The Office of Community & Culture, in partnership with campus and community partners, invites faculty and staff to engage with professional development opportunities designed to foster equity, belonging, and inclusive excellence across our campus community.
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Our Services
Training and Workshops – Interactive sessions tailored to your department’s needs
Restorative Practices – Facilitated conversations and circles to address conflict, repair harm, and strengthen relationships
Coaching – One-on-one or small group support for leaders and individuals
navigating complex equity challenges
Consulting – Strategic guidance for departments, teams, or initiatives seeking to advance equity and inclusive practices
Group/Meeting Facilitation – Skilled guidance for meetings, planning sessions, difficult conversations, or group processes to ensure productive dialogue and meaningful outcomes
Who Should Participate?
Faculty, staff, supervisors, and search committee members are strongly encouraged to participate, particularly before engaging in university hiring processes.
Learn More and Get Involved
Ready to schedule training or request services?
Please complete our service request form to help us understand
your needs and design the most effective support for your group.
Planning timeline: Please allow 3 weeks’ advance notice for scheduling. You will receive a response within 48 hours regarding next steps.
Questions? Contact the Community & Culture team: culture@umbc.edu
We encourage all campus partners to take advantage of these opportunities to strengthen our shared culture of equity and belonging. Together, we can foster fairness, mitigate bias, and create an environment where every member of our community can thrive.
Available Training Topics
We offer comprehensive support across a wide range of areas, including:
Diversity, Equity,
Inclusion and Belonging
- Understanding and mitigating unconscious bias in decision-making
- Building inclusive workplace cultures
- Cultural competency and appreciation
- Addressing microaggressions
- Allyship and mentoring
- Diversity, inclusion, and belonging practices
- Using microaffirmations to foster inclusion
- Using dialogue to foster Inclusion
- Conflict resolution and difficult conversations
Social Justice and
Community Building
- Understanding systemic oppression and privilege
- Intersectionality in practice
- Anti-racism and racial equity
- LGBTQ+ inclusion and gender equity
- Disability justice and ableism awareness
- Immigration, citizenship, and belonging
- Trauma-informed approaches
Leadership and
Supervision
- Bias-aware supervision and performance management
- Restorative leadership practices
- Navigating complex equity challenges
- Running inclusive meetings and facilitating equitable participation
- Inclusive decision-making and delegation.
- Creating psychologically safe work environments
Training Formats
Online Courses via Vector Solutions
We partner with Vector solutions to offer self-paced online training modules available 24/7 through our learning management system, covering topics such as:
- The Influence of Unconscious Bias in Decision Making (Faculty Search Committees)
- Becoming an Ally: Part 1 and Part 2
- Communication for Inclusion (Employees and Managers)
- Recognizing and Responding to Antisemitism
- Recognizing and Responding to Islamophobia
- Making Schools Safe and Inclusive for Transgender Students
- Accommodating People with Disabilities
- and MORE!
In-Person Training Sessions
Interactive workshops and facilitated sessions led by expert facilitators, including those from the Office of Community & Culture, as well as campus and community partners.
In-person training includes hands-on exercises, real-world examples, reflection activities, and practical strategies you can apply immediately.
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