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Silence and Rationalization = Complicity in Oppression

Jasir Qiydaar, ’18, Media & Communication Studies, was a member of UMBC's delegation at the inaugural National Campus Leaders Summit, held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. ...

March 1, 2017 · 12:06 PM

I Cannot Sit Idly By

"Why do you do it?" I'm so glad you asked.

Sarah Lilly, '17, Information Systems, is Speaker of the UMBC Student Government Association Senate. The most common question I hear from other students when talking about UMBC's Student...

December 13, 2016 · 10:42 AM

Criticize Injustice, Not Resistance

by Jasir Qiydaar

Jasir Qiydaar, ’18, Media & Communication Studies, was a member of UMBC's 19-member delegation to Imagining America's 2016 national conference. Too often when marginalized communities resist...

November 28, 2016 · 11:00 AM

We Are Alive: Reflections on Imagining America

by Andrew Thompson What [can] I do to change the things in this world that I truly believe are hurting us? I will proudly say that I’m a feminist, I support Black Lives Matter, that I’m “here...

November 2, 2016 · 4:23 PM

IMPORTANT

BreakingGround Grants Available for 2016-2017

UMBC faculty, staff & students can apply

by Beverly Bickel and Eloise Grose UMBC faculty, staff and students can apply for BreakingGround grants to support courses and projects that develop civic agency: the capacity to initiate and...

September 28, 2016 · 9:25 AM

Black Issues are Retriever Issues

by Vanessa Barksdale Can I be candid? Sometimes being adamantly and publicly pro-black is hard. Particularly when you’re supposed to be the one that has a snappy comeback for every single high...

September 22, 2016 · 5:27 PM

Democracy in Everyday Experiences

by Morgan Zepp What do “civic learning” and “democratic engagement” really mean? That question was on my mind a lot last week in Indianapolis, where I served as part of UMBC’s 14-member...

June 15, 2016 · 9:32 AM

Shared Experiences that Build Democratic Relationships

by Romy Hübler When I flew to Atlanta on June 1st, I expected to be there for just an hour before boarding a plane to my final destination: Indianapolis, site, of the 2016Civic Learning and...

June 15, 2016 · 9:30 AM

I Will Not Demean Them

by Laura Nieman It always shocks and troubles me when I hear of people I grew up with, not even necessarily as close friends, but still grew and matured alongside nonetheless, getting...

February 1, 2016 · 7:49 AM

Reflections on Imagining America: Change the Paradigm

by Andy Clark The bus to downtown Baltimore was due to leave the UMBC campus at 8:00 a.m., but I was not at the stop when it arrived. To make a long story short: I missed the bus twice and had...

November 5, 2015 · 1:03 PM

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