CSJ 101 Round-Up: Disability Justice and Access Matters!

A graphic for our first CSJ Disability Justice + Access Matters event, “CSJ 101: Disability Justice at UMBC + Beyond” For more information on disability services at UMBC, including how to get accommodations and reporting issues of inaccessibility, please see our previous post outlining these resources. This October, as we begin to recognize National Disability……

UMBC’s On-Campus Disability Resources

Critical Social Justice: Disability Justice + Access Matters has begun! As such, we wanted to share a round up of UMBC’s on-campus disability resources.* Below are several key offices that UMBC students, faculty, staff, and community members can work with to explore accommodations, report ADA compliance issues, and/or seek assistance in combatting discrimination against people……

Announcing 2021-2022 Critical Social Justice: Disability Justice + Access Matters

In 2020, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA; landmark civil rights legislation prohibiting discrimination based on disability) celebrated its 30th anniversary amidst a global pandemic. As people adjusted to life in a pandemic, we (maybe a bit ironically considering the historic lack of disability justice visibility) relied on many of the lessons and foundation-laying of……

CSJ: Ignite 101 Round-Up!

Couldn’t attend CSJ: Ignite 101? No problem! We have all the information you need. This Round-Up was written by Women’s Center staff member Shrijana Khanal. Critical Social Justice officially kicked off today with CSJ 101: Ignite! The presenters and leaders for this event were the Women’s Center’s very own Amelia Meman and Jess Myers. When……

What You Need To Know About the Undocumented Immigrant Experience

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Ignite with our What You Need to Know series. Written By Becca Mann, Mosaic Intern for Gender Equity, Social Justice, and Inclusion and Carlos Turcios, Coordinator for Student Diversity and Inclusion in Campus Life. The term undocumented immigrant relates to a foreign-born person who is currently living in another……

What You Need to Know About CSJ Ignite 101

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Ignite with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Women’s Center student staff member Alexia Petasis. The theme for this year’s Critical Social Justice (CSJ) was partially inspired from the iconic scene in The Lord of The Rings: The Return of the King where beacons are sequentially lit (it’s really good,……

What You Need to Know About Deanna Zandt

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Ignite with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Women’s Center student staff member Shrijana Khanal. Critical Social Justice has always served as a platform to bring the UMBC community together to share ideas, spark creativity, and shine the light of truth on the challenges and injustices of……

What You Need to Know About CSJ Sign-Ups

Hello Women’s Center friends!   With Critical Social Justice Week approaching, it’s important to remember what needs to be completed before the events! Below are two of the events that require preparation, so please make sure that’s handled in a timely manner:   Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon for CSJ: Ignite on Wednesday, October 24th. Please create a……

What You Need to Know about #MeToo and “The Personal is Political”

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Ignite with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Women’s Center student staff member Hannah Wilcove. On October 15th, 2017, actress Alyssa Milano posted the following message to Twitter: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” These sixteen words……

What you Need to Know About Restorative Practices

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Ignite with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Kaleigh Mrowka, Assistant Director for Residential Education, and Lauren Mauriello, Assistant Director of Student Conduct. “[Restorative practices] provide a clear blueprint to ensure that on the path to making social justice, we model that justness in our own behavior –……