TODAY-CSJ 101: Disability Justice at UMBC + Beyond Learn about disability justice + how to get involved!

Repost from Women’s Center. Original event post can be found HERE.

Take part in the first event of Critical Social Justice 2021-2022 and learn more about the disability justice movement. In this virtual event, we will learn about the history of disability rights in the US, the fundamental principles of disability justice, where the movement is today, and what disability justice looks like/can look like at UMBC. Regardless of your knowledge level or experience level, all are welcome to join in on this introductory conversation.

 

This year, CSJ: Disability Justice + Access Matters invites our campus community to learn from a perspective of disability justice so that we can continue to make space for everybody and every body now and in the future. Learn more about the Critical Social Justice: Disability Justice + Access Matters theme here. For more information about upcoming events or to inquire about collaboration, please email the Women’s Center at womenscenter@umbc.edu.

 

This discussion group will be hosted through Google Meet. If this platform presents accessibility challenges for you, please be in touch so we can consult on the best ways to make this experience accessible for you.

 

CSJ 101: Disability Justice at UMBC and Beyond

Monday, September 27 · 1:00 – 2:00pm

Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/aud-jwnx-qvu

Or dial: (US) +1 419-702-0980 PIN: 419 177 557#

 

This session will be recorded.

 

Please note: UMBC is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive environment for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors. If you have difficulties accessing any of the materials on our site or any of our events or discussions, please contact us so that we can provide an alternative format and/or remedy any accessibility challenges.

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Reusable bags needed! 

The pantry is in need of reusable tote bags and drawstring bags for orders. Click on the link below to go to our Amazon wishlist and donate!

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“How can I join the Women’s Center?”

Well . . .

Do you hang out in our lounge? Do you come to our events? Do you read our blog or chat with our staff? 

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then congratulations! You are a part of the Women’s Center.

Image is a gif featuring a person with two yellow ponytails clapping her hands and opening her mouth saying "Well done!"

But we understand the feeling of being a part of something special. Showing your loyalty and commitment to a cause is empowering. Finding home and belonging in a space that means something to you, means something to us.

So, now, you can “join” the Women’s Center by being one of our fearless and loyal Scouts! 

Gif featuring four women dressed in purple girl scout clothes. One of the women who has blond hair is saying "I am a Goddess, a glorious female warrior."

The Women’s Center Scouts program began several years ago in the spirit of the Pawnee Goddesses created by our friend Leslie Knope. Maybe you’ve also heard of the Girl Scouts? Radical Monarchs? Or Lumberjanes? Our Scouts program is kind of like that. Nonetheless, there are Women’s Center badges out there waiting to be earned!

Gif featuring a little boy wearing a baseball cap with the lettering "Pawnee Rangers" saying "I want to become a Pawnee Goddess."

Here’s the deal. To become a Women’s Center Scout, participate in our “This or That Scout Challenge!” Each Scout must meet the challenge by completing a set of 4 different challenges outlined by the Women’s Center throughout the fall semester. The challenges include:  

Any UMBC community member who completes the challenge by December 1st gets a Women’s Center T-shirt and a shout-out on our social media pages!

Photo of 2 people holding the top end or top bottom of the t-shirts they are wearing. Both are wearing the same t-shirt that is black and gold. 2 cats and 2 dogs are framing a quote in the middle of the shirt. Wear your Women’s Center t-shirt with pride. Jess and Ojus are showcasing this year’s Women’s Center t-shirt!

All UMBC students, faculty, and staff are welcome to participate! Stop by the Women’s Center beginning Monday, September 27th to claim your Scout’s Card and get to work!

Gif featuring Pikachu (a yellow rodent with a tail shaped like lightning and long ears with black tips at the end) in a traditional Japanese Kimono waving two fans while performing a cheering dance.

For questions, stop by the Women’s Center or email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu.

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Thursday, October 7, 2021 · 5 PM - 7 PM Dinner with Friends will feature engaging, facilitated small-group conversations over dinner that will connect you with other members of the UMBC community. You will spend the evening sharing stories, learning about each other's experiences with important issues affecting UMBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni, and discussing how we can move forward together. 

An RSVP is required as spots in these popular virtual conversations are limited. Choose to join a facilitated small-group conversation about one of the following discussion topics:

  • Building community during and after the pandemic

  • Supporting mental health in challenging times

  • Promoting civic agency and engagement between elections

  • Fostering equity and inclusion 

To RSVP, follow this link.

Because we will meet online, this is a bring-your-own dinner event.

Dinner with Friends is organized by the Center for Democracy and Civic Life in collaboration with the Student Government Association and the Graduate Student Association.

Original post for registration here

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Get experience working with students and open the doors for future employment opportunities! Candidates for virtual tutoring/teaching should be prepared to plan lessons using county curriculum, deliver lessons virtually, and engage students in community building activities. 

To apply call 410-222-5061 or email recruitment@aacps.org
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The Sustainable Age is a student journal founded by students of the North Texas Regional Center of Expertise Network. The journal is seeking volunteer student writers to submit original articles centered on the 17 U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.


This project is led by students for students. It is focused on educating and raising awareness of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This student-led journal provides an environment for students from different universities across the world to develop academic research concerning different areas like Social Justice, Human Health and Well-being, Philosophy, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, Climate Action, and Business. 


