Beyond Tolerance Initiative

Yosemite Community College District Beyond Tolerance Website

Staff Development

Museum of Tolerance Two-Day Training - 23 groups traveled to Los Angeles
Institute Days - Topic of tolerance for all staff and students
Screening Committee Training Workshops - More than 200 participated
Leadership Team Retreats -- Three-day training related to multicultural communication
Focused Workshops -- Various programs related to local cultures

Campus Life

"Little Rock and Beyond" - Dr. Terry Roberts (a member of the Little Rock Nine)
"Tolerance Tales from Around the World" - African American, Latino, Chinese and Southern cultures.
Learning Community Classes - Interdisciplinary studies including "Tolerance in the 21st Century," "Teaching Tolerance," "American Cultures Forum," "California Agriculture & the environment," women's Studies," "Cultural Collisions, " and "Tolerance in the Arts."
"On the Threshold" -- United Nations Day of Tolerance (readings, music and dance)
"When I was 14" - A holocaust survivor remembers
Diary of Anne Frank -Production viewed by 1700 junior high students and 3,000 adults
"Peace in this Century" - Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union

Campus To Community (Annual Events)

Community Involvement

"Not In Our Town" March and Rally - Cosponsored with NAACP
"Out of the Depths of Hate" - T.J. Leyden (ex-white supremacy recruiter) 2,500 attended
"Living Beyond tolerance - The Oneness of Humanity" -- In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday
"Nonviolence - The Challenge to Ensure the Future" - Yolanda King (cosponsored by the City of Modesto)
Hispanic Roundtable Forums - cosponsored with local group
Demographic Research for Modesto Police Department
"Not In Our Town" Press Conference in Response to Local Firebombing - cosponsored with NAACP and local law enforcement
"Vigils for Peace, Unity of Remembrance" at MJC and Columbia - In honor of the victims of September 11
Say "NO" to Hate Crime Community Rally - cosponsored with NAACP, City of Modesto, Modesto Bee, Stanislaus County, and Modesto Teachers Association
"The Faces of Stanislaus County" Exhibition - cosponsored with Stanislaus County Office of Education, McHenry Museum, and The Modesto Bee

2003 - 2004 Upcoming Events

September 5-6, 2003 Diversity Acceptance Conference - MJC Speakers: Lee Mun Wah, author of "The Color of Fear" and Greg Alan Williams, author and Emmy Award winning Actor.
September 19, 2003 4th Annual Storytelling Festival - MJC
October 4-5, 2003 13th Annual "International Festival" - MJC
October 8, 2003 4th Annual "Ethnic Heritage Day" - MJC
October 12, 2003 Say "NO" to Hate Crime Community Rally - MJC
February 21, 2004 16th Annual "African-American Education Conference" - MJC
March 27, 2004 Annual "Hispanic Education Conference" - MJC
April 18, 2004 6th Annual "Native American Powwow" - MJC