REPOST: Decolonize4Climate Why We Must Stop Electric Cars from Destroying the World
Cross-promotion from this original event link.

Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

The Latin American Feminisms Working Group is proud to present co-founders of the Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Justice (CIEJ) for a talk on "Decolonize4Climate: Why We Must Stop Electric Cars from Destroying the World."

Panelists will discuss Indigenous struggles against lithium mining, colonial legacies of current green initiatives, and the need for radical re-imagining beyond technological substitutions to stop climate change.


Event will be recorded and shared on the Dresher Center YouTube channel.

Sponsors: Dresher Center for the Humanities; Department of Geography & Environmental Systems; Department of Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication; Department of Gender, Women's & Sexuality Studies; the Global Studies Program; the Women Involved in Learning and Leadership (WILL+) Program; and Latinx & Hispanic Faculty Association.
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- Floral brown/pink kid shoes (Pediped size 30, US 12.5)
- Toddler ballet slippers
- Oxo plastic baby bibs
- Gray snow suit, size 2T (Hanna Andersson)
- Winter footy PJs, size 3T
- Gray summer shorts, size 4/5
- Toy unicorn
- Minnie Mouse birdhouse painting kit
- Hanging shower caddy

Email me at dwinnick@umbc.edu to arrange on-campus pick-up. Thanks!

Best,
Dinah


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Women's Center Spring 2022 Hours of Operation:

Beginning on the first day of classes, the Women's Center will resume our traditional in-person hours of operation and will welcome community members into our physical space. 

In order to maintain physical distancing, the lounge space will be operating at 50% capacity. Masks are required to be in our space. 

Our Spring Hours are:
Mondays through Thursdays: 11am - 5pm
Fridays: 11am - 4pm

Our usual plates/mugs/utensils will still not be available so please bring your own if you plan on drinking or eating in the space.

While we are physically open, the Women's Center will also continue to provide support and services virtually Monday through Friday to those who are learning and working remotely. We encourage campus community members to contact us through email at womenscenter@umbc.edu or via phone at 410-455-2714.  

The Women's Center lactation room is also available for Spring 2022 reservations and use. For details, contact us at womenscenter@umbc.edu or visit our myUMBC post.

Individualized Support Meetings:
Women's Center professional staff are available for individual meetings and support which we can provide in-person or via phone or video chat. Drop by or to schedule an appointment, email womenscenter@umbc.edu or call 410-455-2714. 
Visit our website for all the ways we can provide support.


If you haven't already, follow us on social media where we're sharing resources and communicating with our community!

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram  

Please also feel free to communicate with us through any of these channels.


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Other Helpful Campus Resources:

To report and seek services for incidents related to sexual violence, relationship violence, and all other sexual misconduct, complete the online form located on the Office of Equity and Inclusion's website.  
  • UMBC’s After-Hours Support Line:  Between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8.30 a.m., on weekends or when the university is closed please call 410-455-3230.
  • TurnAround's 24/7 helpline is 443-279-0379. For a full list of off-campus resources, visit Retriever Courage.

For UMBC community members who need access to healthy food and other essential supplies visit Retriever Essentials or the myUMBC Retriever Essentials group for up-to-date information on how to access food and toiletry items.


For access to health and human services information ,visit 2-1-1 Maryland or dial 2-1-1. 

For UMBC-related COVID-19 updates, visit covid19.umbc.edu or email covid19@umbc.edu
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The following memo was sent out to Faculty Senate list-serv yesterday. In an effort to promote visibility the memo is being re-posted here.
While this memo is directed towards faculty, many of the resources provided below (and as an attachment) are also accessible to staff and students.

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Dear Colleagues,

I am writing to you on behalf of the Faculty Caregiving Advisory Committee. We hope that you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy in these exceptional times. While we are all eager to return to a vibrant campus community, we are also aware that the pandemic continues to impact the personal and professional lives of our faculty, staff and students. Below is a list of several resources that you may continue to find helpful during the spring semester. If you need additional help or have any questions about available resources we encourage you to reach out to your Chair or supervisor.

