Subject: ALLIED Spring Break Backpacking Trip Description: ALLIED is a five day outdoor backpacking experience focused on exploring identity and its impact on leadership. Throughout this adventure, you’ll learn the basics of backpacking, outdoor cooking, camping, and navigation while gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of yourself and others. Participants will: Increase their awareness of self and identity Engage in dialogue to better appreciate differences Understand the structures of power, privilege, and oppression Increase their understanding of how their identity influences their leadership Collaborate to accomplish common goals through the celebration of differences Utilize their learning to address issues of diversity and social justice in the campus community No previous experience is necessary to participate in ALLIED. Applications can be found at http://go.umd.edu/ALLIED . The application deadline is midnight on Wednesday, February 6. Trip Dates: March 18-22 2019 Contact Person: Amanda Preperato Contact Email: [log in to unmask] Website URL: http://go.umd.edu/ALLIED