When an individual shares their story with the larger community, we can all experience what it means to make an impact. When we hear our organizational values reflected through diverse stories and lived experiences, we realize a sense of collective identity and belonging that is inclusive of multiple perspectives in ways that are powerful, palpable, and vital in promoting thriving workplace cultures. We invite you to join us for UMBC’s third cohort of Retriever Talks on Wednesday, May 17th, 2023. This year’s theme: Revealing Our Common Unity in CommUNITY explores community at the depths and the micro and macro ways that we can generate it from the inside out. Our eight community-selected speakers will bring to life facets of our four core values themes: Reach Together, Extend Beyond, Claim Your Future, and Explore Every Angle, inviting each of us to meaningfully reflect, widen our perspectives and move toward inspired action as active co-creators of Our UMBC. We look forward to seei...