Inclusivity and Freedom of Expression on Campus
Dear Members of Our UMBC Community,
UMBC is committed to inclusive excellence, social justice, and freedom of expression. As a diverse academic community, we have many opportunities to thoughtfully engage in discussion and advocacy on issues that matter to each of us.
Over the past several weeks, UMBC, like other universities across the nation, has seen incidents of signage that is unauthorized and which has also caused concern among many campus constituents. Free speech, including signage with messages that are not consistent with campus values, is protected on public campuses such as ours. However, signage of any kind must comply with our university policies on campus postings.
UMBC recently found and removed posters and stickers that failed to follow our campus policy for posting of notices and event signage. This policy notes requirements, for example, that posted materials include the name of a sponsoring organization and that they be posted on fixtures designed to hold advertisements. If you see signage that you believe violates university policy, please contact the Commons Administration at 410-455-3455 or UMBC Police after hours. University staff will continue to remove postings that do not meet university policy.
We thank everyone for showing a commitment, every day, to support UMBC as a community that prioritizes both vibrant dialogue and mutual respect.
President Freeman Hrabowski
Provost Philip Rous
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February Religious and Ethnic Holiday Calendar
This handout is to call your attention to just some of the many nationally and internationally recognized and/or celebrated diverse days of observance and religious/ethnic holidays that fall within the month of February 2017. We invite you to share it with the students, staff, and faculty you work with across campus. For more information, feel free to visit the Diversity Resource Calendar located on the Office of Student Life’s website:http://www.diversityresources.com/aa_gsr/index.php?key=adCaO2Shix6u
Thank you,
Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity & Interfaith Center Staff
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Black History Month 2017: February UPDATED
Check out our online calendar for NEW upcoming events!
National Black History Month 2017 continues through February!
See our attached UMBC calendar of events highlighting what's happening on and off-campus for the remainder of this month! This
calendar is produced by Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity
and highlights some of the many events happening this month at UMBC and in the Baltimore/DC Metro Area. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
If we missed adding your
group’s event, just let us know! Send
the details to mosaic@umbc.edu and we’ll be happy to add
them on this myUMBC post. (On and off-campus events are
welcomed.)
*THIS WEEK'S UPDATES*
Over the last several weeks, various offices and departments across campus have come together to plan a special showing of the movie Hidden Figures on Friday, February 24, 2017 at 2 p.m. Tickets are available for free at the CIC. Please encourage faculty, staff, and students in your area to attend the showing.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Film Screening and Conversation
Maurice Wallace, Associate Professor of English and Associate Director of the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies at the University of Virginia; and Maleda Belilgne, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and English, UMBC
Thursday, February 23, 5:30 p.m., 132 Performing Arts and Humanities Building
The spellbinding 1982 documentary I Heard It Through the Grapevine chronicles James Baldwin's return to the American South two decades after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Directed by Dick Fontaine and Pat Hartley, this rare film includes Baldwin's conversations with Sterling Brown, Amiri Baraka, and Chinua Achebe on the meaning of racial progress. Maurice Wallace and Maleda Belilgne will lead a conversation on the film's historical importance and Baldwin's continuing significance today.
Stay tuned for further updates!
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February is National African American/Black History Month!
ASALH National Theme & Executive Summary
Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)
The Crisis in Black Education
Executive Summary 2017
The theme for 2017 focuses on the crucial role of education in the history of African Americans.
ASALH’s founder Carter G. Woodson once wrote that “if you teach the Negro that he has
accomplished as much good as any other race he will aspire to equality and justice without
regard to race.” Woodson understood well the implications associated with the denial of access
to knowledge, and he called attention to the crisis that resulted from persistently imposed racial
barriers to equal education. The crisis in black education first began in the days of slavery when
it was unlawful for slaves to learn to read and write. In pre-Civil War northern cities, free blacks
were forced as children to walk long distances past white schools on their way to the one school
relegated solely to them. Whether by laws, policies, or practices, racially separated schools
remained the norm in America from the late nineteenth century well into our own time.
