About Us

The Multiethnic Education Program (ME Program), a project of iPride, emerged through the development of our Early Childhood curriculum, "Serving Biracial and Multiethnic Children and their Families." Since 1999, the K&F Baxter Family Foundation has supported the ME Program to publish and disseminate this unique resource through trainings in childcare, early childhood education, fostercare, kinship, adoption and diversity training communities. The ME Program continues to focus our efforts on creating publications and providing trainings to meet the needs of the multiracial community in educational settings. We are excited to broaden our work into the school age ommunity with a new video, discussion booklet and peer training program called "My People Are..." Constantly motivated by the great interest in our materials, the ME Program is especially thrilled to certify trainers to continue to educate the broader community.

ME Program trainers promote alternatives to:

Unsupportive reactions to mixed heritage children and families

Teaching bias

Tragic mulatto syndrome

ME Program trainers encourage parents and educators to:

Not be afraid to talk about race, among themselves and with children

Connect children with living culture, beyond cultural artifacts

Engage with culture and heritage, moving beyond the tourist approach to multicultural education and learning about the diversity within classroom, students and families.

Our Staff

Tarah Fleming, MA, Diversity Specialist

Tarah Fleming is currently the Co-Director of iPride, the longest standing organization in the U.S. dedicated to mixed heritage family pride, and the Director of the Multiethnic Education Program which is a project of iPride in Berkeley, CA. She received her M.A. at the University of San Francisco in International and Multicultural Education. She has 18 years of experience in the classroom teaching internationally, and locally as a teacher trainer focusing on cultural competency, issues of power and privilege and developing equitable and inclusive curriculum for all ages. She has a biracial son and has over twenty years experience working with multiracial families. She is the executive producer of the film "My People Are’Youth Pride in Mixed Heritage" and of the Educator’s Guide and Video entitled "Serving Biracial and Multiethnic Children and Their Families." Ms Fleming is also the founder and director of START DIALOG, Courses in Cultural Competency, a consulting practice for corporate and service agencies.