From: Office of Equity & Inclusion
Date: November 2, 2023
Subject: The Office of Equity and Inclusion's IDEA Newsletter!


THE IDEA newsletter NOVEMBER 2023, ISSUE NO.7
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The IDEA Newsletter

The IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) Newsletter is a monthly newsletter that is designed to curate the diversity, equity, and inclusion opportunities, resources, and initiatives that help to improve the campus climate at Loyola. As a hub, the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI) strives to become a University-wide resource for diversity, equity, and inclusion with many campus partners.

To read past issues of the IDEA Newsletter, please visit:
https://www.loyola.edu/department/equity-inclusion/about/idea-newsletter

Office of Equity and Inclusion
Updates and Upcoming Events

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The Undergraduate Diversity Advisory Board

The Diversity Advisory Board (DAB) amplifies undergraduate student voices on matters of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEIJ). Student members serve as advisors, liaisons, and advocates who support the Office of Equity and Inclusion and the University’s mission of equity.

Diversity Advisory Board Responsibilities:

  • Serve as ambassadors and thought partners for the Office of Equity and Inclusion (OEI)
  • Collaborate with OEI, campus partners, and student groups to highlight and address diversity, equity, and inclusion issues affecting students
  • Increase student awareness of DEIJ through support and promotion of relevant initiatives and resources across campus
  • Utilize restorative practices as a proactive way to strengthen intergroup relationships and support community building
  • Integrate the university's DEIJ Guiding Principles to approach decisions, with a consistent focus on equity and inclusion.

2023-2024 Diversity Advisory Board Members:

  • Ailin Oberlies
  • Alexis Faison
  • Alexis Piasecki
  • Alyssa De La Cerda
  • Andrew Haye
  • Ben Napolitano
  • Bianca Gerald
  • Christa Merzeus
  • Demetrius Jean Baptiste
  • Ifeoma Ezeani
  • Letitia Fianko
  • Marianne Grace Villaflor
  • Meilyn Frank
  • Mikayla Smith
  • Nosa Omoregbee
  • Shaliq Cochran
  • Sydney Leathers
  • Zoe Tembo

For more information about the Undergraduate Diversity Advisory Board, please contact Rhona Little at rlittle1@loyola.edu.

 

Upcoming Safe Zone Trainings

Safe Zone at Loyola University Maryland fosters an affirming environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans & gender non-conforming, queer, pansexual, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQPIA+) members of the University community and their allies. In support of the University’s mission to promote intellectual excellence and ethical leadership in the Jesuit tradition, Safe Zone at Loyola:

  • Cultivates dialogue, understanding, and fellowship among all University community members around LGBTQPIA+ issues and contributions
  • Sponsors designated Safe Zones around campus that offer safety, support, and confidentiality for LGBTQPIA+ students and their allies
  • Offers training to faculty, staff, administrators, and students on how to fully welcome, support, and value LGBTQPIA+ people and perspectives in the University community

Becoming Safe Zone trained at Loyola is a three-step process. Training sessions should be completed in order and upon completion of Session 3, participants have the opportunity to sign a commitment to contributing to an affirming campus for LGBTQPIA+ members. When you see a Safe Zone sticker on campus, it indicates that person completed the entirety of Loyola's Safe Zone program.

Remaining 2023-2024 Safe Zone Training Dates:

Session 1: LGBTQPIA+ Awareness

Session 2: Allyship (must have completed Session 1)

Session 3: Creating LGBTQPIA+ Affirming Spaces (must have completed Sessions 1 & 2)

For more information, please reach out to Rhona Little at rlittle1@loyola.edu.

IDEA Spotlights

 

In each newsletter, the Office of Equity and Inclusion highlights individuals within Loyola who are working to make our campus an inclusive and welcoming place for all people. In this edition, we are spotlighting Meg Cappabianca, Co-President, The LGBTQ+ Experience; Masudul Biswas, Professor, Communication Department; and Marian Aden, Director, Office of Student Conduct.