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century and continuing today, the crisis in black
education has grown significantly in urban neighborhoods where public schools lack resources,
endure overcrowding, exhibit a racial achievement gap, and confront policies that fail to deliver
substantive opportunities. The touted benefits of education remain elusive to many blacks of all
ages. Tragically, some poorly performing schools serve as pipelines to prison for youths.
Yet, African American history is rich in centuries-old efforts of resistance to this crisis: the
slaves’ surreptitious endeavors to learn; the rise of black colleges and universities after the Civil
War; unrelenting battles in the courts; the black history movement; the freedom schools of the
1960s; and local community-based academic and mentorship programs that inspire a love of
learning and thirst for achievement. Addressing the crisis in black education should be considered one of the most important goals in America’s past, present, and future.
Welcome to a new semester UMBC! Spring hours for Student Life's Mosaic Center begin the week of Jan. 30 and run through the end of exam week in May.
Our Spring Hours are: Monday - Tuesday: 10am-7pm; Wednesday-Friday: 10am-5pm
We're located on the 2nd floor of the Commons building, midway down the hall between the gameroom and upper Flat Tuesdays pub in room 2B23.
The Mosaic lounge space is available to all students, staff, faculty and their visitors on a "first come, first seated" basis. Free coffee, tea, and occasional snacks are available as well!
Special Notes:
Please help us welcome our new staff!
Carlos Turcios, Program Associate for Diversity and Inclusion
Gerardo Herrera-Cortes, Mosaic Intern for Hispanic and Latinx Outreach -
Spring 2017
Christopher Wu, Mosaic Intern for Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander
Outreach - Spring 2017
Becca Mann, Mosaic and Interfaith Student Staff
Our work takes us out of the center quite frequently. As a result, the Mosaic may be closed periodically to accommodate Student Life and/or Division of Student Affairs meetings and events. Appropriate signage will be posted as early as possible in the event of a closure.
Staff Work Hours:
Lisa Gray, Assistant Director of Student Life for Cultural and Spiritual Diversity's work hours are 9:30am-5:30pm, Monday - Friday.
Carlos Turcios, Program Associate for Diversity and Inclusion's work hours are Monday - Tuesday, 11am-7pm and Wednesday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Hours for our spring interns and student staff may vary throughout the week. We encourage you to contact us directly for their schedules.
Have other questions about our center and what we offer?
See our attached resource flyer, email mosaic@umbc.edu or call us at 410-455-2686.
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Update Regarding Executive Order on Immigration
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The implementation of President Trump’s revised Executive Order, imposing a 90-day ban on citizens from six countries entering the United States, has been temporarily blocked by several Federal courts.
The circumstances related to the Executive Order continue to be very fluid. The International Education Services Office is monitoring the situation for any new developments. For further detailed information, please see the International Education Services (IES) website.
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Interracial Black/White Family Research Project
Parents of Children 13-17 Needed for Psych Doctoral Research
Great opportunity to participate in a timely research study!
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My name is Lindsay Emery and I am a doctoral student in psychology here at UMBC.
I am currently recruiting interracial Black/White family members for my dissertation and I was wondering if I could perhaps ask for help to spread the word to students, staff and faculty at UMBC, particularly who are part of an interracial Black/White family in the area.
My dissertation is looking at how Black/White interracial families communicate together (parents and their biological children) on topics of race and identity. This project will involve me interviewing parents and their children (child has to be between the ages 13-17) who are part of a Black/White interracial family and live in the Baltimore area, to discuss the topic of race and identity. Families will participate in a total of 3 interviews (1-2 hours each) with me (1 parent interview, 1 child interview, and 1 family group interview) and will receive $60 cash compensation in total for their time and participation.
Interested families should email me or call me if interested. All contact information for this project is included on the following two attached fliers (parent and child versions).
Again, to participate, participants must: 1.) be a parent in a Black/White interracial relationship and have a biological child (between the ages of 13-17) that can participate as well, who all live together, and 2.) live in the Baltimore area.
Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions.
-Lindsay Emery
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Lindsay Emery, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate
Ph.D. Program in Human Services Psychology
Clinical & Community and Applied Social Psychology
University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day - January 16th
Baltimore Sun's Holiday Weekend Event List
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in
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Parades, performances and more in Baltimore for the 2016
Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
Film screening:
'Sisters of Selma': As part of the "Keeping the Dream Alive - a
celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr." observation, St.
