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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will.</p> </blockquote> <span aria-hidden="true" data-icon="quote-right"> <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewBox="0 0 32 32"> <path d="M25 20c-3.866 0-7-3.134-7-7s3.134-7 7-7 7 3.134 7 7l0.031 1c0 7.732-6.268 14-14 14v-4c2.671 0 5.182-1.040 7.071-2.929 0.364-0.364 0.695-0.75 0.995-1.157-0.357 0.056-0.724 0.086-1.097 0.086zM7 20c-3.866 0-7-3.134-7-7s3.134-7 7-7 7 3.134 7 7l0.031 1c0 7.732-6.268 14-14 14v-4c2.671 0 5.182-1.040 7.071-2.929 0.364-0.364 0.695-0.75 0.995-1.157-0.357 0.056-0.724 0.086-1.097 0.086z"></path> </svg> </span> <div data-quote="citation"> <p data-citation="name"> Frederick Douglass </p> </div> </umd-blockquote> </umd-lock> </section> <banner-image> <div data-bg="image" data-alt="Students walk in front of a graffiti mural near the intersection of Knox Rd and Baltimore Avenue, background image" style="background-image: url('https://optimise2.assets-servd.host/diversity-inclusion/production/images/default/mural.jpg?w=1344&h=637&auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.4509&fp-y=0.3085&dm=1736372825&s=594cbb43aa2331d8433a22ee561937e7'); background-position: 45.09% 30.85%;"></div> </banner-image> <section data-section-content="banner" data-color="gold"> <umd-lock data-size="large"> <umd-blockquote> <span aria-hidden="true" data-icon="quote-left"> <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewBox="0 0 32 32"> <path d="M7.031 14c3.866 0 7 3.134 7 7s-3.134 7-7 7-7-3.134-7-7l-0.031-1c0-7.732 6.268-14 14-14v4c-2.671 0-5.182 1.040-7.071 2.929-0.364 0.364-0.695 0.751-0.995 1.157 0.357-0.056 0.724-0.086 1.097-0.086zM25.031 14c3.866 0 7 3.134 7 7s-3.134 7-7 7-7-3.134-7-7l-0.031-1c0-7.732 6.268-14 14-14v4c-2.671 0-5.182 1.040-7.071 2.929-0.364 0.364-0.695 0.751-0.995 1.157 0.358-0.056 0.724-0.086 1.097-0.086z"></path> </svg> </span> <blockquote class="rich-text normal-serif" cite="" data-quote="text"> <p>I am playing with my Self, I am playing with the world's soul, I am the dialogue between my Self and el espíritu del mundo. I change myself, I change the world.</p> </blockquote> <span aria-hidden="true" data-icon="quote-right"> <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewBox="0 0 32 32"> <path d="M25 20c-3.866 0-7-3.134-7-7s3.134-7 7-7 7 3.134 7 7l0.031 1c0 7.732-6.268 14-14 14v-4c2.671 0 5.182-1.040 7.071-2.929 0.364-0.364 0.695-0.75 0.995-1.157-0.357 0.056-0.724 0.086-1.097 0.086zM7 20c-3.866 0-7-3.134-7-7s3.134-7 7-7 7 3.134 7 7l0.031 1c0 7.732-6.268 14-14 14v-4c2.671 0 5.182-1.040 7.071-2.929 0.364-0.364 0.695-0.75 0.995-1.157-0.357 0.056-0.724 0.086-1.097 0.086z"></path> </svg> </span> <div data-quote="citation"> <p data-citation="name"> Gloria Anzaldúa </p> </div> </umd-blockquote> </umd-lock> </section> <section data-section-content="news-events"> <umd-lock data-size="large"> <div data-columns="2" data-home="feeds"> <umd-column> <h2 data-home="section-title" class="medium-san-serif"> ODI News </h2> <div data-feed-type="articles"> <umd-feed-item data-type="article"> <feed-item-content> <p data-content="title" class="small-san-serif"> <a href="https://diversity.umd.edu/news/save-the-dates-for-stop-the-hate">Save the date(s) for Stop the Hate!</a> </p> <ul data-content="details"> <li data-detail="datetime" class="extra-small-san-serif"> <time datetime="2025-01-29T00:00:00-08:00"> Wed. 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