has no closed doors. Everyone

Senior psychology major Abraham Torres-Ayala, the Vice Chair of MCC, shares the responsibility of creating a space where students can come to be understood in a way most of Messiah’s population cannot give them.

“As a safe space and a facilitator, it’s a lot of interacting with people of different backgrounds,” Torres-Ayala said. “My one policy is that MCC has no closed doors. Everyone can walk in, everyone can benefit from this.”

MCC’s purpose doesn’t stop at connecting multicultural students. Throughout the school year, MCC holds various events, like the International Gala, that are focused on exposing people to cultures they may not have an understanding of and reconciling different groups of people through education.

“The events that we hold have a dual purpose,” Torres-Ayala said. “They are supposed to be that exposure but they are also supposed to educate people as well. So we do our best to meet people at the level they're at.”

Tamrat agrees that MCC is a useful cultural educator for not only the white population on campus, but also between multicultural students.