The LGBTQ+ Equity Center and the Memorial Chapel are collaborating to hold an outdoor space for queer spiritual practice and community. This space welcomes all of UMD's LGBTQ+ and allied communities (undergrads, grad students, staff, and faculty), it's not exclusive to any particular religious/spiritual tradition, and it's open to nontheist/agnostic/humanistic perspectives. We'll be discussing spiritual/personal affirmations and practices that some might name as spiritual, wellness, or personal development.

Discuss the new documentary "My Name is Pauli Murray" about queer Episcopal priest, poet, lawyer, and more Pauli Murray. Watch the film on your own and then join the discussion. Or join in a group viewing using Amazon Watch Party immediately before the discussion. 

Email Chaplain Sarah Akes-Cardwell for Zoom and Watch Party links: revsarah@umd.edu.

Euro-western tradition has long habituated a division between the body and the mind, at best confining the body to the phenomenological background, at worst dismissing the body as a hindrance to truth. Speech is privileged while the body that speaks is erased. Yet racism and other isms obtain through bodily habit, manifesting as rhetorical, spatial, temporal, affective, and embodied phenomena. As a result of this deliberate contradiction, racism becomes largely known as prejudicial language over the structural conditions that confer its rhetorical power.

Learn about supporting students with disabilities. This discussion will focus on: Experiences students with disabilities are having on campus, examples of navigating policy/accommodations/etc. when working with students with disabilities, resources available for students with disabilities on campus, and how to be an ally and advocate for students with disabilities. 

Do you remember a time when people around you broke out in laughter, but you didn’t hear the joke? Be careful not to leave out information for some people in your audience. Presentations that are accessible to people with disabilities are also inclusive to many more audiences. This presentation will discuss ways to make your meetings and events accessible to everyone by providing all attendees with the tools they need to plan an accessible event.

UMD was ranked #1 on the Campus Pride Index in 2020 — but how did we get here, and how do we keep this momentum up? This panel-style event will focus on the history of the LGBTQ+ movement on campus, from individual passion to systemic investment.

This symposium from the Bahá'í Chair for World Peace will explore the underlying inequalities in our social systems, discuss potential solutions, and examine the extent to which these structural faults could lead to a growth in political violence and disorder.

Join the College of Journalism, ARHU, and BSOS for a free on-campus screening of the National Geographic documentary, "Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer." The film follows Washington Post reporter DeNeen Brown, a Merrill associate professor, as she chronicles the discovery of a mass grave in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and investigates the reign of racial terror and legacy of violence that swept across the U.S. in the early 20th century. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Brown, author CeLillianne Green and historian C.R. Gibbs.

A multidisciplinary panel that examines Indigenous and Afro Latin Americans' experiences in distributive, procedural, reparative, and restorative varieties of justice.

This discussion is hosted by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center.

This virtual panel is in English and Spanish. Simultaneous translation will be offered.

MOSAIC Leadership and Identity Retreat is a one-day experience focused on raising self-awareness, expanding knowledge, and encouraging action among diverse student leaders. Dynamic simulations and group discussions create an environment for individuals to examine their identity and how it influences their understanding of and approach to leadership.

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