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Meg Cappabianca (she/they)


Co-President
The LGBTQ+ Experience

Meg Cappabianca is a senior at Loyola University Maryland. She serves as co-president of The LGBTQ+ Experience, a student organization that uses its platform to amplify the voices of LGBTQ+ students on campus through advocacy, activism, and education. Meg is passionate about expanding The Experience’s campus connections and partnering with various University departments, groups, administrators, and clubs. One of The Experience’s biggest efforts has been their work in advocating for and helping guide the search for an LGBTQ+ Resource Coordinator. Meg would love to leave Loyola knowing that resources for queer students have been centralized and are accessible to everyone.

Meg also serves as an Evergreen, an Atlas for Crossroads, and a member of Omicron Delta Kappa (the National Leadership Honor Society), Kappa Delta Pi (the International Education Honor Society), and the Green & Grey Society. They are also a student-intern pursuing dual certification in Elementary Special Education at Solley Elementary.

During her time at Loyola, Meg has received several awards and accolades including the Messina Evergreen of the Year and the Cura Personalis Award for Service, Leadership, and Academic Achievement.

When asked what motivates their passion for DEIJ work, Meg said, “The Loyola community is filled with so much passion and care; I'm incredibly driven to harness that care and direct it towards groups that need to be uplifted. Being a queer student at a religious institution can feel isolating, but I hope that I can leave a mark that makes queer students--and other marginalized students--feel that they're not only safe here but valued and celebrated. The queer experience at Loyola has drastically changed in the last decade, and even since I started here. In my last year, I hope to mentor new leaders here at Loyola to continue this legacy and leave Loyola better than I found it.”

Masudul Biswas, Ph.D (he/him)

Professor
Communication Department

Dr. Biswas is the department chair and a full professor of the Communication department. He joined Loyola as an assistant professor of Communication in 2014 and recently began his new role as department chair on July 1, 2023. Within his role, Dr. Biswas serves on the Center for the Humanities Steering Committee and advises the communication honors society, Lambda Pi Eta (LPE). He also teaches digital and emerging media courses in the communication curriculum. His research interests include the roles of ethnic news media in a multicultural society, social and political issues in global media, and curriculum and teaching approaches to diversity in journalism and communication education.

In 2023, Dr. Biswas was awarded the Faculty Award for Excellence in Engaged Scholarship, an award given to a Loyola faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions in engaged scholarship by advancing social justice, transformative learning, and disciplinary knowledge.

His focus on diversity continues to influence much of his work in and out of the classroom. Outside of Loyola, Dr. Biswas also serves as an Institute for Diverse Leadership (IDL) Fellow. This fellowship program is jointly organized by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and The Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC). The IDL fellowship program is designed to increase diversity in the leadership roles of Journalism and Mass Communication Programs. As part of this fellowship program, Dr. Biswas is paired with a leadership mentor, Dr. Eddith Dashiell, Director of the Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Additionally, he gets to attend leadership-related professional development training and workshops.

Dr. Biswas’ new book, “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategies: Learning from Journalism and Mass Communication Programs with Professional Impact,” will be published in December 2023. He co-authored this book with Dr. Dorothy Bland at the University of North Texas. This book has been his passion project since he began working on his doctoral program in 2007 at Louisiana State University (LSU).

When asked what motivates his DEIJ work, Dr. Biswas said, “My passion for DEIJ work is motivated by my experience as part of a minority identity in U.S. multicultural society. I had my exposure to diversity research and teaching when I was a doctoral student at LSU. I was actively involved with the Media Diversity Forum, an educational resource website on diversity and media, at the LSU Manship School of Communication through my graduate assistantship. My involvement with diversity projects could have ended with the completion of my doctoral program. It did not. The issues of exclusion and underrepresentation of non-dominant identities in the media, and my lived experience as a Brown international student with a South Asian identity (and then as a foreign-born faculty member at U.S. universities), were very intertwined. I also had a great mentor and professor, the late Dr. Ralph Izard, who gave me the freedom and trusted me to lead the Media Diversity Forum’s work and diversity research in media and communication education.”

