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Tag: activism


“Still fighting”: Black UMD students add their voices to protests against police brutality

“I’m exhausted that in the year 2020, black people, we’re still fighting to prove that our lives matter,” one student said.
  • Diamondback Staff
  • June 4, 2020

How #BlackLivesMatter was hijacked by black squares and selfies

Black squares clogged the tag's feed, defeating its original purpose.
  • Daryl Perry
  • June 3, 2020

Here’s what I learned from 3 years of writing opinion columns

Writing weekly opinion columns taught me about activism and social justice.
  • Liyanga de Silva
  • May 6, 2020

UMD grads were hopeful about this year’s collective bargaining bill. Then, COVID-19 hit.

The legislation would have allowed graduate student workers to unionize legally.
  • Clara Longo de Freitas
  • May 3, 2020

The revolution will never be voted in

America's electoral system is built on inequities. It's not the way to fix them.
  • Caterina Ieronimo
  • April 13, 2020

UMD graduate students demonstrate in solidarity with strikers at UC-Santa Cruz

They're lobbying for unionization rights for graduate workers at this university.
  • Angela Roberts
  • March 12, 2020

Hagerstown Hall has free pads and tampons. Students want other UMD dorms to follow suit.

So far, a petition supporting the cause has garnered over 450 signatures.
  • Diamondback Staff
  • February 24, 2020

UMD’s undocumented student coordinator will leave after rejecting new contract

The administration proposed broadening her role to include a wider scope of responsibilities.
  • Diamondback Staff
  • February 20, 2020

Student activists should use Makerspaces. UMD should make them more visible.

Makerspaces could be activist resources if UMD advertised them better.
  • Lexie Werner
  • February 20, 2020

Second part of UMD Black History Month talk focuses on self-advocacy, intersectionality

MICA and this university’s diversity and inclusion office ran the event series.
  • Freelance Reporter
  • February 19, 2020
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