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 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 Editing Wikipedia

When you need to look up information on the internet, Google is the number one site we typically go to. If you type in “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” or “Aretha Franklin,” the first result will likely be an article on Wikipedia.

What You Need to Know About the Baltimore Walking Tour with Dr. Kate Drabinski

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Rise with our What You Need to Know series. Written by Marie Pessagno. Three years ago, the idea to incorporate a walking tour of Baltimore during Critical Social Justice week came into fruition. Since its implementation, it has been an integral part of CSJ. You may be asking yourself: “Why……

What You Need to Know: Baltimore & Residential Segregation (A New Student Book Experience Pre-CSJ Event!)

Get ready for Critical Social Justice: Home with our “What You Need to Know” series. Last year’s Critical Social Justice: Baltimore 365 was dedicated to understanding the historic and current day complexities and realities of Baltimore City. In the wake of the Baltimore Uprising, the CSJ planning team felt (and still does feel) deeply committed to……

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……

Looking Back on the Baltimore Uprising

Last October for CSJ: Baltimore 365, Women’s Center student staff members created displays for our Vines, Rhymes, and Headlines discussion/exhibit that explored media coverage and social media engagement surrounding the Baltimore Uprising. One year after the uprising, we’re looking back at some of the images and tweets that captured this important moment in our history. What……

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……

CSJ Baltimore 365: Photo Re-Cap

For the third year of the Critical Social Justice initiative, we chose the theme Baltimore 365 to learn about how we can cultivate deep and lasting commitments to Baltimore City that are meaningful to us as individuals and as part of the UMBC community. Take a look back at some of highlights from throughout the week and catch……