What You Need to Know About Art & Activism

Activism can be defined as a “practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in support of or opposition to one side of a controversial issue.” This can come in many forms and finding your own voice as an activist can be challenging.

What You Need to Know About Native Activism

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Rise with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Sheila Suarez. Activism is the action of campaigning to cause social or political change, and it takes many forms of expression; physical action, artistic expression, and academic scholarship, to name a few. The Native people of the United States have……

What You Need to Know About The Monument Quilt

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Rise with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Sydney Phillips. Check out The Monument Quilt Display flyer here. Last year, Critical Social Justice: Home was dedicated to recognizing UMBC as a home to many different people and communities. We celebrated UMBC as a home for learning,……

Healing My Community

 This reflection by Women’s Center staff member Daniel Willey has been cross-posted from the Women’s Center community blog.  Trigger warning for suicide mention; resources at the bottom of the post My community experienced a tragedy early this October, and the ripples from the impact are still cascading across campus and beyond. I woke up that morning……

Volunteer at Project Homeless Connect 9/29 – 9/30/16

Friday, September 30, 2016 (Setup on Thursday, September 29) Baltimore Convention Center One West Pratt Street – West Wing Baltimore, MD 21201 Join your friends, coworkers and neighbors to help hundreds of homeless individuals, children and families access the services they need. As a volunteer guide, you’ll be paired with a homeless participant and accompany them……

“Get It Together!”: Fundamentals of Activism Workshop

Inspired by the multitude of activism taking place at UMBC over the fall semester, the Women’s Center is excited to offer a new skills-based workshop to the community. “Get It Together!”: Fundamentals of Activism will focus specifically on social justice activism. During the course of an hour, we’ll explore some of the many possibilities for engaging……

Showing Up for Social Justice, Showing Up for Baltimore

A reflection written by Megan Tagle Adams, Women’s Center Assistant Director. Over the past month since Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 and especially in light of recent events, I’ve been thinking a lot about what social justice activism means to the UMBC community. More specifically, I’m thinking about what it means to show up for……

“Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” Keynote Video

The Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” featured a panel of social justice activists and leaders discussing a few of the many issues currently impacting Baltimore City. Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III, faith-based activist and community organizer Dr. Marisela B. Gomez, public health advocate and author Tawanda Jones, activist and……

Baltimore 101

Our kick-off event for CSJ 2015 just ended and our brains are still buzzing. Dr. Kelber-Kaye, Associate Director of the Honors College, gave us a history lesson about Baltimore to give context to and explain why things are the way they are in Baltimore City. This information is an excellent foundation of knowledge to have……

What You Need to Know About Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III

As we count down to the Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 keynote event “Baltimore in Action: Always Rising” on Tuesday, October 20th, we’ll be profiling all of our keynote speakers in our “What You Need to Know” series.  Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III is the Senior Pastor of Pleasant……