The Office of Equity and Inclusion and the Inclusion Council is committed to partnering with the UMBC community. We acknowledge that there are many faculty, staff, and student groups that are already doing important inclusion work in our community and beyond. We believe in the power of collaboration and seek to help elevate and provide space for the important work that is already underway. 

The Inclusion Council is now launching working groups to gather information, develop recommendations, and propose a plan of action with respect to a number of issues that have been identified by our community as priorities. We encourage UMBC community members from a variety of backgrounds to participate in these working groups. We specifically would like more graduate student representation in the working groups. As a community, we plan to draw on the leadership and wisdom of our students, alumni, faculty, and staff, many of whom confront these issues every day through their teaching, research, and activism.  

If you are interested in joining any of the working groups, please submit your top two choices via the Inclusion Council Working Group Selection Form.  You will find a brief description of the proposed subject matter for each group there.

 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfz9BEOs7QglgCQK_sklMlIxhezsAlf-WvA6q5RWH3UxorLHQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

LIVING IN THE POST-PLANTATION: HAMPTON HISTORICAL MANSION IN THE CONTEXT OF BALTIMORE COUNTY DEVELOPMENT 

This presentation, by Dr. Samuel Collins Professor of Anthropology and Director of Cultural Studies at Towson University, looks to the legacies of Hampton for life in Baltimore today.  While the plantation system itself is long gone, Hampton’s impact is still being felt.  Decisions about development, zoning and education made during Hampton’s heyday still have a profound influence over the shape of Baltimore County: for example, the continued racial segregation of Baltimore is testament of the power of past structures and beliefs over the course the present.  Hampton National Historic Site is not only a window onto the area’s past, but a key to understanding present and future challenges of both the region and the United States as a whole.

Participation will be limited to the first 100 people that log on using the Zoom link below.  The event will be recorded and shared at a later date. 

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89722895797?pwd=UXhYdzhVcnVadTB5QmhmbkczMFIvZz09