The program has seen results. In 2013 and 2014, under just 30% of SGA candidates were women. That proportion has increased to over 40% for each of the last three years.
April 4, 2017
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The three pillars of the program are mentorship, research, and empowerment. By giving young women training and information, program founder Isabel Geisler '17 hopes to positively influence...
March 22, 2017
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"Collectively people have the power to combat [marginalization] by speaking out against all oppression, especially when it doesn’t harm them personally," explains Jasir Qiydaar '18, media and...
February 24, 2017
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Following President Trump's inauguration on January 20, Kate Drabinksi, Kimberly Moffitt, and John Rennie Short weighed in on his first week in office, discussing a range of domestic and foreign...
January 27, 2017
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“The complex problems we face do not organize themselves neatly into the categories we’re used to,” says Carole McCann. “We need to think beyond those boundaries.” A new faculty social hour series...
November 8, 2016
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In her keynote talk "Body/ Land/ Home: Disability Justice, Healing Justice and Femme of Color Brilliance," Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explained how lived experiences can provide a foundation...
October 28, 2016
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UMBC students, faculty, and staff gathered on May 12, 2016, to honor the work of two accomplished emerging scholars and to engage in a vibrant discussion on academic freedom and the display and...
May 17, 2016
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The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional association in the world for individuals and institutions engaged in the study of Latin America. This year, several UMBC...
May 6, 2016
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MacManus's manuscript "We Are Protagonists of This History" will focus on critical human rights and gender violence in Latin America.
April 11, 2016
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What will it take to move the dial on the representation of diverse faculty at U.S. colleges and universities? Marketplace, a leading radio program on business and the economy, tackles this...
February 9, 2016
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