UMBC Hispanic & Latino Heritage Month Calendar of Events Have an event? Email mosaic@umbc.edu and we'll add it here!

National Hispanic Heritage Month: 

September 15-October 15, 2015

Starting in 1968 as National Hispanic Heritage Week and incorporating September 15 and 16, the independence days for Central American nations and Mexico, respectively, the period was expanded in 1988 to National Hispanic Heritage Month. Each year the National Council of Hispanic Employment Program Managers and the Hispanic Foundation select a theme for the month and commission a poster to reflect that theme.  
© 2012 by Diversity Resources, Inc.™, Amherst, MA. 

Want to know what's happening on and off-campus this month?  See the attached calendar of events and website for National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Note: This calendar is produced by Student Life’s Mosaic: Center for Culture and Diversity. If we missed adding your organization, office or department’s Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month event, please send us the details, mosaic@umbc.edu and we’ll be happy to add them to our online version of this calendar. (On and off-campus events sponsored/co-sponsored by the UMBC community only, please.)
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helps educate people about diversity? Help give presentations, workshops, and
trainings about multiculturalism, diversity, and social justice. We provide the
training to get a certificate in being a diversity presenter. As our schools
and society become increasingly diverse, many of us need to increase our
cultural competencies-the skills and awareness related to communication and
interaction across all social identities. Let us show you how! For students
there is a two part training with part 1 Friday, October 24, 2014 from 2-5 pm
or Saturday, October 25 from 9-12.The second part is Saturday, October 25 from
1- 4. Staff and faculty only have to attend part one of training. Please fill
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The University of Maryland College Park is hosting a GEM GRAD Lab for undergraduate students so that they can learn more about graduate school. PROMISE is one of the co-sponsors for this event that will take place next Saturday, September 20. 

See the link to registration can be found 

In partnership with the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, UMBC will sponsor a bus to the event for all registered undergraduate students from any school in the region. Graduate student mentors, postdocs, staff, and faculty are also welcome to take the bus that will make a round trip between UMBC's campus and College Park. All riders should plan to come to UMBC to ride the bus to and from College Park. Parking at UMBC is free on the weekends. 

All UMBC and USM undergraduate students, mentees, family members, community members, etc. are welcome and encouraged to attend. 

Contact Renetta Tull, rtull@umbc.edu for more information.

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Renetta Garrison Tull, Ph.D.
Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development & Postdoctoral Affairs
Director, PROMISE:  Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP)
UMBC Graduate School, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250
Office: (410) 455-2930, 
Email: rtull@umbc.edu, Twitter: @Renetta_Tull
Personal: http://www.renettatull.com, LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/renettatull 
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* Visualize Success with PROMISE! http://www.umbc.edu/promise
 

* Read PROMISE papers on graduate student recruitment, retention, and achievement; minority women in STEM; and preparing undergraduates for graduate school: http://promiseagep.wordpress.com/publications/
 
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It is similar to a workshop with a focus on building communication, and other relationship skills, to foster healthy relationships.  The group will be starting soon and they are looking for members!!

Meetings are on Mondays from 4:30-6pm

Please see the attached flyer for full details.  Contact Jamila Winn, jwinn@umbc.edu for more information or to sign-up.  


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University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday, Sep 19 2014, 06:00 pm
GLO Leadership Conference is designed specifically for leaders in the community to be more effective, and use this training platform and use this training platform to transform the community.

Testimonials from previous attendees: You guys changed my life, and with this change, I will change the world. Thank you guys so so much! I'll remember every word, every phrase, every concept that you guys taught me. I am now a leader, a leader you'll be proud of, a leader that will make an impact to this world. Thank you guys! (Youth Leadership Movement 2013) - Chris Hsu "Be inspired. Be inspiring." That pretty much sums up what I think about the conference. EVERYONE of you inspired me. You all genuinely shared your experiences as leaders, even personal struggles in life. All your skills, values, talents, achievements, inspirations and visions gave me different perspective on life. I guess my next task is to be a leader, oh no a legacy leader, and to be inspiring. 

This conference is being hosted by the UMBC Taiwanese Student Association.  For more information, contact their leaders on through the Student Life website's list of student organizations: http://osl.umbc.edu/orgs/ or click on the attached website.

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The Women’s Center and Student Life’s Mosaic Center will be hosting several designated safe space sessions to talk about the recent events in Ferguson. These are not intended to be open discussions or debates. Rather, these opportunities are meant to provide intentional healing and supportive space for UMBC community members to process and share their thoughts, emotions, and reactions as related to racism, institutionalized violence, and anti-Blackness.


Added dates: 


Faculty, staff, and students are welcome to attend any/all of the community safe spaces scheduled for the following times:


Contact womens.center@umbc.edu or mosaic@umbc.edu for further information.

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Forbes has launched a social media campaign called #MyTopCollege, which sounds like a fun opportunity for the UMBC community (e.g., OPAs, RAs, SGA reps, Honors College scholars, athletes, others) to share what makes us so distinct.

They write: "Every year Forbes ranks America’s Top Colleges based on graduation rate, student satisfaction, post-graduate success and student debt. This year we want to hear from the people who know colleges best. Students, faculty and alumni are invited to share photos, fun facts, traditions and quirks that truly happen only at their school for a chance to be featured in FORBES magazine and online as a 'Students’ Favorite Top College.'"

Here's an example offered by Forbes: "The Mesa is the place to be. SDSU is among the top 20 most diverse campuses in the country #MyTopCollege @Forbes pic.twitter.com/MNDoNoKWCj"

Please spread the word about this campaign! 

Encourage other students, staff and faculty to share images and messages about UMBC and tag them with #MyTopCollege, @Forbes and @UMBC. 

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To attend, you MUST RSVP at tinyurl.com/LavenderUMBC.


As part of the Celebration, Lavender Honors will be presented in recognition of the accomplishments and contributions of students, faculty, staff, departments, offices, and programs to the creation of an increasingly LGBTQ-affirmative UMBC.

The Lavender Honor categories are diverse, and nominees do not need to be LGBTQ-identified to meet requirements for all.
To submit a nomination(s), visit tinyurl.com/LavenderNominate.


LGBTQ Graduates will be recognized at the Celebration. To register as a Lavender Graduate, visit tinyurl.com/LavenderGraduate.


Questions, concerns, looking for more information? Email lgbtq@umbc.edu or call (410) 455-3463.
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Please join us for a screening of the documentary "Hide and Seek"/ "Chuppan Chupai" followed by a Q&A with director Saad Khan on Monday, April 28, 2014 at 4pm in the AOK Library Gallery. 

Sponsored by the  Department of Gender + Women's Studies & Asian Studies Program

"Hide and Seek"/ "Chuppan Chupai" is an award-winning documentary directed by Saad Khan that explores the lives of four transgender, or "hijra," people and their daily trials and triumphs while living in the relatively conservative gender constructs of Pakistan, the second most populous Islamic country in the world.  The film depicts the secret yet open lives of a group of Pakistani sexual minorities, raising questions about transgender activism, religion, underground gay life, social acceptance and collective familial customs of transgenders in urban Pakistan.  


Click here to RSVP: http://my.umbc.edu/groups/gwst/events/24098

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and there are many controversial topics that come from the discussion of sexual assault. This includes sexual assault being gender blind, hypermasculinity and victim blaming.  The article below discusses cultural differences as an explanation for why, what Americans consider to be obviously unacceptable, some may consider to be dismissible. 


Article link:  http://www.stopvaw.org/sexual_assault_and_cultural_norms

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