MONDAY, 10/22
CSJ: Ignite 101, Library 7th Floor, free hour
Are you interested in equity and empowering others? Thinking about social justice issues but not quite sure how to get involved? Do you feel like you lack the skills, strengths, or knowledge to be an “activist”? In our Critical Social Justice: Ignite kick-off workshop, come learn how YOU can become an activist. We’ll show you how your curiosity and commitment to lifelong learning can be the magic ingredients for getting active in the work to build positive social change.
Sponsored by the Women’s Center
Restorative Practices and Critical Social Justice, Commons 329, 4 – 5 pm
Restorative Practices is an “umbrella” term for restorative models which view building relationships, repairing harm, and rebuilding trust when harm occurs as an important way to create a peaceful and productive society. Learn how you can use the fundamental questions of Restorative Practices to change the way you work through conflict.
Sponsored by Residential Life
TUESDAY, 10/23
CSJ: Ignite’s Community Art Project, Academic Row (rain location: Commons Main Street), 11:30 am to 2:30 pm
What does a social justice future look like to you? We want to know, and we want you to add it to our Community Art Project! We will have plenty of art supplies available for you to imagine out loud what the future you want is.
Sponsored by the Women’s Center
Disability as Diversity on the Job, Engineering 023, noon to 1 pm
Learn more about what disability, the interactive process, and accommodation are about, as well as challenges that affect the connection with campus resources in this dynamic session. This training provides faculty and staff with information to understand disability and inclusion, along with basic and intermediate skills for navigating the accommodation request and referral process. The training will also identify campus processes and services that support faculty, staff, students and visitors with disabilities.
For more information, or to request a disability-based accommodation, please contact Stephanie Lazarus via 410-455-5745 or slazar@umbc.edu with your request.
Space is limited and registration through myUMBC is required. Registration deadline is Friday, October 19th.
Sponsored by Student Disability Services. Offered through a partnership between the Office of Accessibility and Disability Services and the Department of Human Resources in support of Disability Awareness Month.
Keynote Lecturer: Deanna Zandt, Fine Arts 118, 6:30 – 9 pm
This year’s Critical Social Justice: Ignite keynote speaker will be Deanna Zandt, a media and technology expert who collaborates with leaders in social change work to create clear and persuasive strategies. In bringing Deanna, we’re excited to learn more about how technology can move social justice forward, and what our roles may be in that effort. In addition to Deanna, there will be an introductory plenary with alumnae Yoo-Jin Kang, INDS ‘15 and Susie Hinz, GWST ‘14 on the topic of survivor activism and critical social justice.
WEDNESDAY, 10/24
Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, Library 259 (near the media center), 3 – 5:30 pm
Help build public history on Baltimore icons and events AND learn the tools for continuing to expand Wikipedia’s knowledge store! In this Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon, we will show participants how to research, write, and edit Wikipedia entries so that they can continue to expand the store of public history.
Sponsored by the Women’s Center, Dresher Center for the Humanities, UMBC’s AOK Library, and the Department of History
Igniting Consciousness Into the Undocumented Experience, Skylight Room, 5:30 – 7 pm
A panel presentation on the issues faced by undocumented students and the community. More to come.
Sponsored by Campus Life’s Mosaic: Center for Diversity and Inclusion
THURSDAY, 10/25
UMBC Staff Panel: How Do You Ignite Activism in the Workplace?, ITE 456, 1 – 2 pm
The panel will focus on how UMBC staff members bring their role as activists into their workplace.
Panelists include Dr. Jodi Kelber-Kaye, Honors College. Moderated by Lisa Gray.
UMBC Graduate Student Panel: Igniting Change as a Grad Activist, ITE 456, 2:30 – 3:30 pm
This panel will focus on how graduate students connect their activist interests to the research they’re pursuing in their degree program.
Panelists include Aliya Webberman (Psychology) and Ruken Isik (LLC).
Knowledge Exchange: Liking, Following, Voting, Women’s Center, 4 – 5 pm
This knowledge exchange explores the impact of social media and advances in technology on elections in the U.S. We will be joined by State Senator-elect Mary Washington who recently won a contentious race against an incumbent in the 43rd District of Maryland.
FRIDAY, 10/26
CSJ Walking Tour with Dr. Kate, meet in the Women’s Center at noon
Join us for our annual walking tour of Baltimore with UMBC’s own Dr. Kate Drabinski of the Gender and Women’s Studies Department! We will use the UMBC shuttle to travel into the city. More information to come.
Women in Engineering and Igniting Change, ITE 456, 12 – 1 pm
Join CWIT and Professor Gurganus for a conversation on the power of belief and pursuing a STEM degree.
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