Hazing: Documentary and Discussion

It's National Hazing Prevention Week and also UMBC Be Your Best Self Week.

We will be viewing clips from the acclaimed documentary Hazing, featuring Byron Hurt (director of “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes” and “Soul Food Junkies”, both of which aired nationally on PBS). Hazing offers a powerful, deeply personal look inside the culture of hazing on America’s college campuses. Hurt, a fraternity member himself, gives voice to members of both Black and historically white Greek-letter organizations, survivors of severe hazing, and families of young people who died during fraternity and sorority initiation rituals.

Following the documentary, there will be a group discussion regarding the applications to our context at UMBC.