ODI Video Series
Come back every week for a new video from the Office of Diversity & Inclusion while we're away from campus.
Episode 4: Telling Your Own Story
Luke Jensen, director of UMD’s LGBT Equity Center, shares tips about telling your own story or teaching others about your social identities from your own experiences.
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Episode 3: Activities for families during COVID-19
Are you dealing with the coronavirus triple duty (working, parenting and homeschooling)? Bias Incident Support Services (BISS) director Neijma Celestine-Donnor has some fun and creative ways for families to spend time together.
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Episode 2: Signal Boost: A Conversation with Mimi Khuc, Ph.D.
Scholar, artist and activist Dr. Mimi Khúc joins Sika Wheeler, assistant director in UMD’s Diversity Training & Education unit, for a conversation about access, care and vulnerability in the classroom from a disability and Asian American studies perspective.
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Episode 1: Jazz with Nyumburu
Ron Zeigler, the director of the Nyumburu Cultural Center at the University of Maryland, talks jazz history, similarities between jazz and diversity work, and plays some tunes on his soprano saxophone!
Find Nyumburu at https://nyumburu.umd.edu or https://twitter.com/nyumburu - your home away from home!
Report a Hate-Bias incident
The University of Maryland values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and respectful campus for students, faculty and staff. Acts of bias and intimidation are unacceptable behaviors that go against our university’s core values. If you have been impacted by and/or have witnessed a hate-bias incident, you can file a report by completing the online form.You may also contact UMPD by calling:
Emergency: 911 or 301-405-3333 - Mobile Phone #3333Non-Emergency: 301-405-3555