Promoting Diversity Multi-Cultural Club
T
he La Salli3n community
is characterized by an
acceptance of all people
as they are. The Multi-Cultural
Corps (M.e.c.) serves to strengthen this characteristic. What began in 1988 as a group to build a sense of identity at La Salle for the African-American community has developed into
an organization dedicated 10 opening the minds of La Salle's
students and faculty. The M.C.C. experienced its most active year in 1992·1993 when it viewed and discussed the Spike lee film Malcolm X and showed the PBS documentary
"Eyes on the Prize" to all those wishing to learn about the tu· multuous Civil Rights Movemen!. Some members 3ltended
a lecture given by Alallah Shabazz, Malcolm X's daughter. This tradition of improvemenl
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M.e.c.
conlinues with the 1993·1994 school year. This year, with the help of co· moderators Mrs. ancy Zoeltsch and Mr. Bernie Fitzgerald and Admissions Oi· rector Brolher James Rieck,lhe M.C.C. has made a serious at· tempt to recruit more minority studenls, to diversify the Slu· dent body. The organization's mission is comprised of four goals: first, to offer an oppor· tunity for La Salle minority stu· denls to congregate and share social concerns; second, to en· courage diversily among the La Salle student body; third, to increase the diversity of the stu· den! body at La Salle by visiting elementary schools; and lastly, to improve unity at LaSalle. As a result of its efforts, Ihe M.C.C. continues 10 develop as a major organization in the La Salle communily.
Amit ...Imer, AI Sil"itdor. R.i.)' I••son .nd ~nd~lc Oyclulc: four .~ mcm· bers of the M.C.C.
~nd~le
Oyefule: The m.i.n, the myth, the trenchcOolt.