You may also contact me or any of the other members of the Faculty Caregiving Advisory Committee if you have any ideas for additional ways in which our committee can support you.

Orianne Smith (osmith@umbc.edu)       

Chair, Faculty Caregiving Advisory Committee

 

Committee members:

Matt Fagan (Geography)                                mfagan@umbc.edu

Joanna Gadsby (Library)                                gadsby@umbc.edu

Lindsay Johnson (Music)                               lmjohnson@umbc.edu

Jennifer Mata-McMahon (Education)            jmatamcm@umbc.edu

Phyllis Robinson (Biology)                            probinso@umbc.edu

Brandy Wallace (SAPH)                                 bhwalla@umbc.edu

 

 

Caregiving and Wellness Resources

 

Caregiving and Family Support

            Resources for Caregivers at UMBC

            UMBC Cares Faculty & Staff Emergency Fund

Care@Work

            The Women’s Center

            Family Support for UMBC Faculty

 

Health and Wellness Support

            Employee Assistance Program

            Wellness Initiative

 

Spring 2022 Wellness and Mental Health Awareness Events

            WIN Events

            Thursday, April 7: UMBC’s Mental Health Community Awareness Day

 

 

 

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What have you lost due to COVID? What are you grieving? Who can you share your grief with?

The Pandemic Grief Processing Group aims to make space for honoring and acknowledging the losses students, staff, and faculty within the UMBC community have experienced in these last 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic. This discussion-based program will explore the different kinds of grief and loss people may be experiencing individually and as a society, giving language and space for each of the participants to express their personal stories.

Our intention for this group is to create a space for processing, connection, healing, and collective growth. We will collaborate in the creation of a community grief ritual together even as we are still moving through our grief in different ways.

PGPG will be run as a 3-week program. The group will meet for a 90-minute session, once a week, for three consecutive weeks. The first two sessions will be online on Fridays, February 18th and 25th, 2:00-3:30 and then our hope is that the group will conclude with a final in-person session on Friday, March 4th, 2:00-3:30 in the Women’s Center. To indicate your comfort with meeting in person, please see the commitment form below.

If you are interested in joining, please fill out the commitment form here. We will send out iGoogle Calendar Invitations with links to the closed group meetings closer to the start date.

Note: To ensure that we have time for everyone to share their stories, we will be limiting the number of participants to 12.
This group is open to all students and faculty/staff of the UMBC community.


*Positionality statement: The facilitators of this group are senior social work students in their final practicum. We are not professional grief experts but we have experience in facilitating supportive groups as well as individualized counseling with peers. We hope to hold space for everyone and that, together, as a community, we can learn from and support each other.


We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, to engage fully. To request an accommodation or for inquiries about accessibility, please contact Women's Center staff at womencenter@umbc.edu or 410-455-2714.

If you have any other questions, please contact the Women's Center at WomensCenter@umbc.edu
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The Women's Center's Returning Women Students/Adult Learners Scholarships Application for 2022-23 is available now via Scholarship Retriever to undergraduate students who meet the eligibility requirements. 


The deadline for submission via Scholarship Retriever is Friday, April 8, 2022. 


This common application which is called Women's Center: Returning Women Students/Adult Learners 2022-2023 in Scholarship Retriever enables eligible students to apply for more than one of the Returning Women Students/Adult Learner Scholarships with just one submission. Please note that this opportunity to apply will only appear in Scholarship Retriever to students who meet the scholarship qualifications. The six available scholarships via the Returning Women Student Scholarship Application are:
  • Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship & The UMBC Scholarship for Mature Students 
  • Jodi Mister/Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship
  • Charlotte W. Newcombe STEM Scholarship
  • AEGON Scholarship
  • The Richard & Roselyn Bryson Neville Memorial Fund for Returning Women Scholarship
  • The Rosalie Tydings Business and Professional Women’s Scholarship

Undergraduate students of any gender over the age of 25 and with at least 60 credits and 2.5 GPA may be eligible. Students must be completing their first undergraduate degree. 
If a student does not meet these requirements, the scholarship opportunity will not appear on Scholarship Retriever. Students who have not completed the FAFSA will not see the opportunity in Scholarship Retriever. Students who wish to still be considered despite not meeting these requirements should contact the Women's Center directly. This encouragement to reach out directly to the Women's Center extends to students who have extenuating circumstances (i.e. students who are DACA/undocumented) that may prevent them from completing the FAFSA.

