Not Politics as Usual: World War Zero An American Democracy Project Webinar offered by the AASCU

Not Politics as Usual: World War Zero, a Conversation With Former Secretary of State John Kerry and Former Governor John Kasich 

(Webinar)
September 9th  2-3 p.m. eastern  


This event is free and open to UMBC faculty, students, & staff.  Please register here.    If you want to bring a team or class, let us know and we will facilitate that experience.


In 2019, former Senator and Secretary of State John Kerry and former Ohio Governor John Kasich, working with others, launched the World War Zero coalition. The new bipartisan initiative brings together unlikely allies to mobilize people from all walks of life to tackle climate change and pollution in the same way we mobilized to win World War II. World War Zero’s goal is to drive 10 million climate conversations in 2020, including this webinar for AASCU members.  

In this event, Kerry and Kasich will discuss the impacts of the climate crisis and pollution on American families and how our AASCU institutions can help prepare future a workforce that will lead America toward a clean energy economy that would create millions of good new jobs. They will engage in dialogue about how we can move beyond partisan politics and create a workforce for the future. This event is open to all AASCU campuses, faculty, students, staff and leadership. 


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I want to make you aware of a virtual event that is being held by UMBC's Center for Democracy and Civic Life:

The Center for Democracy and Civic Life will be holding a virtual open house this Friday, September 4th, from 1-2 PM on WebEx. During the open house we will share information about pathways to engagement and social impact at UMBC. Attendees will learn about STRiVE, ASB, Civic Courage Journaling, Dinner with Friends, civic tools and workshops, and our Election 2020 programming through personal stories shared by presenters.

If you are interested in attending the event, be sure to click on the blue link above which will take you to a page where you will be able to join the online event.
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The Dresher Center for the Humanities welcomes one new Faculty Working Groups for 2020 - 2021: Latin American Feminisms (see description below)

All Faculty Working Groups are accepting new members. To join a group, contact its leader(s) to find out about upcoming activities.

Digital Storytelling
Leaders: Bill Shewbridge (Media and Communication Studies) and Bev Bickel (Language, Literacy, and Culture Program)

This group explores the research focus of digital storytelling including discussions of digital literacies and competencies in the humanities and social sciences, narrative and storytelling research, and classroom work across disciplines. The working group serves as a steering body for ongoing digital storytelling activities and connects with other campus work that involves storytelling for civic agency and engagement. The group promotes opportunities for faculty involved in digital storytelling research to share their experiences through presentations, workshops, roundtables and a possible one-day conference.

Disability Studies
Leaders: Drew Holladay (English) and Sharon Tran (English)

This group will focus on reading interdisciplinary scholarship in disability studies (DS) and its application in higher education and other contexts. They will read and discuss DS and DS-related theories of embodiment, epistemology, methodology, subaltern politics, and cultural analysis. Applications of DS include programs of inclusion, universal design, and accessibility in education and elsewhere (such as accessibility in technology and digital spaces). Group conversations will include how faculty can use DS scholarship in their classes and to redesign their own teaching practices.

Immigration
Leaders: Sara Poggio (Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communications), T. H. (Tim) Gindling (Economics), and Felipe Filomeno (Political Science and Global Studies)

The Immigration faculty working group brings together faculty members and graduate students who study international migration. Its purpose is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching, research, and service related to international migration at UMBC. International migration is a complex phenomenon, with cultural, economic and political aspects. Its causes, processes and consequences have been analyzed in multiple disciplines, from a variety of theoretical perspectives and with different research methods. UMBC currently has several faculty members and graduate students whose work on immigration reflects this diversity of approaches. However, for the most part, this work has been carried out independently, by individual faculty members and graduate students within their home departments. There is an untapped potential for interdisciplinary collaboration in teaching, research and service related to this broad theme.