Marian Aden (she/her)


Director
Office of Student Conduct

As the Director of Student Conduct, Ms. Aden is responsible for overseeing the University's Community Standards. This includes ensuring students are aware of their rights and responsibilities on and off campus, mediating conflict, and holding students accountable for their actions that impact the community. She also works with Off-Campus students by connecting them with appropriate resources within the larger Baltimore community. She does this work with a great team that includes members of the Office of Student Conduct as well as administrators and faculty from across campus.

The Office of Student Conduct website has several helpful resources including the Loyola Community Standards. If you would like to learn more about the Office of Student Conduct or have questions, feel free to contact them at studentconduct@loyola.edu.

When asked what motivates her passion for DEIJ, Ms. Aden said, "DEIJ work at its essence requires empathy, compassion, and connection. It is the work that allows us to break down walls and remove barriers whether they be physical, emotional, or psychological, and see the humanity within each other. These values drive my personal and professional life. In my work, I strive to ensure our conduct process is fair, just, and equitable. In my personal life I strive to see the humanness in those around me so that, even for a small moment, they feel seen and heard for who they are."

Do you know someone who you think should be featured? To submit a nomination for the IDEA Spotlights, please fill out this form.

IDEA Resources

Below are links to resources, initiatives, support networks, and campus updates, that help to foster inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility across Loyola. 

Interfaith Services


Campus Ministry honors, celebrates, and welcomes people of all faith traditions, spiritual practices, and beliefs. Our Interfaith Services provide opportunities for students, faculty, administrators and staff from diverse faith identities and backgrounds to come together to celebrate, learn from one another and develop relationships for hope, renewal and interfaith cooperation. 

Please see below for a list of resources and upcoming events on campus and the surrounding areas. For more information, please contact Saima Sitwat, Assistant Director of Ecumenical and Interfaith Ministry, at ssitwat@loyola.edu.

 

Diwali/Tihar

November 10-14, 2023

Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is widely celebrated across the Indian subcontinent. The festival is observed by more than one billion people in a variety of ways. In Nepal and other Nepali-speaking communities, the holiday is celebrated as Tihar or Deepawali.

Diwali is associated with specific stories from Hindu mythology, such as the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya, the killing of the demon Narakasura, and the worship of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi. Tihar is similar but the essence of it revolves around gratitude, respect for nature, spirituality, family bonds, cultural celebrations, and the pursuit of prosperity and happiness.

Diwali is mostly known for being the festival of lights, but the lesser-known fact about it is that it is a 5-day long festival. In India, the 5 days are celebrated as Dhanteras (Nov.10), Choti Diwali (Narak Chaturdashi) (Nov. 11), Diwali: the main day of celebration (Nov.12), Govardhan Puja (Nov. 13), and Bhai Dooj (Nov. 14). In Nepal, each day is dedicated to worshiping different elements/beings- crows, dogs (both considered messengers of Yama, the God of Death), Goddess Laxmi (Goddess of wealth), the Govardhan Hill and brother/sister relationships respectively.

Join the Middle Eastern South Asian Student Alliance (MESA) for Diwali, The Festival of Lights, on Saturday, November 4th from 8-11 PM in McGuire Hall. Enjoy a fun night of dancing, Henna, food, art, music and more!

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Friday Prayers for Muslim Community

CIE Space (3rd Floor Student Center), 4501 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, United States
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We invite Loyola’s Muslim community to join us from 1:15-2:15 pm each Friday to join in Jumu’ah (Friday Prayers).
 

Spring Course Opportunity: LW409D--DE&I at Work


Are you a junior or senior interested in doing DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) work in the future? If so, you should consider taking the LW409 D-- DE&I at Work course in the Spring Semester which meets on Tuesdays 6:30-9 PM. The course meets the University’s Diversity Course Requirement (DCR) for domestic focus because LW409D encourages students to develop competency in discerning the ways in which factors such as power, place, and privilege shape the lives of historically disenfranchised groups and affect the workplace. Interested? Contact Andrea Giampetro-Meyer, J.D. at agiampet@loyola.edu.