Ignatius Church will present the documentary "Sisters of Selma: Bearing
Witness for Change." Serving as facilitator for the film and the following
discussion will be Sister Gwynette Proctor. 7 p.m. Jan. 15. 740 N. Calvert St.
Free. 410-727-3848 or st-ignatius.net.
Celebrating the Life
of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Pratt Library's annual King
Commemorative Lecture is presented by DeWayne Wickham, the founding dean of the
School of Global Journalism & Communication and distinguished professor of
journalism at Morgan State University with nearly four decades experience as a
journalist. 2 p.m. Jan. 16. Enoch Pratt Library, Waverly Branch, 400 E. 33rd St.
Free. 410-396-603 or prattlibrary.org.
Fired Up: The
Concert: Featuring performances from Shades of Yale as well as speakers
evoking the power and spirit of Martin Luther King's words. 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Jan.
16. The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum, 1601 E. North Ave. $5-$10.
410-563-3404 or greatblacksinwax.org.
D.I.V.A.S. For Dr.
King: An annual concert honoring local women for community service, in
honor of the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. 3 p.m. Jan. 17. Triumph Community
Church, 425 W. Monument St. Free. 410-728-0112 or triumphcommunitychurch.org.
MLK Jr. Day
Breakfast: Civil Wrongs to Civil Rights and Back Again will include a
traditional breakfast with a guest speaker, a performance by Brenda Tucker and
a self-guided museum tour. 9 a.m. Jan. 18. The National Great Blacks in Wax
Museum, 1601 E. North Ave. $20-$25. 443-563-3404 or greatblacksinwax.org.
Martin Luther King
Jr. Day Celebration: The American Visionary Art Museum offers a day of
guided tours, birthday cake, music, workshops and special performances. 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Jan. 18. 800 Key Highway. Free. 410-244-1900 or avam.org.
MLK Day at the Museum:
Featuring a reading of Jeff Stetson's play "The Meeting," about
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., presented by Evolutionary Art Works. A
Q&A follows with the director, as well as an afternoon of film screenings
related to King and the civil rights movement. The galleries will also be open.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 18. Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E. Pratt St. $5.
443-263-1800 or lewismuseum.org.
Songs of Freedom:
Honoring Dr. King through Songs of Human and Civil Rights: Includes
projects/displays, a performance from the Florence Bain Senior Center Gospel
Choir. young vocalists and an interactive music workshop from musician Scott
Paynter, who will teach and perform freedom-based songs from Bob Marley, John
Lennon, Peter Tosh and more. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Jan. 18. Roger Carter Center, 3000
Milltowne Drive, Ellicott City. Free. 410-480-3250 or hchsmd.org/events.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade: Baltimore
honors the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with regional marching
bands, color guards, steppers, equestrian units, dance squads, civic
organizations, and floats. The parade steps off at Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard and Eutaw Street, continuing south on Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard. Sonja Sohn of 'The Wire,' Ravens' Justin Forsett to be
MLK parade grand marshals. Noon Jan. 18. Free. 410-752-8632 or
promotionandarts.org.
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Parade: The parade will proceed through Annapolis' downtown area,
beginning on Amos Garrett Boulevard, making a right turn on West Street,
proceeding around Church Circle, then down Main Street, turning left on Randall
Street, and ending at the Market House. Noon Jan. 18. Free. annapolis.gov.
2016 Martin Luther
King Jr. Convocation: Claudia Rankine, a Jamaican-born award-winning author
and poet, will speak at Loyola University Maryland's annual convocation. 5 p.m.
Jan. 18. McGuire Hall, Loyola University Maryland, 4501 N. Charles St. Free.
410-617-2000 or loyola.edu/joinus/mlkconvocation.aspx.
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November is National Native American Heritage Month!
U.S. Presidential Proclamation
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, 2016
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
As the First Americans, Native Americans have helped shape the future of the United States through every turn of our history. Today, young American Indians and Alaska Natives embrace open-ended possibility and are determining their own destinies. During National Native American Heritage Month, we pledge to maintain the meaningful partnerships we have with tribal nations, and we renew our commitment to our nation-to-nation relationships as we seek to give all our children the future they deserve.
