The Black Excellence Summit hosted in collaboration with the Student Government Association (SGA), Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b), Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI), Africana Studies Department, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, CURL P.W.R, the Women's Center, and the Faithful Black Men Association (FBMA). This event is a virtual summit taking place on February 27th, 2021 through Webex from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm.
Please use the link below to RSVP as spots are limited, and choose which two sessions you are interested in attending:
Racial Trauma/Racial Battle Fatigue and Radical Self Care - Dr. Whitney Hobson, Staff Psychologist/Multicultural Coordinator
Understanding and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Ciara Christian, Graduate Assistant, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging
Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions - David Shanks, Community Director for Hillside & Terrace Apartments; Amery Thompson, Community Director for Harbor Hall
Challenging Racial Disparities in Health - Samantha A. Smith, Associate Director of Health Promotion, University Health Services
Race in the Classroom and Academic Success - Carlos Williams, Academic Advocate, Academic Success Center
The Practice of Diaspora: Exploring Pan-Ethnic Identity & Unity - Erin E. Waddles, Coordinator, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging
Link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/MCJk5wCFMfyHAw497
]]>This panel discussion will be the first event of the series, featuring health experts from around the Baltimore area. The first hour will be a facilitated dialogue, moderated by Lauren Deanes, an Environmental Health PhD Student from John Hopkins University. The conversation will be centered around the negative health impacts experienced by South Baltimore residents due to many years of disproportionate industrial pollution. The last 30 mins will be set aside for an interactive audience questions and answers.
Our panelist will include:
This event is available to the public.
****Registration is required to receive the Zoom meeting link information. Please register at: https://ejpublichealthbaltimore.eventbrite.com
This event was made possible with the help of the following sponsors:
Pepsi, Goucher's Robertson Lectureship Fund, American Library Association's Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change Program, Towson Student Government Association, Towson Civic Engagement & Social Responsibility, UMBC Sustainability, Goucher Sustainability, Towson Sustainability, Goucher Center for Geographies of Justice, Towson Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, Towson Department of Geography & Environmental Planning, UMBC Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC American Studies
The Center for Social Science Scholarship is launching a directory of social science faculty who are available to review grant proposals by other faculty members. The goal is to strengthen the social science grant pipeline, support faculty who might be the only ones in their department working in a field, connect faculty looking for a reviewer from another discipline, and to foster collaborative research relationships in the social science community.
Faculty seeking a review must also volunteer to be listed in the directory to review proposals of others, except for non-tenured faculty and faculty who have not yet received an external award. Reviewers need at least two weeks of lead time to complete a review. They may also decline to review a proposal if it falls outside of their expertise, if they have serious time constraints, or if there is a conflict of interest. Faculty should not wait for a review to be concluded to approach MIPAR about their proposals. Be sure to follow the CAHSS proposal timeline.
The directory will be published on the Center's website. Faculty members are added to the directory on a rolling basis. To be added to the directory, please contact Felipe Filomeno at filomeno@umbc.edu.
]]>Contact Jessica Berman, Dresher Center Director, or Rachel Brubaker, Dresher Center Assistant Director, with any questions.
Applications are due by February 15, 2021.
]]>Gender Identity and Business Process Listening SessionIncreasing inclusion of trans, GNC, and non-binary employees |
The Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) invites you to join Training and Case Manager Ever Hanna (they/them) for a discussion about how UMBC can improve business processes, technologies and apps (such as People Soft and G-suite), and overall climate for transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary faculty and staff.
OEI is in the process of partnering with several offices across campus to continue to increase inclusion of trans, GNC, and non-binary employees. The feedback collected in these sessions will be reported back anonymously to appropriate offices. OEI is especially interested in hearing from directly affected individuals as well as hiring managers and payroll preparers from across campus.
These sessions are open to any faculty or staff member at UMBC:
Tuesday, February 16th from 2-3 PM
Friday, February 19th from 2-3 PM
Friday, February 26th from 10-11 AM
This session is open only to faculty and staff members who identify as trans, gender non-conforming, non-binary, or any other identity that falls outside of the gender binary:
Thursday, February 18 from 1-2 PM (The guest list for this event will be hidden and the meeting will be locked at 1:15 PM)
OEI will post a list of questions that may be asked during the sessions ahead of time. If you require additional accommodations to be able to access the meeting, please email EverHanna@umbc.edu with your request.
Note: The Office of Equity and Inclusion encourages any individual who has currently or formerly experienced discrimination on the basis of their gender identity or expression to report this discrimination through our online reporting form. Disclosures of discrimination that may occur during these listening sessions will not be considered reports to OEI.
The session facilitator will take notes, but these sessions will not be recorded.