traveling museum<\/a> parked its van, equipped with large screens, surround sound and rows of seats, inside Roosevelt High School. Facilitators welcomed students, sharing immersive presentations on the Civil Rights Movement, the Holocaust, and battling online hate.<\/p>\n\u201cCommunity is a huge part of it\u2026 At the end of the day we\u2019re all human beings,\u201d said Eva Geisler, an educator with the Museum of Tolerance. \u201cIf we let down our prejudice and break our biases, then we\u2019ll realize that we have way more in common with each other than we have different, and that\u2019s how we can stay strong together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The workshops, shown to schools across the state, use powerful lessons from history to teach attendees tolerance, combat antisemitism and hate, and inspire open and honest conversations with people of all backgrounds.<\/p>\n
Now, the museum is inviting members of the community to visit and experience the \u201cclassroom on wheels\u201d Thursday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are grateful to the Mobile Museum of Tolerance for providing our community with this meaningful opportunity to engage in powerful lessons that inspire empathy,\u201d said Superintendent Misty Her. \u201cExperiences like this help us build stronger, more inclusive communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The museum will be open to the public 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Browning Ave. parking lot at Bullard High School.<\/p>\n
Presentations Foster Community and Uplift Voices<\/p>\n
Educators walk students through major historical events, focusing on the power of community and using one\u2019s voices to drive change.<\/p>\n
These presentations provide good and insightful information, said social science teacher Ofelia Jimenez, who emphasizes the importance of trusted sources in class.<\/p>\n
Additionally, it is relevant to what is being taught in class. For example, Jimenez\u2019s U.S. history students are learning about the Jim Crow era. The museum visit provided a foundation for future lessons about the Civil Rights Movement.<\/p>\n
During the presentation, one slide encouraged students to ask themselves, \u201cWhat lessons can we take from the Civil Rights Movement?\u201d<\/p>\n
One student replied, \u201cOur voices matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jimenez hopes that the presentation will stick with students, building off knowledge they already have and fostering a sense of community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe help (students) build this safe space where they realize that they can actually talk about things that are happening,\u201d Geisler said. \u201cThey can talk about how they\u2019re feeling and so it opens it up to them and they realize that this is a place where they are seen and they are heard. They share their thoughts. And they walk away from it feeling better about it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Presentations Coincide With Fresno Unified Student Protests<\/p>\n
One of the most important things the museum can do is remind students that their voice matters, according to Geisler.<\/p>\n
Coincidentally, the presentations lined up with an outpouring of student-led protests. The presentations are relevant to students\u2019 lives, Jimenez said, referring to an anti-ICE walk-out by hundreds of Roosevelt students.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t planned, but goes with what young people are doing,\u201d she said of the Museum of Tolerance being on campus during a time of heightened student activism.<\/p>\n
Midday Friday, hundreds of students left campus and marched two-and-a-half miles to Fresno City Hall in protest of ICE\u2019s aggressive immigration enforcement. Fresno Unified students have been leading anti-ICE protests throughout February.<\/p>\n
Related Story: Hundreds of Roosevelt High Students March to City Hall in Protest of ICE<\/a><\/p>\nStudents protesting emphasized the importance of community and using their voice \u2014 main points discussed by museum educators.<\/p>\n
One student, Sofia Suarez, felt she was protesting for future generations, similarly to how past generations protested for rights guaranteed today.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to know where they\u2019re coming from,\u201d Geisler said. \u201cThey can see that others protested non-violently, peacefully. They can see others that protested and marched in their communities and that made a difference. Then that\u2019s hopefully going to inspire them to do more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Mobile Museum of Tolerance has been visiting Fresno Unified high schools, leading innovative education workshops designed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173903,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-173902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}