*NEW* Latin American Feminisms
Leaders: María Célleri (Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies), Tania Lizarazo (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communications and Global Studies), Yolanda Valencia (Geography and Environmental Systems), and Thania Muñoz D. (Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication)

The Latin American Feminisms Working Group is an interdisciplinary multilingual research group that focuses on feminist and decolonial Latin American and Caribbean scholarship from a hemispheric perspective. Attentive to the inequitable politics of translation between South America and North America, the group centers scholarship from and for Latin America and the Caribbean.In particular, it considers the formation of Latin American and Caribbean feminisms from a decolonial and intersectional framework that honors the work of Indigenous, Black, and Brown women. We bring together faculty, graduate students, artists, and community members from the humanities and social sciences to engage in and debate issues around race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, mobility, feminism and decoloniality as these pertain to the Latin American and Caribbean hemisphere, which begins in the Southern Cone and extends to the Latinx/Chicanx diaspora. We read and discuss recent work around Latin American and Caribbean studies, invite scholars from Latin America to speak about their work, as well as collaborate to support our work and move our research projects forward.

Sound Studies
Leader: Earl Brooks (English)

Over the past decade, sound studies has been generating a buzz in disciplines across the humanities. The dual purpose of this group is to: 1) facilitate more cross-disciplinary discussions about sound, and 2) bring together faculty members with shared interests to encourage collaboration. The group discusses relevant sound studies issues from different disciplinary perspectives, has informal presentations of their own in-process work, and listens to invited talks from guest speakers.
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Here is a opportunity for students looking for virtual internships:  

Interested in learning digital organizing skills? Working on a campaign? Intern for Audrey Denney's campaign for Congress. Audrey is a candidate running in California's rural District One. Our campaign is rapidly adapting to online organizing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. You will learn how to motivate volunteers remotely, use typical campaign software, and be introduced to the day to day functioning of campaigns. This is an unpaid, 10-12 hour a week remote internship that will run through election day, November 3rd. See the attached flyer and website for more details! To apply, email apply@audreyforcongress.com with your resume.


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TL;DR: The Women's Center is bringing back our whiteboard Question of the Week... but online!

If, in the past year, you were one of the lucky people who were able to hang out and call the Women's Center lounge your home, then you might remember one of our signature mainstays: the community whiteboard. 

A humble hand-me-down from the Retriever Learning Center that stood on one leg and was supported by a milk crate on the other end, our community whiteboard was not only a place for us to take notes or doodle when we were bored. It was also one of the ways we built community. Every week, a new question or set of choose your own adventure scenarios or a ranking challenge or a "this or that" would be on the whiteboard. Women's Center community members would stop by to tell us whether or not they were a Coke or a Pepsi person, a Libra, or what sort of super power they would want to have. Every week, we were able to learn something new and fun about our community, and we had a way to easily begin conversations... so what's stopping us from bringing it back (other than a pandemic)? 

Nothing! During this next semester, we are test driving a new virtual community whiteboard! It might not have the same charm as the lounge whiteboard, but we can still make this a space to build community and connect.

So, for our first question of the week...


What do you want to see and/or what questions do you want answered on our virtual community whiteboard?

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Hello, Political Science students! UMBC Mock Trial wants you to join one of the most successful Mock Trial programs in the country! Do you want to join an activity that’s fun and challenging? Do you want to work on or show off your public speaking or acting abilities? Do you want to make close, meaningful friendships? If you do, then UMBC Mock Trial is the place for you.

 

UMBC Mock Trial is the top-ranked Mock Trial team in the state of Maryland and is ranked in the top-25 nationwide (out of 750+ teams). We've advanced to the National Championship in three of the last four years. Our teams travel all over the country and win awards at the best tournaments nationwide. We’re looking for new members to help get us to Nationals in 2021 -- and you could be one of them! All competitions and practices are happening on Zoom this year, so we'll still have a full season despite the pandemic restrictions.

 

Our first information session is tomorrow (Monday) at 12 PM noon and we hope you'll consider attending! You can learn more about the team and the tryout process, and you'll have a chance to ask any questions you have. Here's our info session schedule with Zoom links:

 

Monday, August 31, 12:00 PM (noon): https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/91956567222

Wednesday, September 2, 12:00 PM (noon): https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/95712826679

Wednesday, September 9, 7:00 PM: https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/97194451059

Monday, September 14, 12:00 PM (noon): https://umaryland.zoom.us/j/97852533069

 

If you want more information about tryouts or if you know you're interested and want to start preparing, go to UMBCMockTrial.com/Tryouts to download the tryout packet and sign up for a tryout slot. If you have any questions, email us at UMBCMockTrial@UMBC.edu or send us a message on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram (all @ UMBCMockTrial) and we'll be happy to answer them!

