Wishing a sweet and joyous Passover to all who are celebrating!

In today's ODI newsletter: a new course honoring Lt. Collins, Queer in the Workplace, Art & Affirmations, and a surprise double dose of Belonging & Community survey :) - mailchi.mp/e25e0954f7e4/c…

Make your voice heard and help us create the greatest campus community we can: go.umd.edu/3VHfQmN

Are you curious about how to navigate being Queer in the Workplace? Do you want to hear stories and advice from queer/trans professionals? RSVP for our panel discussion and networking reception at go.umd.edu/QITW2024. Dinner will be served!

TWO vacancies! Please consider applying to join our Nyumburu Cultural Center team as one of two program coordinator, cultural programming and engagement. Learn more and apply at go.umd.edu/npccpe.

We're hiring! Please consider applying to join our Bias Incident Support Services team as a program manager. More info at go.umd.edu/bissmgr.

Join the Hate Bias Student Advisory Group! Apply by Monday, April 15. This group meets monthly with our Bias Incident Support Services team to discuss how to address, combat, and prevent bias on campus. Undergrad and grad students are welcome! Apply at go.umd.edu/HBSAGApp.

Thank you Stories Beneath the Shell for writing about the Belonging & Community at UMD survey!

All Terps can take the survey now at belonging.umd.edu.

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Wishing a joyous Eid to all who are celebrating!

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week to the two fantastic graduate students on our Diversity Training & Education team: Sarah and Jessica, DTE and all of us at ODI celebrate your brilliance and dedication to this work, today and every day! Thank you! ❤️ #GSAW24

Environmental Science & Technology’s Jose-Luis Izursa brought a lifetime of community leadership to helping formalize the Latinx Employee Association at Univ. of Maryland. The group aims to increase opportunities and awareness for the Latin American community. go.umd.edu/43M0teS

Students, meet the author of 'Frame Your Degree'! Our Diversity Training & Education team is hosting Dr. Veronica Carey on Wed, April 10 at 6PM to share how to survive & thrive in college as a student of color. go.umd.edu/drcareytalk. ADA/?s: [email protected].

Trans experiences are beautiful and, in our visibility, we share expansive possibilities for life and love. This #TransDayOfVisibility , Maryland must protect and uplift trans communities! 🏳️‍⚧️

📰 Read my op-ed in today's The Baltimore Sun: baltimoresun.com/2024/04/01/mar…

Stop by the Nyumburu barbershop tomorrow to get a haircut for only $25. Email [email protected] to book your cut or just stop by to listen to great DJ mixes and engage in conversation. Join the movement on Tuesday, April 2 from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM at Nyumburu!

Crafts + Cookies = an excellent way to kick off Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM)! Stop by Stamp’s Studio A on Friday, March 29 between 3 pm and 5 pm to engage in mindful crafts and enjoy refreshments. ADA/Qs: [email protected]. #SAAM2024

Our BISS team is hosting a facilitated dialogue for @umdmica Multiracial Heritage Month on queering multiracial identities. All are welcome to join on Zoom on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 pm: go.umd.edu/qmi24. Hope to see you there!

Today is International Day to Combat Islamophobia. The date, March 15, was chosen to honor and remember the 51 lives lost in the March 15, 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings. May today inspire us to continue our collective work against hate!

Ramadan has begun! Join Stamp for Iftar dinners on upcoming dates in March and April.
#Ramadan2024 #iftardinner #interfaithumd

📣 New Publication! 🎉
We explored LGBTQ+ Asian Americans' experiences of family rejection, highlighting how intersectional oppression, identity conflicts, and shame impact mental health with implications for affirming interventions and social justice! 🏳️‍🌈
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay ! Here's to honoring the massive contributions women have made—& continue to make—to society the world over.

Celebrate ordinary women who do extraordinary things this month—see U of MD MICA's #WHM2024 calendar of events: stamp.umd.edu/WHM