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First stop: #3 on the Billboard charts, behind Whitney and Adele.
Second stop: UMBC, this Sunday!
$10 tickets are still on sale at the CIC!
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Been seeing some of these start to peek out lately. SPRING.
(seb) DC Bus Trip happening at the end of March during the Cherry Blossom Festival!
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‘What am I going to tell the kids?’
‘Tell them I’m going fishing.’
Is littleheat pumped about Jaws?
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See what you missed the first time… after you closed your eyes.
Don’t forget The Big Screen Throwback Thursday Theater Bus Trip to see Jaws is this Thursday evening! $3 tickets are on sale at the CIC, and we’ll be shuttling people to and from the theater from campus!
PS: Why is this event name so long? I just keep making it up as I go along.
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February’s Designs of the Month!
Have you ever wondered who designs the weekly posters and fliers in the bathrooms and around campus? Our designers create them! February’s weeklies were designed by Stefanie, who focused on the significance of Black History month.
More to come next month!
]]>Q: What is your year and major at UMBC?
A: I am a junior and I am a psychology, sociology, gender studies student.
Q: How is your major
applicable to diversity education?
A: My majors assess the ways in which
power and privilege, as well as subordination and oppression, functions within
society. Understanding that diversity and the intersections of the status
positions we occupy impact our everyday experiences is a valued factor in my
studies.
Q: Why did you decide to apply for the Diversity Educator Internship?
A: I applied because I believed in the different components the position had to offer: providing knowledge and vocalization for various groups, being an advocate for social justice in appreciating difference, and finally recognizing what about my personal skills could be utilized to educate others (and myself) about diversity.
Q: How would you define diversity?
A: Diversity is the acknowledgment that difference exists. These differences are across ethnicity, gender, sexuality, sex, religion, class, ability… Anything that makes us who we are. Ultimately, the statues we perform influence our perspective, our opportunities and our recognition.
Q:How does UMBC foster an appreciation for diversity?
A: UMBC’s Office of Student Life offers students the abilities to actively get involved with diversity. There are multiple opportunities for students to engage with different cultural and faith based groups, or just about any organization composed of people working towards a common goal. By becoming involved with these organizations, students are able to get an enriched experience in diversity.
Q: What are ways that students can participate in advocacy for diversity?
A: Advocacy begins with knowledge and continues with action. Students have the ability to get involved with organizations and events to learn more about the types of diversity on campus; afterwards, they can pursue their passions. Advocacy takes the form of appreciating that diversity is good, as well as dispelling negative attributions. Instead of just accepting that a statement is racist, sexist, etc., advocacy is asking why it is wrong, for whom it is wrong and in what ways can it be addressed properly.
Q:After graduating how will you continue to be an advocate for diversity?
A: Personally, working towards change has been a goal of my research on negative constructions of masculinity and depictions of queer identities. I’m sure that this will not change after graduation: I will take the knowledge and skills I’ve gained at UMBC that have allowed me to engage diversity in a meaningful and productive way in my professional field. Acts of advocacy do not need to be large scale; they can be every day acts of kindness that spread a message of acceptance rather than disregard.