Becca Mann, Mosaic Intern for Student Gender Equity, Social Justice and Inclusion in Campus Life. There is no denying that U.S.-born citizens hold privileges over immigrants, no matter...
Posted: October 24, 2018, 8:59 AM
