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Celebrate Belonging Week at UMBC!

Connect, reflect, celebrate, and build community.

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 - Monday, October 5, 2026 · All Day
In-Person · On Campus
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Belonging Week is here! Join the UMBC community for a series of events centered on connection, culture, identity, and creating a campus where everyone feels welcome.

Events include the Student Belonging Week Kickoff, Good Morning Commuters, interactive workshops, Community Values activities, a keynote from Valerie Kaur, Soul Movie Night, Bachata Salsa Night, and more!Cream-colored UMBC Student Belonging flyer with purple text and pale yellow geometric accents. The heading reads “Belonging Week” with the theme “No Community Without U.” Events include: September 16, Center for Religion, Spirituality, and Pluralism launch event, 5–7 p.m. at Erickson Field by Center Road; September 21, Student Belonging Week Kickoff Community Values Event, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on The Quad; September 22, Good Morning Commuters, 8:30–11 a.m. in The Commons Sports Zone, and “Civic Life is Everywhere” workshop with Deepa Iyer, 3:30–5 p.m. in The Commons, Room 331; September 23, Rewind Community Values, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. on The Commons Main Street, “Queerios: Machismo, Jesucristo, y Tradición,” 3–4:30 p.m. in University Center, Room 310, and “Queering Latinidad” with Xochi Cartland, 5–6:30 p.m. in the AOK Library Gallery; September 24, Culture Builders keynote with Valerie Kaur, 4:30–5:30 p.m. in Fine Arts, Room 118, and a showing of “Soul” with popcorn at 7:30 p.m. on The Quad; September 25, Bachata Salsa Night, 5–8 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom; and October 5, “The Personal is Political,” 5:30–7:30 p.m. in University Center, Room 312. The UMBC logo appears at the bottom.

📅 September 16–October 5
📍 Various locations across campus

Check the flyer for the complete schedule, times, and locations. We hope to see you there!

Upcoming Events
  1. Coffee Mondays!
    Sep 28 at 10 AM
  2. Coffee Mondays!
    Oct 5 at 10 AM
  3. The Personal is Political
    Oct 5 at 5:30 PM
  4. Coffee Mondays!
    Oct 12 at 10 AM
  5. Grad Retriever Breakfast
    Oct 15 at 10 AM
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