• Racial Trauma/Racial Battle Fatigue and Radical Self Care - Dr. Whitney Hobson, Staff Psychologist/Multicultural Coordinator

• Understanding and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome - Ciara Christian, Graduate Assistant, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging 

• Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions - David Shanks, Community Director for Hillside & Terrace Apartments; Amery Thompson, Community Director for Harbor Hall

• Challenging Racial Disparities in Health - Samantha A. Smith,  Associate Director of Health Promotion, University Health Services

• Race in the Classroom and Academic Success - Carlos Williams, Academic Advocate, Academic Success Center

• The Practice of Diaspora: Exploring Pan-Ethnic Identity & Unity - Erin E. Waddles, Coordinator, Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging

• Interrogate... Pay close attention to your behaviors and your actions, in what ways are you causing harm?  
• Righteous anger... Feel the feelings, while striving  to hate the action, not the person.
• Call-in... Be brave and courageous, as you call-in family and friends around harmful behaviors that should be called-out.
• Speak truth to power... Name your truth and amplify the needs of others
• Act... consider your spheres of influence and use your privilege and power to act: vote, protest, lobby for policies, or engage in financial activism.
• Accountability and responsibility... Consequences, accountability and responsibility are all necessary aspects of radical love.

• Self-love... love yourself as you are - you are enough! 
• Self-work... learn about your own story, privilege, and experience with oppression; actively work to unlearn and undo harmful narratives and exclusionary practices.
• Listen... Consider views and lived experiences that are different from your own.
• Imagine...imagine a world more just, more free, and more equitable; we cannot pursue what we don't believe is possible.
• Both/And... Create space to hold multiple truths at once; Strive to understand the "both/and" over the "either/or".
• Rest... Actively engage in self-care and community care; "Your existence is the resistance" -  you/us being well matters.

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• Eligibility requirements for students include being a full-time UMBC student 12 hours undergraduate, 9 hours graduate), a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA, and in good-academic standing. In addition, students must be connected to other student communities on campus (e.g. SGA, GSA, student organizations, scholar community members). If you are graduating within one year of your term, it is expected that you will continue in your role as a young alumni. 
• Eligibility requirements for staff and faculty include at least 1 full year of employment at the university.
• Eligibility Requirements for alumni must have been connected to alumni chapters or organizations (e.g. Alumni Board of Directors, CBLA, CYA) or student communities during their time on campus (e.g. SGA, GSA, student organizations, scholar community members) 

• Please provide a brief introduction that includes your three most salient social identities. Salient social identities are those that a person considers most important to their self-concept (e.g. race, ethnicity, religious identity/affiliation, gender, sexual orientation). If you need more examples or explanation, please visit: tinyurl.com/i3bidentitygroups.
• What is your past and/or present connection to i3b; the Mosaic, Interfaith, and Pride Centers; and/or diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice work broadly at UMBC?
• Why are you interested in joining the i3b Advisory Board? What skills, experiences, or expertise make you a good fit for this Board? What other relevant committees do you currently serve in?
• What do you hope to gain from being a member of the i3b Advisory Board?
• Share a short story about one of your earliest/most significant memories in coming to acknowledge and/or appreciate one or more of the salient identities you mentioned during your introduction? And how this personal journey allow you to better support diversity, inclusion, equity, and social justice work at UMBC.
• (Optional):Is there anything else that you would like us to know?

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