Intentional Living Communities (ILCs)

What is an ILC?

Intentional Living Communities (ILCs) are residence hall communities that are formed around a selected topic, interest, or purpose. The mission and goals for the community are developed by students with the aid of an administrator and/or faculty member who agrees to advise the students throughout the year. Past ILCs have focused on leadership development, community service, LGBTQ+ awareness, mission, interfaith, sports & and recreation, identity, and social justice.

Proposals are due on November 26th, and applicants will be informed of the status of their application by December 5th. Please reach out to residencelife@loyola.edu with any questions.

Fall 2023 Public Health Campaign:
Healthy and Affirming Relationships


The Counseling Center launched the Fall 2023 Public Health Campaign on Healthy and Affirming Relationships. The goals of the campaign include:

  • Educating our campus about relationship diversity and what we mean by healthy and affirming relationships.
  • Providing resources and tips for nurturing relationships that create space for connection, support, and authenticity.
  • Increasing personal sense of, and responsibility for, promoting health and affirming relationships.

Campaign-related content and resources can be found on the Counseling Center's Public Health Campaign website and Instagram page (loyolamd_counselingcenter).

If you have any questions or are interested in learning more about the Healthy and Affirming Relationships campaign, contact Ryan Sappington, Coordinator of Public Health and Student-Athlete Mental Health Services (rsappington@loyola.edu).

Counseling Center Support Groups


Time and Space Trans & Non-Binary Support Group: This weekly therapy support group is for transgender, non-binary, and gender questioning individuals of diverse backgrounds to confidentially discuss aspects of gender and gender identity in a space of mutual support. Sessions will be held in Loyola University Maryland’s Counseling Center, HU 150. Please email Sunny Swift (he/they) at eswift@loyola.edu to sign up.

Men's Group: The Men's Group is for undergraduate and graduate students who identify as men and want a safe, inclusive, and empowering space to connect with and support one another. In addition to various forms of emotional support men can access in a group like this, members have opportunities to strengthen skills around self-awareness, compassion for self and others, and emotional regulation. Interested? Contact Dr. Ryan Sappington at rsappington@loyola.edu.

Resilient Healing: An educational group for students who have experienced some type of trauma. The group will educate members about trauma, practice grounding and mindfulness techniques to help manage symptoms, increase coping skills and resilience, reduce and heal feelings of shame and anger, and provide a safe and supportive environment from which to heal. This group will meet weekly.  Please contact Dr. Kourtney Bennett at kbennett@loyola.edu or Julie Phillips, LCSW-C at japhillips1@loyola.edu with questions or for any additional information.

Women's Group: Join us for this weekly meeting of women identified graduate and undergraduate students. This group is designed to provide women of various identities opportunities to connect with each other for support, while learning and growing together. Through connection with others, you can learn new coping, relational, and life skills. All women identified students are welcome to do a screening. Please contact Julie Phillips, LCSW-C at japhillips1@loyola.edu for more information.

ALANA Services

MAN2MAN: Enjoy the opportunity to meet, mingle, and network with fellow men of color at Loyola University Maryland. MAN2MAN meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE), which is located on the 3rd floor of the Andrew White Student Center.For more information, please contact Dennis Velez, Associate Director for ALANA Services, at dvelez@loyola.edu.

Sister to Sister: A holistic retention program for women of color at Loyola University Maryland. It provides women with the knowledge and tools for personal success and motivation towards serving the whole community through leadership and excellence. Join us Thursdays (bi-weekly), 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Center for Intercultural Engagement (CIE) for networking and great conversation! If you have questions, please contact Raven Williams, Director of ALANA Services, at rdwilliams@loyola.edu. 
 

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Campus Highlights and Opportunities

Loyola is host to a variety of trainings, activities, and events throughout the year, many of which foster engagement and open dialogue surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Below are some amazing opportunities offered during the fall semester.

