In a time of divisiveness and increasing hate, a mobile museum that makes stops throughout California strives to encourage tolerance of people of all ages and backgrounds.

That message of positivity came to Fresno on Friday, with the Mobile Museum of Tolerance making a visit at Roosevelt High.

MMOT, an educational initiative of the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, uses lessons of history to combat antisemitism and hate, and promotes lessons of tolerance.

“Our combat hate lesson talks about the hate cycle that gets regenerated online and how students can get sucked into that with different algorithms in social media,” said Kelly Williams, Director of Field Education West for the Mobile Museum of Tolerance. “In today’s world, it’s wonderful to spread positive messages.

“There’s a lot of negativity in the world.”

The Mobile Museum of Tolerance invites students to step inside its interactive classroom for a unique educational experience and inspiring visitors to become upstanders in their daily lives.

MMOT includes interactive, facilitator-led modules on combating digital hate, Civil Rights, and other educational modules that encourage participants to become upstanders and not just bystanders.

Kelly Williams, center right, Director of Field Education West for the Mobile Museum of Tolerance holds a Civil Rights discussion aboard the Mobile Museum of Tolerance bus on an open house night at Bullard High School on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Kelly Williams, center right, Director of Field Education West for the Mobile Museum of Tolerance holds a Civil Rights discussion aboard the Mobile Museum of Tolerance bus on an open house night at Bullard High School on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com Mobile Museum of Tolerance education associate Cecilia Mejia talks about the recent Black Lives Matter movement while having a discussion with community members during a Civil Rights lesson aboard the Mobile Museum of Tolerance bus on an open house night at Bullard High School on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Mobile Museum of Tolerance education associate Cecilia Mejia talks about the recent Black Lives Matter movement while having a discussion with community members during a Civil Rights lesson aboard the Mobile Museum of Tolerance bus on an open house night at Bullard High School on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com The mobile Museum of Tolerance gets set up at Bullard High School in Fresno for an open house event inviting the public to participate in its lessons of tolerance on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The bus is an outreach segment of the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The mobile Museum of Tolerance gets set up at Bullard High School in Fresno for an open house event inviting the public to participate in its lessons of tolerance on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The bus is an outreach segment of the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. CRAIG KOHLRUSS ckohlruss@fresnobee.com
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