UMD must provide better mental health support for RAs
We exist in a position built to support others but with a lackluster framework for supporting ourselves. We are exhausted.
If Resident Life workers want UMD to listen to their demands, they must unionize
A union for Resident Life staff would serve as a beacon of hope on a campus marred by exploitation.
Hate bias incidents underscore racial disparities between UMD RAs, residents
Black students only make up 13 percent of this university’s undergraduate population but make up 41 percent of all resident assistants.
UMD resident assistants want more compensation for long hours, work responsibilities
RAs currently receive free room and board at this university as well as 200 dining dollars per semester for their work as part of their meal plan.
RAs should not have to choose between financial aid and reduced room and board
Current laws harm financial aid prospects for RAs, and they must be changed.
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.