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Diversity in the Workplace Part 2

Thursday, November 2
5:00pm - 7:00pm
McGuire Hall West, 4501 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, United States
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Join SGA'S DEIJ committee as we host Diversity in the Workplace Part 2! This time, we will be joined by some great speakers who are faculty and staff here at Loyola. These staff and faculty hold various different positions and will share their experiences in getting to where they are today.
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Networking & Personal branding

Friday, November 3
3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Join ALANA Services' A.C.E and AMP Graduate Assistants as they collaborate on an engaging workshop centered around Networking and Personal Development. You'll have the opportunity to gain valuable insights from our knowledgeable staff members, who will share tips and strategies related to this exciting topic. Plus, you can look forward to some interactive and enjoyable games that are not only entertaining but also connected to the workshop theme. And as a delightful bonus, we'll be serving delicious Caribbean cuisine! Don't miss out on this unique and enriching experience.
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Greyhound Leadership Summit

Saturday, November 4
10:00am - 3:30pm
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Join us for a day of leadership education sessions led by your peers, faculty, and staff from across campus!
This event is ODK hosted, but all are welcome to register!
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Coffee & The Court

Tuesday, November 7
10:00am - 12:00pm
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Is the federal law prohibiting possession of firearms by people subject to domestic violence protection orders Constitutional? Join us in CCSJ on the morning of Tuesday, November 7th as the US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case of US v. Rahimni. Listen to arguments while sipping a coffee and enjoying a sweet treat. All are welcome! Arguments start at 10:00am. Stay for as little or as long as you'd like.
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SafeZone Session 3: Creating LGBTQPIA+ Affirming Spaces

Tuesday, November 7
12:00pm - 2:00pm
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Join us for the last of three sessions to be SafeZone certified. Participants must have completed Session 1 (LGBTQPIA+ Awareness) and Session 2 (Allyship) before attending Session 3.
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Wellness Walk Wednesday!

Wednesday, November 8
10:50am - 12:00pm
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Join a group of undergraduate students on a bi-weekly walk on beautiful Stony Run Trail and reflect on a variety of wellness related topics while getting just a few steps away from campus. From emotional to spiritual to physical well being and more, the group will reflect individually, in small groups, and in the larger group. The group will be led by Katie Benoit, who you can contact for more information at kmbenoit@loyola.edu or 410-617-2270.
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Cura Communitas: A Prayer Service for Mental Health

Wednesday, November 8
4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Please join Student Support and Wellness Promotion and Campus Ministry for an interfaith prayer service for mental health on the Alumni Chapel patio. Immediately following the prayer service, there will be a reception afterwards with some treats and resources provided.
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National First-Gen College Celebration

Wednesday, November 8
6:00pm - 8:00pm
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President Terry Sawyer and Courtney Sawyer, two of Loyola's biggest first-gen supporters, are ready to rock out with our first-gen family! Get ready for an evening of celebration with pizza, s'mores, music, and fun! T-shirts will go to the first # students to who RSVP to this event!
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Love without Labels

Thursday, November 9
3:00pm - 4:00pm
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Join Melissa Lees, Director, Women’s Center for an open conversation about love and healthy relationships.
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Forever-Green Thrift Store

Friday, November 10
2:30pm - 4:00pm
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The Forever-Green Thrift Store is back! Join us on November 10th from 12:30-4:00 p.m. in McGuire East for Loyola's biannual campus thrift store.
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SAFE ZONE SESSION 1 - LGBTQPIA+AWARENESS

Friday, November 10
3:00pm - 5:00pm
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Join us for the first of three sessions to be SafeZone certified.
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On Earth as It Is: Ethics and the Environment

Monday, November 13
6:00pm - 7:30pm
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The 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture featuring. Corey D. B. Walker, Ph.D., Professor of the Humanities with a joint appointment in the department of English and the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program at Wake Forest University.
 
