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Explore hip-hop culture over winter session
Understanding Hip-Hop Culture: A Critical Examination (AASP498E) encourages students to critically explore hip hop culture and how it transcends race, socioeconomic background, culture and gender. The course uses hip hop culture as a point of departure to ...
Dr. Oliveira finds fame and (Wheel of) Fortune!
This Friday, Dec. 5, tune in to Wheel of Fortune to see a familiar face spin the wheel: our very own LGBTQ+ Equity Center director, Dr. Kristopher Oliveira! Will he win big? You’ll have to watch to find out!
Become a dialogue facilitator!
Publications from our colleagues!
LGBTQ+ Equity Center director Kristopher Oliveira published twice
We're hiring a business coordinator
LGBTQ+ Open Mic Night Interest Survey
Calling all poets, musicians, and comics! The LGBTQ+ Equity Center is potentially hosting an Open Mic event in Spring 2026! Please fill out this open mic night interest survey to help the Center plan the event (please note that this is not a sign-up ...
Congratulations to our award-winning Nyumburu teammates!
Please join us in celebrating our Nyumburu Cultural Center colleagues Ms. Anne Reese Carswell (pictured), Dr. Ronald Zeigler and the late James “Otis” Williams, who were recently honored with the Richardson-James Campus Administrator Impact Award by UMD's ...
Serve as a Title IX Hearing Advisor
The Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct (OCRSM) is seeking volunteers to be Title IX Hearing Advisors. Title IX Hearing Advisors are university staff trained on the policies and procedures under Title IX who are called to serve for either ...
The MICA Office has announced the theme of this year’s LGBTQ+ History Month: this October, we’ll be celebrating “Dreaming Together for Queer Futures.” Throughout this month, a wide range of student organizations will be hosting programs and events that ...
Last chance to apply for the Lavender Leadership Honor Society!
The Lavender Leadership Honor Society (LLHS) from our LGBTQ+ Equity Center team celebrates and develops leadership for gender and sexuality inclusivity. It is open to UMD undergraduate and graduate students, staff, faculty and alumni. This year, LLHS will ...