Students who are selected to be scholars are required to participate in the Returning Women Students/Adult Learners Scholars + Affiliates program. For more information about the program, visit our website and be sure to attend an information session.

Virtual Information sessions have concluded and due to technical difficulties, these sessions were not recorded. We are able, however, to make the presentation materials available by request. Email womenscenter@umbc.edu for information.

If you have any questions concerning the application process or the scholars program requirements, please contact Women's Center staff at womenscenter@umbc.edu. 
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Learn about Ally, a tool available in Blackboard Original and Ultra courses, that improves the accessibility of your course content. Attend this session to see Ally’s remediation capabilities and powerful file conversion tools that generate alternative formats for you and students. 

This 30 minute workshop will offer ideas for developing a strategy to improve your course usability and accessibility and how to get started with Blackboard Ally. Available in both Original and Ultra courses, Ally scans content in Blackboard and provides feedback and tools to identify and fix accessibility issues. 

Leverage Ally's powerful alternative format options yourself, and let students know they can download content in multiple formats that give them choices in how they watch, read, or listen. 

Upon completing this online session, participants should be able to:
  • Run the Ally Accessibility Report for your course (Original or Ultra) to identify accessibility issues  
  • Use Ally's Instructor Feedback Panel to preview content and prioritize remediation
  • Follow Ally's step-by-step guidance to fix accessibility issues
  • Deploy Ally's alternative formats to support diverse learning preferences
Following the 30 minute workshop, join us for Q&A and a closer look at how to use Ally. 

To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar!

This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Use the "Join Online Event" link above to join the session.

Prior to the event
  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.   
  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.
  3. After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.
At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.
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Thursday January 20, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Creating accessible content and interactions to support diverse learning preferences are the guiding principles of Universal Design for Learning. Improving the accessibility of course content not only helps ensure students with different abilities can access materials, but it improves the learning experience for everyone, including those who use mobile devices. 

Upon completing this online session, participants will be able to:
  • Recall Universal Design for Learning guiding principles 
  • Identify opportunities for course (re)design incorporating UDL strategies 
  • Describe effective practices that promote readability & usability
  • Create a +1 strategy for UDL in your course
This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. 

Prior to the event
  1. For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.  
  2. If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.
  3. After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.
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Contact Robin at rcresisk@Umbc.edu if interested! 
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To reserve your time, email womenscenter@umbc.edu for access to our online reservation form. You can also stop by the Women's Center during our hours of operation to complete the form in person. All parents who reserve times will be added to the lactation room google calendar and a group email list in order to support communication and best navigate multiple people using the space. 

While the Women's Center works diligently with parents to ensure access to the lactation room, we're also pleased to partner with the Library which now also hosts a lactation room. AOK Library has a lactation room available on the 7th floor. The room includes a table, two chairs, an outlet and power strip, and sanitizing wipes.. It may be reserved for up to one hour, up to 7 days in advance. A key is also available on a first-come, first-served basis at the Check Out Desk on the Library's first floor. Reserve the Lactation Room for periods up to 1 hour.

We are also excited to share that a lactation room is now available on the ground floor of the RAC (room 073). This room has a sink and chair. This room is first-come-first-serve. The Women’s Center oversees the operation of this room. If you experience any issues or have any concerns related to the space, please contact us.

For questions and concerns, stop by the Women's Center during our hours of operation, give us a ring at 410-455-2714, or send us an email at womenscenter@umbc.edu. 
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