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Peace and Justice Faculty Lunch Talk - David Carey Jr. "Slavery and Its Legacies at Loyola”

Wednesday, November 15
12:00pm - 1:00pm
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Dr. David Carey Jr. will give a Peace and Justice faculty lunch talk entitled "Slavery and Its Legacies at Loyola." Free lunch will be provided. Faculty, staff, administrators, students, and community members are all welcome to attend!
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Anxiety Toolbox - November 15th, 29th, & December 6th

Wednesday, November 15 at 3:00pm
to Wednesday, December 6 at 4:00pm
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The Anxiety Toolbox workshop aims to help students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to help manage those symptoms. Anxiety Toolbox is a 3-week workshop with modules dedicated to understanding anxiety, introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety, and developing alternative responses to anxiety.
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Foods in Our Faiths: Bread Celebration

Wednesday, November 15
6:00pm - 8:00pm
4th Floor Programming Room, 4501 N Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21210, United States
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Join Campus Ministry and the Theology Department for the inaugural event in our Foods in Our Faiths series! This year, we will be enjoying the variety of breads that we use to celebrate our faith and spirituality through holidays, traditions, and cultural practices. Breads and their accompanying stories will be shared with all.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance

Friday, November 17
3:00pm - 4:30pm
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Join us in remembering and respecting the transgender lives lost every year to useless hatred and recognizing the violence and discrimination that the transgender community faces every day. All are welcome and encouraged to come. (On the Humanities Porch; Rain Location: Third-floor student center in the CIE)
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Kairos Retreat - Applications open October 9th at noon!

Friday, November 17 at 4:00pm
to Sunday, November 19 at 3:00pm
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Kairos, adapted from Greek to mean "God's Time," is a Christian retreat program geared toward deepening one's faith, identity, relationships, and connection to God's role in our lives. This retreat is an opportunity to find meaning in the highs and lows of your life.

Kairos is a journey of the heart, mind, and soul. On the weekend, you will hear from your peers, be invited to share your own story, and discover a community of affirmation and companionship. Everyone has a story worth telling, and everyone is welcome to embark on this journey.

Contact: ambrune@loyola.edu and jrhiebler@loyola.edu
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Anxiety Toolbox - November 20th, 27th, & December 4th

Monday, November 20 at 3:00pm
to Monday, December 4 at 4:00pm
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The Anxiety Toolbox workshop aims to help students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to help manage those symptoms. Anxiety Toolbox is a 3-week workshop with modules dedicated to understanding anxiety, introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety, and developing alternative responses to anxiety.
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Guest Speaker Event with Dr. Schoenbrodt

Tuesday, November 28
7:30pm - 8:30pm
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Join Advocates for Inclusion to hear Dr. Schoenbrodt (joined by self-advocates over zoom!) discuss her work with LeadAbility. This company helps provide important training services on how to work with individuals who have developmental and intellectual disabilities in a respectful and effective way while in professional environments.
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Gender, Sexuality, and Race in the Workplace Panel

Thursday, November 30
7:00pm - 8:00pm
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Panel discussion regarding the intersections of gender, sexuality, and race and their involvement in the workplace, more specifically academia.
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Community Engagement Opportunities

Looking for ways to align your passion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice with your extended community? Please check out the opportunities below for ways to connect with local businesses and organizations.

The Choice Program


The Choice Program is a not-for-profit organization administered through the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Choice seeks to disentangle young people from the juvenile justice system and to strengthen youth and family ties to the community through increased educational and vocational opportunities. Loyola’s Center for Community, Service & Justice is seeking Loyola student volunteers to host College Nights with Choice Program youth. College Nights are held Bi-weekly, 5-8 pm, on Thursdays and service participants engage with youth through recreational & enrichment activities to immerse youth in higher education and campus life. Interested? Email choices@loyola.edu for more information.