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Cross-promotion from this original event link. The Women's Center is excited to be a co-sponsor of this event!


Change Makers Dinner: Wednesday, Sept 9th, 6-8pm 

UMBC students, faculty, staff, and alumni: Join a conversation about voting rights and the political empowerment of women, recognizing that this year is the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution but there is much work left to do. 

Meet local leaders and learn about their work, aspirations, and challenges, and how you can get involved. You will have the opportunity to hear from several change makers and spend time in small groups interacting with them and other participants.

Among the change makers will be: 


Space is limited. Click here to RSVP.

Because we cannot meet in person, this is a bring-your-own dinner event.

This event is hosted by the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Center for Democracy and Civic Life in partnership with UMBC’s Women’s Center and Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, and Belonging, and will take place on September 9th from 6-8pm.

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On-campus of off-campus, synchronous or asynchronous, excited or scared, new or returning... the Women's Center is here for you!
This is a confusing and rapidly changing world we are navigating, but we don't have to do it alone.
We can get through this together!

Women's Center Fall 2020 Hours of Operation:
The Women's Center continues to provide support and services virtually Monday through Friday throughout the fall semester. We encourage campus community members to contact us through email at womenscenter@umbc.edu or via phone at 410-455-2714. Staff will generally be most available between the hours of 10am-4pm. We appreciate your patience in our response to your email or returning your phone call.

The Women's Center lounge space will remain closed until further notice. Just think, our new couches are going to feel even more comfy once we get to use them together again! 

The Women's Center lactation room is available by reservation only. For details on how to make a reservation please visit this post about Fall 2020 reservations. 

Individualized Support Meetings:
Women's Center professional staff are available for individual meetings and support which we can provide via phone or video chat; to schedule an appointment, email womenscenter@umbc.edu or call 410-455-2714. If you are already working with a specific staff member and need to set up additional meetings, feel free to reach out to the staff member you have been working with directly (via email or even g-chat!). 
Visit our website for all the ways we can provide you support during this time. 

Women's Center Fall 2020 Program/Events:
The Women's Center is offering a range of programming and events virtually throughout the fall semester. All of our discussion-based groups (Between Women, Spectrum, We Believe You, and Women of Color Collective) will be meeting virtually. The Brave Space Forum series and programming for Returning Women Students/Adult Learners will be offered on a monthly basis.

For a full list of programming and events, we encourage community members to join our myUMBC page and check out the events page. Access links to our programs or events will either be available through the myUMBC event post or via email to members signed-up for our discussion-based programs list-servs. If you'd like to be added to a specific discussion-based group list-serv, email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu.

We also encourage you to check out our blog for 24/7 learning! 

UMBC Together:
Throughout this time, community building, care, and support remain central to our mission even though the way we deliver those services look different right now. We know that, even though most of us are not learning or working on campus, our students, faculty, and staff will continue needing support and community -- and the Women's Center hopes to continue doing what we do best to strengthen this campus! 
If you haven't already, follow us on social media where we're still sharing resources and communicating with our community!

Blog | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram  

Please also feel free to communicate with us through any of these channels with your needs and ideas to help us get through the remainder of the semester! 


Oh, how we miss you! But, whether you're here with us in person or we're meeting in virtual space -- We see you. We believe you. You matter. And, we're here for you. 

The Women's Center Team 


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Other Helpful 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.  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 information about Academic Success Center's services and support (tutoring, Writing Center, SI Pass, academic advocates, etc.) visit their website.

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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Registration is now open for the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Symposium & NIH SGM Research Investigator Awards Program!

This symposium, which will be held on September 17, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET, will mark the 5th anniversary of the creation of the SGMRO and will also include the 2020 NIH SGM Research Investigator Awards Program. The symposium will highlight scientific lectures from the NIH Intramural Research Program, SGM Administrative Supplement grantees, and the 2020 awardees of the NIH SGM Research Investigator Awards.

This day-long symposium will be held virtually via Webex and registration is required in order to participate. To register visit: https://dpcpsi.nih.gov/sgmro/sgm-research-symposium 

Individuals with disabilities who need Sign Language Interpreters and/or reasonable accommodation to participate in this event should contact Shyam Patel at the Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office at shyam.patel@nih.gov, 301-827-0388, and/or the Federal Relay (1-800-877-8339).

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