UMBC’s Annual Security & Fire Safety Report
Members of the UMBC Community,
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998 (“Clery Act”), this message constitutes notification for our campus community of the availability of the 2020 Annual Security & Fire Safety Report.
This report contains crime and fire statistics that were reported to the UMBC Police Department and/or Campus Security Authorities for the most recent three years. Please note that this report tracks incidents based on location—specifically those reported to have occurred on campus, in non-campus university buildings, in property owned or controlled by the University, or on public property immediately adjacent to the campus.
The report also includes information regarding UMBC policies and practices related to campus security and crime reporting. We encourage all members of our community to report security incidents; the report describes how and to whom crimes should be reported.
In addition, the report contains information on campus resources and educational programs, personal safety tips, emergency response and evacuation, and policies regarding student discipline.
The UMBC Police Department appreciates that all members of our community—students, faculty, and staff—are essential partners in making UMBC a safe place to learn, live, and work. The UMBC’s community active interest in campus safety is one of our best crime prevention assets.
Copies of the report are also available at the UMBC Police Station, or by emailing police@umbc.edu.
Respectfully,
Paul Dillon, UMBC Chief of Police
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Members of the UMBC Community, Each fall, the UMBC Police Department publishes the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report. I encourage you to take a few moments to review this important...
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We Have Each Other
by Kate Drabinski
Senior Lecturer, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies
Director, WILL+ Program
I love voting. My mom took my twin sister and me to the polls with her every time, and sometimes even let us poke the hole in the ballot. We voted in our elementary school gym where there was always a bake sale going on, and we always got a treat. Cemented in my body and mind is the knowledge that I have to vote, and voting day, no matter how it goes, will always come with a little treat. This year, it was pizza and mini Snickers bars, and a whole lot of TV.
What I have learned from 27 years of voting, though, is that it is just one tiny little part of what it means for me to be an engaged citizen. Our representative democracy means that whomever we elect, the chances they’re going to share my values are really tiny. Elected officials represent huge swaths of a diverse population with diverse needs, demands, and priorities. I can count on zero hands how many times I’ve felt like my whole self was at the political table due to my vote. If I really want to build the world I want, I have to do that building outside the voting booth, even as what I do in the booth can make a real difference.
This November, the importance of organizing beyond the vote has become even clearer to me. We elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, but I know that doesn’t mean they are coming to save us. I look out at a world where one in three families with children is food insecure, where unemployment rates are high—and even those with jobs often don’t make enough money to make ends meet, and where a global pandemic is raging through the nation with nary a hint of aid or leadership at the national level. So, I voted, and I’m glad for the results, but I know that the results will not change the lives of people in my community any time soon.
In the wake of the pandemic I am increasingly drawn to the work of people organizing mutual aid projects. Mutual aid means coming together and sharing resources—skills, food, emotional support, etc.—with each other. It means that we organize to save ourselves at the same time we organize to challenge the state and its structures that produce the very precarity that threatens so many of us.
I voted, gave myself a treat, and am doubling down on my efforts to use the resources I have to support the communities I am in and that I actively build—in my city, my neighborhood, and in my classrooms. All we have is each other, and that is what is getting me through a rough 2020, and it will be my balm through the challenges ahead.
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by Kate Drabinski Senior Lecturer, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies Director, WILL+ Program I love voting. My mom took my twin sister and me to the polls with her every time, and...
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Why I Give
Dear Colleagues,
This is the time of year to reflect and share our gratitude with others. UMBC's Maryland Charity Campaign is an ideal way to recognize the hard work that so many do to uplift our communities. Your campus coordinators are doing an incredible job helping each department understand the value and also how to navigate the process of donating to one of the many incredible nonprofits connected to the campaign. We wanted to take this opportunity to share some of the organizations that they are passionate about, in their own words.
You can find a cause you are passionate about in the 2020 Giving Guide.
I give to LARS (Laurel Advocacy & Referral Svcs) Because they are doing amazing work helping families in need and they are doing it in my area. I feel empowered when I help those around me, as I believe it builds up the community. When you help smaller organizations near you, you create a domino effect that transcends to many other areas in your community.
Menchu Esteban, UMBC Campus Card
I have made my pledge to support The Samaritan Women based in Catonsville, Maryland where I volunteer because I feel passionate about stopping human sex trafficking and helping to restore the lives of the victims who have been severely damaged by this atrocious injustice.