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York Road Community Day: 11/4/23

Saturday, November 4
9:30am - 12:30pm
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Come get your hands dirty with neighbors to accomplish projects to beautify and maintain our shared York Road community! Projects include maintaining street trees, planting new trees and flowers, painting, clean up and more! For more information contact Jace Blehar at yricommercial@loyola.edu.
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Circle of 10, Restorative Practices in Schools Advocacy Group

Monday, November 6
7:30pm - 8:30pm
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All are invited to our meeting of CCSJ's Circle of 10. This Circle of 10 is part of a larger advocacy strategy from Restorative Schools Maryland. Restorative Schools Maryland is dedicated to building the policy and funding necessary to implement research-based restorative practices in all public schools in Maryland. Our Circle of 10 will commit to spending one hour a month on actions to let legislators know the value of restorative practices for students, teachers, families, and our communities.

To be a member of our Circle, you do NOT need to be an educator or an education expert. You simply need to want our schools to be safe places where teachers, students, and administrators are focused on teaching, learning, and the well-being of every student, and every parent feels good about sending their kids to school every day.  
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The Toxic Tour of Baltimore

Friday, November 10
1:00pm - 4:00pm
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Students, faculty, and staff will embark on a two-and-a-half-hour bus ride tour of South Baltimore's most toxic polluters. Students will see first hand what happens when a landfill, a power plant, an incinerator, and a water treatment plant all operate within a few square miles from each other. The tour is led by a CEO of an environmental group dedicated to a clean air Baltimore and a zero waste society.

The bus departs Newman Towers at 1pm and should get back to campus around 4pm. Registration assures you a guaranteed seat on the bus.


**Coach Bus is heated and has restroom facilities.
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York Road Community Day: 11/11/23

Saturday, November 11
9:30am - 12:30pm
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Come get your hands dirty with neighbors to accomplish projects to beautify and maintain our shared York Road community! Projects include maintaining street trees, planting new trees and flowers, painting, clean up and more! For more information contact Jace Blehar at yricommercial@loyola.edu.
 
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Fells Point Black History Walking Tour

Saturday, November 11
2:00pm - 5:00pm
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Students, faculty, and staff are invited to learn about the Black History of Baltimore through a two hour walking tour of the historic Fells Point neighborhood. Students and staff will learn about Baltimore's role in the Underground Railroad, walk the same steps as Frederick Douglass, learn the roots of Billie Holiday, and so much more.

The bus departs Newman Towers at 2pm and should get back to campus around 5pm. Length of walking tour will last approximately 2 hours. Registration assures you a guaranteed seat on the bus.
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Mural Tours of Baltimore City (Bromo Arts District)

Sunday, November 12
12:30pm - 3:30pm
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Students, faculty, and staff are invited to see the beauty of Baltimore through a two hour walking tour of the historic Bromo Arts District neighborhood. Students and staff will experience the wonder of the city's many murals and learn about this rich, cultural corridor of Baltimore.

The bus departs Newman Towers at 12:30pm and should get back to campus around 3:30pm. Length of walking tour will last approximately 2 hours. Registration assures you a guaranteed seat on the bus.
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HR Trainings and Workshops

 

Why Inclusion Matters

An essential first step in any diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) program is focusing on 'inclusion' as a mindset. Creating an attitude and belief that embraces everyone is at the heart of organizational performance. Inclusion ensures that there is room at the table for all groups within the organization. Participation in the conversation assumes that all feel welcome and accepted irrespective of gender, race, religion, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, neurodivergence, education or any other parameter. Presented by a KEPRO representative.

  • Date: 11/14/2023
  • Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
  • Location: Online Webinar
  • Register Here

Giving and Receiving Feedback

Annual appraisals are an opportunity for employees to reflect on their individual performance through the year and celebrate what they accomplished whilst also identifying where they could have done better. For managers, they are an opportunity to reward past performance and identify areas for growth so that their employees can be supported in achieving their potential. Whilst it is an opportunity for both sides to do better and be better, all too often it is a conversation that is dreaded, not only by employees, but by managers as well. Presented by a KEPRO representative.

  • Date: 12/5/2023
  • Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
  • Location: Online Webinar
  • Register Here


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