Ohlone College

The Ohlone Community College District is a multi-campus single community college district located in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay in California. Serving almost 16,000 students per year, the District has a main campus in the City of Fremont, a campus in the City of Newark, and online.

Ohlone College is an ethnically diverse institution that promotes innovation and continuous improvement in departments and divisions. The College is named for the native population living in the area when Mission San Jose was founded.

Ohlone College is committed to serving every student with equity at the forefront of all that we do and recognize the need for a systematic approach to reviewing how we are working toward this goal. Inspired by the California Community College Chancellor’s Call to Action, we, as an institution, are united in taking a close look at how we can better serve our students through the lens of equity and humanity.

Incidents of racism are not new to our country and have long been dismissed and ignored. Years of racial discrimination, violence, and injustice have tainted a country which claims to provide “liberty and justice for all.” With recent headlines involving the killing of black people by police—the very people meant to protect and serve our communities—we can no longer stand silent as bystanders to racial discrimination.

As an educational institution, we must lead the charge in creating change and teaching the next generation, but we must first make every effort to create that shift.