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<Title>Apply for Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2025: An Empowering Exploration of Systemic Change in Baltimore</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a five-day immersive learning experience in which UMBC undergraduate and graduate students explore the systemic and human dimensions of complex social issues in Baltimore. Participants build connections with local leaders, organizations, and policy makers and develop a sophisticated understanding of available resources and challenges. The program helps participants identify pathways to long-term community engagement.<br><br><strong>This year’s ASB program will take place from Monday, March 17 – Friday, March 21, 2025. </strong>ASB participants spend much of the program in small groups (co-led by undergraduate students trained by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life) focused on exploring a specific topic in depth. ASB 2025 groups will focus on:<br><br><ul><li>Health and Patient Care Equity (co-led by Vunnathi Ankem and Natalia Cooper)</li><li>Environmental Justice and Sustainability (co-led by Bianca Canales and Tanzila Malik)</li><li>Reforming Juvenile Justice (co-led by Aanayah Trotman and Nyssa Vilchis)</li></ul><br>As part of your application, you will get to identify the topic groups that interest you most.<br><br><a href="https://civiclife.umbc.edu/learning-engagement/asb/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Learn more about ASB 2025 and access the application. </a>The application is due by Friday, December 20, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. EST. <br><br>The Center for Democracy and Civic Life hosts ASB. If you have questions about ASB, contact Ricky Blissett at <a href="mailto:rblissett@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">rblissett@umbc.edu</a>. <br><br>The application for the Center for Democracy and Civic Life’s other immersive program, <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife/posts/144949" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">the STRiVE leadership for public purpose program</a>, also is open now (due November 8).<br><br></div>
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<Title>Apply for STRiVE 2025: A Transformative Leadership for Public Purpose Program for UMBC Undergraduates</Title>
<Tagline>Application deadline is November 8</Tagline>
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<Title>Reminder: Conflict Management 101 TODAY</Title>
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<Summary>Looking for guidance on how to show up in conflict in more confident and healthy ways?      Need tips on how to navigate conflicts that arise in your organizations, friend groups, or families? ...</Summary>
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<Title>REPOST: Public Forum: Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><em>A message from our colleagues in the Center for Ethics and Values. Original post <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ethicscenter/events/131641" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">here</a>. The Center for Democracy and Civic Life is co-sponsoring this program.</em></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Thursday, September 26, 2024 · 7 - 8:30 PM<br>Fine Arts : Recital Hall <br></strong></div><div><br></div><div>Join us for the Center for Ethics and Values first public forum on September 26th, 2024!  <br><br>This event will be a moderated, informal discussion between a philosopher and two esteemed journalists.  <br><br>Following the discussion, we will invite the audience to join the conversation!<br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://ethics.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/766/2024/08/CEV-Sept.-2024-Forum-Panelists-Instagram-Post.png" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div>This event is free and open to the public!  While registration is not mandatory, it is encouraged:  <a href="https://forms.gle/C7deXwomeHS2r9vC7" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://forms.gle/C7deXwomeHS2r9vC7</a><br><br>Questions? Please email <a href="mailto:ethics@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">ethics@umbc.edu<br></a><br><em>This event is presented by the <a href="https://ethics.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Center for Ethics and Values</a> and co-sponsored by College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Dresher Center for the Humanities; Center for Social Science Scholarship; Center for Democracy and Civic Life; English; Media and Communication Studies; Political Science; The Women’s Center.</em><br></div><br></div>
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<Summary>A message from our colleagues in the Center for Ethics and Values. Original post here. The Center for Democracy and Civic Life is co-sponsoring this program.     Thursday, September 26, 2024 · 7 -...</Summary>
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<Title>Voter Registration Support</Title>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="142892" important="true" status="posted" url="https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/civiclife/posts/142892">
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<Title>News From the Center | May 2024</Title>
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<Title>REPOST: Grad Students: National Collegiate Health Assessment</Title>
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<Title>REPOST: Special Interactive Session with Dr. Lawrence Brown</Title>
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