Student Tribune
THE MCC Diversity Council Gets a New Name
THE MCC Diversity Council Gets a New Name
MCC is an academic community made up of individuals who reflect differences
in sex, gender, nationality, culture, ethnicity, religion, color, race, skill,
physical ability, country of origin, veteran status, migration status, and
sexual orientation. For more than 50 years, the College has evolved to meet the
ever-changing needs of our students and our community. We are proud of our
efforts thus far and are deeply committed to continuing to grow as a community
that becomes more inclusive moving forward.
In our efforts to ensure that the college goes beyond diversity, which is
defined as the activity of identifying the similarities and differences
outlined above, a concerted effort must be made to ensure that we, as a
community, are striving for inclusion, which requires action in order to not
only embrace our differences, but to also ensure that individual members of our
community feel welcomed, respected, supported and valued.
An outward sign of our movement in this direction is the changing of the
name of the Diversity Council to highlight these distinctions and move toward
embracing language that is consistent with national dialogue around issues of
diversity. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are key components of the college's
mission, vision, and core values, and we would like the name of the Council to
be harmonious with these important elements. Furthermore, diversity, equity and
inclusion are essential to MCC's goals for its organizational culture, as
indicated in the 2017-2021 Strategic Plan and the 2017-2021 Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion Plan. We are happy to announce that, with President Kress's
approval, MCC Diversity Council has been renamed the MCC Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion Council.
For more information regarding the MCC Diversity,
Equity and Inclusion Council, please click here. And, as Co-chairs of the
Council for 2018-19, we welcome your thoughts on how we can help to make MCC a
more inclusive community.
Co-Chairs,
Renee Coleman and Antonia Custodio
Custodio, Antonia
Executive Dean's Office - DC
02/04/2019