Hello Student Leaders and Campus Partners.

[TLDR: Please refer students for the MLCE using this referral form. If you are an undergraduate or graduate student that would like to apply, please click here to be directed to our application.]

I hope you are all staying dry in this weather. Campus Life and Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging’s (i3b) Mosaic are bringing back our Multicultural Leadership Cohort Experience (MLCE) which will start its second cohort in a few weeks!  The purpose of the MLE initiative is to provide a space for students and student leaders who identify within marginalized backgrounds, particularly in relation to race, ethnicity, and nationality to discover their own capacity to lead, while also promoting a better understanding of their experiences, issues, strengths, and outcomes in navigating their own collegiate careers. Unlike the mini-series held in the fall, the spring cohort experience is offered SOLELY for selected applicants (up to 18 undergraduate and graduate students). All locations for meeting dates and times will be announced via email to selected participants and invited through Google Calendar. 

This spring, we will be exploring the concept of Deconstructing Grit and Greatness. We will do this in a leadership learning cohort by:

• Enhancing participants' leader identity and leadership capacity using an identity-conscious lens and student development theories;

• Increasing participants’ awareness of their personal abilities, identity development, and intersections that shape their story through authenticity, self-reflection, and cultural humility;

• Exploring the role they play in developing relationships while building intra/intercultural connections;

• And capitalizing on their unique differences, specifically in relation to their racial, ethnic, national, and other salient identity social groups

 The first session will cover a brief overview of the program. However, please note that all session details will be only disclosed to the cohort. For all session dates and times please click here. Additionally, as we continue to monitor all COVID-related procedures, the first session will be held virtually followed by in-person sessions. This is subject to change according to university guidelines. 

Registration link: tinyurl.com/mle2022.Deadline for applying is Monday, February 14, 2022 at 11:59pm EST or when the participation cap has been met. For questions or more information, contact our MLE planning team:

Beatriz Gutiérrez-Malagón, Coordinator for Leadership a bgutierrez@umbc.edu

Carlos Turcios '15, '17 M.A., Assistant Director with Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging at carlos6@umbc.edu

Thank you in advance!