Writers can learn introductory level scholarly and peer-reviewed writing methods, supported by an editorial team of volunteer students, faculty, and staff. Every article published in the online journal is related to at least one SDG, is reviewed by at least one person of the editorial review team, and includes at least one cited reference using MLA format. View the author guidlines: https://www.thesustainableage.com/author-guidelines



Become an author today! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=U1R-1i9z3EqUpEiI8tl9XVux-F62LcROtJRCEx6ZRiVUQjYyVE05M0FSTjYyMlA2TDIyTTJFSFY2SS4u

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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 · 4 - 5 PM

This event is being hosted by a UMBC Career Center Partner and has been organized exclusively for UMBC students. Their partnership status shows their dedication and commitment to recruiting UMBC talent.

Attend this session to learn about JPMC’s SUMMER 2022 internship opportunities and connect with recruiters.  While the deadlines aren’t until late Fall for most, students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.   

FULL DETAILS and applications for these internships can be found HERE

Examples of the internship programs are:

Audit Summer Internship
Corporate Analyst Development Program
Chase Leadership Development Program - Summer Analyst
Corporate Client Banking & Specialized Industries Internship Analyst
Chase Associate Program Internship
Wholesale Payments & Corporate Banking Internship
Compliance Associate Program Internship
Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries Internship
Global Finance and Business Management Internship
Human Resources Internship
Investment Banking Analyst Internship
Wealth Management Internship
Investment Banking Associate Internship
Wealth Management Associate Internship
Markets Internship
Markets Associate Internships
Securities Services Leadership Program
Asset Management Internship
Risk Management Internship

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]]> Tuesday, September 28, 2021 · 4 - 5 PM This event is being hosted by a UMBC Career Center Partner and has been organized exclusively for UMBC students. Their partnership status shows their... https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/112588/guest@my.umbc.edu/af81bbc3db83784d9e3c0edc0ef947bc/api/pixel UMBC Graduate Student Association https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/original.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/large.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/medium.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/small.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxsmall.png?1688588974 UMBC Graduate Student Association 1 0 true Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:05:38 -0400 TESOL Alumna and Library of Congress Award
A few years ago, TESOL alumna Chiara Collette Hassett (MA '21) together with her husband and UMBC alumnus Michael Hassett (M.P.P. '17 and Ph.D. '19) founded Friends of Tonga, a group dedicated to facilitating ongoing collaborations between Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and communities in Tonga .  Chiara serves as the program manager who implements its educational activities.   Among the projects they have led or supported is a Video Resource Library of people recording themselves reading diverse children’s books aloud in English. The recordings are aligned with Tongan school curriculum and are made available for local teachers to supplement gaps in their hard copy libraries.  Friends of Tonga has now been recognized for their work with a Literacy Award from the Library of Congress, which includes $5,000 to support their initiatives.

Read the press release here:
https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-21-049/library-of-congress-announces-winners-of-2021-literacy-awards-on-international-literacy-day/2021-09-08/

Read more about the Friends of Tonga here:
https://www.friendsoftonga.org/
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Fill out this form to be considered for Graduate Student of the Week ]]> Fill out this form to be considered for Graduate Student of the Week Image https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/cb0bfcae5b4c221a2b5d9f21b55ea648/6a005b52/news/000/112/580/a71f97cfb540d289ad80557514d93750/Red and Black Quotes Instagram Post (1).png?1632409438 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/112580/guest@my.umbc.edu/f3c8635368ed933214f4df625085ec23/api/pixel UMBC Graduate Student Association https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/original.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xlarge.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/large.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/medium.png?1688588974 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/small.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xsmall.png?1688588974 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/141/6944ed1afb7c0b0557d52a5e61a6d9c9/xxsmall.png?1688588974 UMBC Graduate Student Association 1 0 true Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:04:54 -0400 UPDATE!!! Zareen's Hazara family members fleeing Afghanistan Supporting Zareen and Ali to support others in danger
UPDATE!!!! THANK YOU to everyone who donated and shared! You all are amazing. We've raised enough to cover ALL 8 of the humanitarian parole applications. I'm going to raise the fundraising limit to and see if we can't start raising funds for some of the visa applications and plane tickets for Zareen and Ali's family members. 

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Zareen and Ali are dear friends and colleagues of many of us and we know that they work tirelessly to advocate for the rights of people from their country of origin, Afghanistan. Both Zareen and Ali come from an ethnic minority group in Afghanistan, the Hazara, who have been brutally targeted by extremists; Zareen has written extensively on the issue for Ms. Magazine and other outlets.

At the present, Zareen and Ali are working to help bring 8 family members from Pakistan here to Baltimore. These family members have already survived harrowing ordeals to leave Afghanistan. They left Afghanistan with nothing. Zareen and Ali are the main financial supporters of them right now. While Zareen and Ali have been able to get pro-bono legal counsel for these family members, they want to file Humanitarian Parole forms to bring them here to the United states. The fee for each applicant is $575.00. Right now, They need help to cover the fees to file the Humanitarian Parole applications and for them to get visas. Eventually, each of the 8 family members will need a plane ticket to come to Baltimore and some support locally while they get settled and find work. All 8 of the family members are in danger because of their ethnic minority status and several were also being targeted because of aid work they engaged in while in Afghanistan.

Let's show Zareen and Ali our care and support by helping them to raise the funds they need to safely bring their family members here.

View the website here to donate.
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