Faculty, students and guest choirs come together for a concert celebrating Black History Month curated by the School of Music’s IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access) Committee and in partnership with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts (CAAPA).

Let’s get moving with MVMT! The Maryland Smith Alumni Chapter Board invites you to the next ACB Unlocking Experiences Event: Move & Talk with MVMT. Start your Sunday with a virtual workout for all levels, followed by a conversation with MVMT co-founders: Daniel Mazour, current Smith Online MBA student, and Liam Fisher.

Explore what MVMT offers through a 30-minute combination Mobility//Strength//HIIT and Yoga//Mindfulness session. Once we’ve caught our breath, we’ll sit down with the two entrepreneurs behind the business.

Virtual Black History Month Closing Ceremony will feature speakers, musical selections, spoken word, recognition of students Warriors, Black History Trivia, and Door Prizes. Email carswell@umd.edu for more details. Learn more.

Join the School of Public Policy for a conversation with Chloe Schwenke (SPP) and Jay Gilliam (USAID) about the connections between racial justice and equality for LGBTQ+ persons and where the work intersects, diverges, and supports values of universal human dignity for all. The two discussants will share their expertise and experiences from the U.S. and around the world of being part of intersectionally marginalized groups and explore the struggle for equality and justice.

Join the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Nyumburu Cultural Center, Judge Alexander Williams Jr. Center, Robert H. Smith School of Business and partners for a book talk presented by Shawn D. Rochester on The Black Tax: The Cost of Being Black in America. Rochester lays out an extraordinarily compelling case that documents the enormous financial cost of current and past anti-black discrimination on African American households.

Driving DEI Action in the Workplace - Everyone Has a Role to Play

Join the Smith community for the next Smith Alumni Chapter Board Unlocking Experiences Event: Driving DEI in the Workplace. Alumni panelists will share meaningful actions that helped move DEI efforts in their organizations. Learn about their roles in helping to support and change the DEI culture at work and the importance of getting others involved to support those efforts.

Celebrate Black-owned businesses with the Dingman Center at this second annual event. Our virtual panel discussion will feature Ronnie Coleman, founder and CEO of Meaningful Gigs, and Sarah Frimpong, CEO and founder of Wellfound Foods. The panel will be moderated by UMD alumna Rashida Peterson '03, regional director at Global Fund for Women and founder of Washington, D.C. based consulting firm 1847 Philanthropic. Students will hear about the panelists' career journeys and have a chance to participate in a Q&A session with the founders.

Join ss for a Virtual Event Data Utilization for the LGBTQ+ Community A panel discussion with several different sectors represented by Jay Davis, Stephanie Lampkin, and M Pease about how data is utilized for advocacy and allyship within the LGBTQ+ community.

Racial and other identity-based trauma is deeply felt, even to the core of our bodies. This month's Circle from Bias Incident Support Services (BISS) will focus on centering our bodies as we continue to manage the layered pandemics and stress encountered at this time. Miya Walker and Brian Medina will co-facilitate the Circle. The Circle is a restorative space meant to engage individual and collective healing. This session will not be recorded.

Tarana, a civil rights activist from the Bronx, started the ‘me too.’ Movement in 2006, when she laid out an action plan to reach out to survivors of sexual abuse. More than 10 years later, Tarana reflects on the power of empathy – and how it can unite survivors to fight back. "We owe future generations nothing less than a world free of sexual violence," she says. "I believe we can build that world." This event is hosted by UMD's Student Entertainment Events and will be on Zoom and Facebook. Recording is prohibited. There will be time for audience Q&A after a moderated dialogue.