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UMD’s bias support services celebrate Bias Awareness Week

By Ashna Balroop  University of Maryland students painted turtles on Thursday, Oct. 17, reflecting on their communities during the bias awareness week hosted by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.  The Office of Diversity and Inclusion’s Bias Incident Support Services and LGBTQ+ Equity Center partnered with CARE to Stop Violence for the week’s various events. The Bystander Intervention Workshop, held on Oct. 17, focused on … Continue reading UMD’s bias support services celebrate Bias Awareness Week

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‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate

By Yonathan Shimelis From the murder of 1st Lt. Richard Collins to the 2017 discovery of a noose in Phi Kappa Tau’s fraternity house, The University of Maryland has a history of hate bias-related incidents. But these incidents are not a thing of the past. UMD Bias Incident Support Services’s latest annual report saw 79 hate bias incidents logged and 113 reports received. BISS, a … Continue reading ‘One part of the process’: Bias trainings teach students, faculty to confront hate

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Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosts discussion for the AAPI community

By Parker Leipzig On March 30, the Bias Incident Support Services (BISS) in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosted their monthly circle meeting but this time, the topic weighed even more heavily on the attendees.  The circle is meant to be a space for community members to heal together, according to Dr. Van Bailey, the director of Bias Incident Support Services. “We center pain … Continue reading Office of Diversity and Inclusion hosts discussion for the AAPI community

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