Please help out students in GWST 200! They are looking to see what students know about resources for LGBTQIA+ folks on campus so we have a better understanding of what word we need to spread.
Use the QR code below to complete a quick survey!
Are you a graduating member of our Black, Latine/x, LGBTQIA2+ and/or Asian Pacific Islander Desi communities?
We want to celebrate you and your achievements! Graduating students (undergraduate and graduate) can reserve graduation cords and/or RSVP to one of our identity-based graduations.
NEW AS OF 2024: Graduation Cord Pick-Up for Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi Students
Students apart of our Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi community can RSVP a graduation cord using this link: https://tinyurl.com/umbcapidacords
The cord reservation form will close on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024. Cords are first come, first secure.
Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration RSVP
Graduating students that RSVP by Friday, May 3rd, 2024 will receive graduation cords and be recognized at the Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration. RSVP here or using this link:https://tinyurl.com/umbcblx2024
For more information about the Black & Latine/x Graduation, please click here.
Lavender Graduation
Graduating students who RSVP by Friday, May 3rd, 2024, will receive graduation cords and be recognized at the Lavender Graduation. RSVP here or using this link: https://tinyurl.com/umbclavgrad24
For more information about the Black & Latine/x Graduation, please click here.
For questions about either the Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration or the Lavender Graduation, please email Angelina R. Jenkins, Assistant Director with Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion, & Belonging (i3b) for The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity at arjenkins@umbc.edu.
Applications are open for the Women's Center at UMBC's internship opportunities!
Complete the Google Form and send us your resume, cover letter, and a writing sample here.
The Women's Center offers for-credit internships for the fall semester with the potential to be considered for a paid position for the following spring semester. People on our student staff team work with us in a supportive and collaborative environment, advancing gender equity at UMBC and achieving their own personal/professional goals.
Internship Eligibility:
The deadline to apply for the 2024-2025 Women's Center Internship is Friday, May 24, 2024.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu or call us at 410-455-2714.
It's time to recognize and celebrate the exceptional achievements of our graduating students, staff, and faculty. Consider nominating a graduating student for one of the Black & Latine/x Graduation Awards! Or recognize a faculty or staff member who has been impactful at UMBC. Award nominations are not limited to graduating students.
We encourage you to nominate students who have made significant contributions. You may nominate them here using the Awards Nomination Form or https://forms.gle/6echi7mCZYVKHhDg6.
Award descriptions and information about who is eligible for each award are listed below. Self-nominations will not be considered. You may submit multiple nominations for the same or different individuals. Please submit all nominations by Wednesday, April 24th, at 8pm.
The Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
The Skylight Room
The Commons
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Looking to be recognized for your graduation achievements and receive graduation cords? RSVP using the Graduation RSVP Form or https://forms.gle/d1Dxz581dxR2SZu89to secure your cords and be acknowledged at the Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration. Additional information about i3b's graduation celebrations can be found here.
For further questions about the Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration Awards, please email Swati Singh at ssingh9@umbc.edu.
With support from the Department of Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies.
This event is in conjunction with i3b's 2nd Annual Pride Week and The Mosaic's 20th Anniversary.
TRAXXX: Black Queer Nightlife in High Fidelity, featuring madison moore, Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis, is an invitation for you to come and catch the beat. Black queer dance floors have always served something else — a vibrant and vibrating antidote to the here and now. The most important clubs in Black queer nightlife history, from The Warehouse (Chicago) to Paradise Garage (New York) were known for serving ovah beats, guiding clubbers eager to ride waveforms to other dimensions. What do these frequencies of Black queerness make possible? The performance will include a conversation with artist and DJ Kristy la rAt and lighting by Artemis.
madison moore is an artist-scholar, DJ, and Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. madison (any pronouns) holds a PhD in American Studies from Yale and has previously held positions in the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California, Virginia Commonwealth University, The New School, the University of Richmond and King’s College London, and has also been a visiting guest artist in the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale. He is broadly invested in the aesthetic, sonic and spatial strategies queer and trans people of color use to both survive and thrive in the five alarm fire of everyday life. His first book Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2018), offers a cultural analysis of fabulousness as a practice of resistance. They are currently working on a second book project, HOW TO GET YOUR (NIGHT) LIFE (under contract, Yale University Press), focused on Black queer nightlife as a method of living.
This event is open to all UMBC community members including undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Light refreshments will be provided at 7:15 p.m. in the Performing Arts and Humanities Building Atrium for attendees who RSVP on myUMBC.
Need to request a disability-based accommodation or have any questions? Email us at i3b@umbc.edu
To see the original event post, please click here.
CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!
We hope that you are all having a great week and ease of coming into the beginning of April! As we are wrapping up the semester and in celebration of our graduates, The Mosaic: Center for Cultural Diversity & The Pride Center for LGBTIA2+ Diversity with Initiatives for Identity, Inclusion & Belonging (i3b) would love to invite you and provide additional information for the 4th Black & Latine/x Graduation and the 11th Lavender Graduation. Along with details concerning the graduations, there are volunteer opportunities such as serving as an award reviewer for either graduation.
Black & Latine/x Graduation
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
The Skylight Room
The Commons
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Graduation RSVP Form or https://forms.gle/d1Dxz581dxR2SZu89
Awards Nomination Form or https://forms.gle/6echi7mCZYVKHhDg6
Lavender Graduation
Monday, May 20th, 2024
The Skylight Room
The Commons
5:30pm - 7:30pm
Graduation RSVP Form or https://forms.gle/ReGgrP9FPYN9zzkt9
Awards Nomination Form or https://forms.gle/BMYF1FA3LePTcfGk6
We are so excited to celebrate these graduations and would love to highlight our graduates on Instagram to celebrate all your accomplishments and story! Graduates have the opportunity to be featured on the i3b Instagram @umbci3b in honor of the upcoming Lavender Graduation and the Black & Latine/x Graduation. Additional information to come.
If you are interested in serving as an awards reviewer for either the Lavender Awards or Black & Latine/x Awards, please reach out to Angelina at arjenkins@umbc.edu.
Additional details may be found on both the Lavender and Black & Latine/x Graduation forms. We are so excited to celebrate our graduates with all of the UMBC community, friends, and loved ones.