Over our long shared history, there have been too many unfortunate chapters of pain and tragedy, discrimination and injustice. We must acknowledge that history while recognizing that the future is still ours to write. That is why my Administration remains dedicated to strengthening our government-to-government relationships with tribal nations and working to improve the lives of all our people. Three years ago, I issued an Executive Order establishing the White House Council on Native American Affairs to help ensure the Federal Government engages in true and lasting relationships with tribes and promotes the development of prosperous and resilient tribal communities. Last month, I hosted the eighth Tribal Nations Conference and brought tribal leaders together to identify key issues we still face. We have worked to better protect sacred lands and restored many acres of tribal homelands, as well as supported greater representation of indigenous peoples before the United Nations and called for further implementation of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. And we have taken steps to strengthen tribal sovereignty in criminal justice matters, including through the Tribal Law and Order Act.
Through the Affordable Care Act and permanent reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, we empowered more Native Americans to access the quality health care they need to live full, healthy lives. Throughout their lives, 84 percent of American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls will experience some form of violence, and in 2013, I signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which allows tribes to prosecute non-Native individuals who commit acts of domestic violence in Indian Country. And through the North American Working Group on Violence Against Indigenous Women and Girls, we are strengthening regional coordination on the rights of women and girls from indigenous communities across the continent.
In recognition of the immeasurable contributions that Native Americans have made to our Nation, we continue to advocate for expanding opportunity across Indian Country. We have supported tribal colleges and universities and worked to return control of education to tribal nations -- not only to prepare Native youth for the demands of future employment, but also to promote their own tribal languages and cultures. We are investing in job training and clean-energy projects, infrastructure, and high-speed internet that connects Native American communities to the broader economy. We are connecting more young people and fostering a national dialogue to empower the next generation of Native leaders through the Generation Indigenous initiative. Through www.NativeOneStop.gov, we have also worked to improve coordination and access to Federal services throughout Indian Country. Indian Country still faces many challenges, but we have made significant progress together since I took office, and we must never give up on our pursuit of the ever brighter future that lies ahead.
This month, let us celebrate the traditions, languages, and stories of Native Americans and ensure their rich histories and contributions can thrive with each passing generation. Let us continue to build on the advancements we have made, because enduring progress will depend on our dedication to honoring our trust and treaty responsibilities. With sustained effort and unwavering optimism, we can ensure a vibrant and resilient Indian Country filled with possibility and prosperity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2016 as National Native American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 25, 2016, as Native American Heritage Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-first.
BARACK OBAMA
Our recent U.S. presidential election has shocked many and left questions about the future of our communities and nation. Student Life's Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity and Interfaith Center staff reaffirm our commitment to diversity and inclusion, to productive, authentic and mutually respectful cross-cultural dialogue, and to positive social change-based education and equality for all.
We stand by each other and lift each other up as one campus, state, nation and global community. We choose to see differences across social identities - including political affiliation - as strengthening our community, rather than dividing it. Socially just education, inclusive learning spaces, and supportive communities are more important now than ever, and we encourage all of UMBC to commit and/or recommit to it with us.
We know these are challenging times for all of us. Now and in the days ahead, we must come together to reaffirm our values of diversity, inclusion and social justice - especially in support of our community members who may be feeling fearful and vulnerable. If you witness or hear disruptive behavior, an act of intolerance, or other behaviors of concern on campus or in our surrounding communities, please following these suggested reporting options:
Behavioral Risk Assessment and Consultation Team (BRACT), 410-455-2393- http://www.umbc.edu/saf/staff/bract.php
UMBC Hate and Bias Response Policy and Procedures
http://police.umbc.edu/files/2016/09/8.0-Hate-and-Violence-policy-procedures-1.pdf
UMBC Counseling Center, 410-455-2472, http://counseling.umbc.edu/
Division of Student Affairs, 410-455-2393, http://www.umbc.edu/saf/
As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm at 410-455-2686 or mosaic@umbc.edu if you feel the need to talk, process feelings, or just need time to take a break.
Onwards and Upwards,
Lisa, Krutika and Joe - Student Life's Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity Staff
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