Do you or your organization use the Interfaith Center? Do you wish to create change or do you have concerns about how it is used? Please fill out our feedback form to have your voice be heard.

To access the form please go to, tinyurl.com/2019IFCform. It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and fifteen participants will be randomly selected to receive a Mosaic 15th Mug Giveaway and T-Shirt!

The form will close on Friday, May 3, 2019, at 5:00pm. 

Have any questions? Email Erin Waddles, Coordinator for Student Diversity and Inclusion at waddles@umbc.edu.

On April 18th 2019, the Women’s Center hosted the seventh annual Take Back the Night at UMBC. The night began with an introduction by the emcees Autumn, Calista and Women’s Center staff members, Samiksha and Morgan.

Photo credit: Samiksha Manjani

After the introduction was the survivor speak-out. The speak-out is the heart and soul of Take Back the Night. Survivors are encouraged to come up and share their story with the crowd before the march throughout campus. As a survivor, sharing your story at TBTN allows you to acknowledge your experience with others who believe and support you.

We then moved on to the march portion of the night, where we got loud and chanted in support of victims of sexual violence. We Believe You, an activist group dedicated to ending sexual violence, led the march, the survivor circle of care, and a private discussion in the Women’s Center following the march.

The survivor circle is a new addition to Take Back the Night. At the peak of the march, everyone formed a circle around True Grit. Survivors were invited to the middle of the circle, while supporters chanted the refrain, “We see you. We believe you. You matter.” After the survival circle, the march back to Main Street commenced.

After the march, community members got back together for some craftivism! This part of the night is intended to provide space for reflection, creative expression, and community-building between survivors and supporters alike.

Thank you so much to everyone for a powerful and moving evening. Thank you to every survivor for sharing their story, to every ally who supported the survivors, and a special thank you to all the volunteers and We Believe You members who made TBTN possible!

If you’ve joined us this Thursday and you haven’t already, please fill out the survey by April 26, 2019.

If you weren’t able to make it, here are some resources:

• Women’s Center at UMBC
• UMBC Counseling Center
• Title IX and UMBC’s Interim Policy on Prohibited Sexual Misconduct and Other Related Misconduct

The Women's Center will be closing early (at 4:30 pm) on April 18th for Take Back The Night!!! 

If you need to use the lactation room after 4:30 pm, please email Jess Myers at womenscenter@umbc.edu.

Join the Women's Center on Commons Main Street on Thursday, April 18th at 6:15 pm and let's take back the night!!

Events and activities include: 

-Community Resource Fair and Craftivism (including the opportunity to make Clothesline Project t-shirts, lavender sachets, and Dear Survivor letters) and We Believe You discussion group hosted in the Women's Center post-march. 

There is limited seating for the speak-out. We recommend you arrive early. As seating fill up, we encourage you to make your way up to the balcony area on the 2nd floor of The Commons.

Stay tuned by liking the Women's Center on Facebook and following us on Instagram and Twitter. #UMBCtbtn is the official hashtag, so follow us there, too! You can see pictures from past years Take Back the Night on our blog.

For more information about UMBC's Take Back the Night, you can visit our What You Need to Know about TBTN blog series. Posts include more information about the survivor speak-out, the march, Greek Week involvement, and the post-march craftivism. More posts will be shared and/or updated leading up to 2019's event.  

Want learn more about what Take Back The Night is? Visit www.takebackthenight.org for more information.