Dawn Stoute, CNMS
I give to FreeState Justice because when my wife and I needed legal counsel, in order to set up protections for our family, they helped us and with the current issues facing the LGBTQ community, FreeState Justice's mission to combine direct legal services with education and outreach to ensure that the low-income LGBTQ community in Maryland receives fair treatment in the law and society is vital.
Erin McGonigle, '08, UMBC Bookstore
Mark your calendars for UMBC’s annual holiday celebration, which will be virtual this year, on December 16 at 3 p.m. As is our tradition, there will be a prize drawing for anyone who donates to the Maryland Charity Campaign. Please consider completing UMBC Together’s Grit and Gratitude Survey to help us prepare for the event.
Thank you for considering participating in this year’s campaign and for all that you do to support the UMBC family.
Dana Burr Bradley and Christopher Steele
2020 Maryland Charity Campaign Co-chairs
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Dear Colleagues, This is the time of year to reflect and share our gratitude with others. UMBC's Maryland Charity Campaign is an ideal way to recognize the hard work that so many do to uplift...
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The Sun through Dark Clouds: Optimism in a Challenging Time
by Candace Dodson-Reed, '96
Chief of Staff
Executive Director, Office of Equity and Inclusion
Office of the President
Like many of you in the UMBC community, I am watching the post-election situation with a deep hope that our democratic institutions and calmer heads will carry us through this transition period. It is often said that democracy can be messy and I am truly hopeful that this is one of those messy times that we’ll get through sooner than later.
It is stressful enough to live through the most important election in our lifetime, but we are also living through a once in a century public health crisis that continues to sweep through our country. And as some in our country mourn and protest the murders of Black people due to senseless police brutality and mistreatment of people of color, we continue to reckon with the undeniable truth of systemic racism.
It is a lot to handle. And it is important to acknowledge that. Yet, it is at times like this that we look to our UMBC community to share and be heard, and to find common ground where we can.
I am generally an optimistic person, but this year has tested my brighter nature. The missed family gatherings (including my parent’s 50th anniversary celebration), birthday parties, and time with my family and friends have taken a toll, but I know that these are temporary losses. What has affected me more deeply, because I know it reaches beyond the lifespan of this global health crisis, is the trauma of witnessing continued racial injustice, the loss of so many lives, and my sadness at seeing our country so divided. I am fully vested in everything that is happening and want to do my part while also feeling fatigued by the conflict and chaos I see on my computer and TV screen and cell phone for hours each day.
But even during these challenging times, my optimism somehow finds its way to the surface and I find myself looking for opportunities and solutions to the big challenges that we’re grappling with--like I’m looking for the sun that cracks through the dark skies after a summer thunderstorm. So, I want to share some of the reasons for my optimism and why I remain hopeful.
I remain hopeful because I interact with students, faculty, and staff members who are committed to addressing injustices and solving this country’s big problems.
I remain hopeful because I watch young people of all races, religions, political beliefs, identities, and cultures stand up for what’s right.
I remain hopeful because I watch dedicated scientists work with haste to deliver a safe vaccine.
I remain hopeful because I hear Dr. Hrabowski and Dr. Rous talk about “demonstrating the moral leadership necessary to unite our nation in true pursuit of both liberty and justice for all.”
I remain hopeful because I see our democracy grinding away towards certifying a true and fair election. And then because I think about how many young people in our UMBC community and beyond exercised their right and voted.
I remain hopeful because I talked with my daughter, a college junior, who after standing in line for two hours in 38 degree weather to vote in Pennsylvania said, "We're ready to do our part too, mom.”
I was recently reading an excerpt from President Barack Obama’s new book, “A Promised Land”. He says, “In [a] world—of global supply chains, instantaneous capital transfers, social media, transnational terrorist networks, climate change, mass migration, and ever-increasing complexity—we will learn to live together, cooperate with one another, and recognize the dignity of others, or we will perish.”
I’m committed to doing my part—for my daughter and her future, for our democracy, and for all of you.
And so I encourage you to continue to raise your voices against injustice, continue to stand for the truth and what is right, continue to work on real solutions in collaborative ways with others in our campus community and beyond, and continue to make time to listen to each other.
Let’s strive to live in a world where we can celebrate what makes us unique while acknowledging our similarities. As my favorite poet and activist, the esteemed Dr. Maya Angelou said in her poem, Human Family, “I note the obvious differences in the human family…[but] we are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike. We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”
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by Candace Dodson-Reed, '96 Chief of Staff Executive Director, Office of Equity and Inclusion Office of the President Like many of you in the UMBC community, I am watching the post-election...
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