Pride Month is approaching us. The Counseling Center would like to celebrate the LGBTQ+ Community through your art submissions! The Counseling Center believes that self-expression supports thriving. Your art will be featured on our counseling center Instagram story and eventually in a highlight reel. Most art will be accepted. We ask that the art doesn't include nudity. We will contact you if there are any concerns about the pieces. If you would like to remain anonymous, that works too! Submissions will be taken from now and through June 18th. Posts will be featured June 1st through June 30th. QTPOC are encouraged to submit. By submitting a creative work for this campaign, you acknowledge and agree to UMBC’s Terms and Permissions.

Thank you again. To apply, please fill out this google form: 

https://forms.gle/Unh33e2w9nwNCfsc6

Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement (CLDE) conference is organized by American Democracy Project (ADP) and NASPA to bring together faculty, student affairs professionals, senior campus administrators, students, and community partners. The theme for the 2021 virtual conference is “Defining the Path Forward.” 

On June 4th at 1.30 pm, Fariha Khalid, Samantha Fries, Faith Davis, and Erin Kosloski from UMBC will be presenting in a Civic Cafe Session at CLDE, “Improving Basic Needs Access on College Campus.” They will discuss the findings of a mixed-methods community-based research on food and basic needs insecurity among UMBC students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, they will highlight the role of Retriever Essentials in supporting vulnerable populations of our campus community. By the end of the session, participants are expected to understand the phenomenon of basic needs insecurity, share best practices to address the problem, and exchange knowledge/skills to form an ongoing network of resources.

Reposting on behalf of We Believe You Student Org. They are looking for new leaders for the 2021-22 academic year! The original post can be found here.

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It's that time of year again to start the process for Elections 2021-2020!

The following positions are up for election:

President

Vice President

Treasurer

Secretary

Project Coordinator

Advertising Manager

If you wish to run for an admin position, check out our current positions and complete the following Google Form by 11:59pm est. on Monday, May 24, 2021. Descriptions for each of the executive positions are provided within the form. Once the May 24th deadline has passed, we will post the candidates' information and everyone will have a chance to vote during the official voting period which will be held May 25 - May 29, 2021.

Note: President, Vice President, and Treasurer are all mandatory positions for student organization renewal. If you are unsure at this time whether you are eligible for a position on the We Believe You Executive Board, we encourage you to still complete and submit an application. All applicants will have the opportunity to meet with a current executive board officer to discuss their application and/or answer any questions regarding the e-board positions and assigned duties/roles.

For this election, we will be following and closely adhering to the recommendations provided by the Virtual Elections Guidelines from 2020, as well as guidance provided during the Mandated Annual Round Table for student organization officers.

What’s New? For this spring election, we will be trying something new which will include connecting with each candidate via phone/video conference and conducting a short 20-25min interview. If this is something you are not comfortable with, please indicate that on the application and we will find another way to connect with you that is accommodating to your preferences.

We want to extend our deepest appreciation for your patience during this adjustment period and hope to secure the best accessible route for voting as possible during remote instruction. If you have any questions about the election application or further inquiries regarding We Believe You, please email us at webelieveyou.umbc@gmail.com.Note: Email response time is typically 12-48 hours.

We wish everyone a very safe and happy summer break! We hope to see you back on campus very soon. 

Take Care and Happy Elections!

We Believe You Team

About Us: We Believe You is a UMBC student activist and advocacy group for survivors of sexual violence, interpersonal/ relationship violence, and/or power-based violence. We welcome all survivors and allies so long as they respect survivors and their truths.