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Social Engagements, Community Building, & Intentional Outreach
The following programs and activities are extended cultural and student life experiences beyond
CultureScape. The events below highlighted various focal points: social, educational, academic, and
cultural where students were able to engage and build community while learning and expanding their
cultural competency and their knowledge of the center.
• Fraternity & Sorority Life/ Residential Life: Welcome Block Party
• Office of Admissions: Hopkins Overnight
Multicultural Experience Days & Discovery Days
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Athletics/ Fraternity & Sorority Life/ Residential
Life: University Wide Tailgate
• D&I Fall Open House
• Fall Lighting of the Quads
• Fall/Spring Final Fridays at the Lab- Hopkins NPHC
Organizations
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Fall/Spring Sunday Brunch & Study Break Session-
Center for Student Success
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LGBTQ Life/ APHIA, SGRho: World’s Aids Day
Program
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Office of Women & Gender Resources: International
Women’s Day Panel & Reception
• Office of Academic Advancement/ IAC: Asian Representation in Media- Dan Mayeda, JD
• Athletics/ International Student Services: International Night at Women’s Futbol Game
• OMA Movie Screenings (Get Out; The Big Sick; The Blackkklanman; Crazy Rich Asians)
Leadership Development
Community Cultural Wealth
Much of the leadership arm of OMA has been grounded in theoretical frameworks and applying theory
to practice in the work with student leadership and the many cultural organizations they represent. Dr.
Tara Yosso’s (2005) Community Cultural Wealth model was critical to our leadership work. Drawing
from the six capitals she highlights, it was important to reframe student narratives in an asset-based
approach, rather than focusing exclusively on the marginalization. In doing so, we were able to
transform the outlook of our student leaders. Throughout the year, the six capitals were showcased in
the OMA hallway as a way to have visiting students interact with and share their own cultural capitals.