ME/RG America
We Are:
A Multi-Ethnic/Racial Group
To Celebrate All
ME/RG America
Founded by Avani Haden from a mixed-heritage family in 2021, ME/RG America helps parents, teachers, grandparents, and health professionals support children of mixed racial and ethnic heritage. As more children are counted as multiracial, families still encounter forms, records, and school situations that ask them to fit into one box; we offer clear information, useful resources, and ways to build belonging
Goals
Our Goals are Growing and Evolving: All are Welcome
⁃ To provide a welcoming space for children of all colors and multi-racial/ethnic descent to explore and celebrate all aspects of their heritage
⁃ To provide educational opportunities through community outreach programming and free tutoring
⁃ To mentor, provide support, advice and role modeling through the strength of the individuals in our group
⁃ To support self esteem and resiliency for children of any color and multi ethnic descent through small group projects
⁃ To increase awareness and respect in the community for the unique perspectives that those with multiethnic heritage can offer
Our Mission:
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-In Schools: promoting affinity groups for multiethnic children
-In Civic Life: contacting representatives and school board members
-In Government: engaging with local civic and community organizations
-Speaking up where it can help a child achieve their potential
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-Programming local gatherings for small groups
-Curriculum development with those from all backgrounds in mind
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-Getting the word out through all available channels
-Education is the Ultimate Empowerment - For Us All
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-Giving those of mixed heritage a welcoming space, a forum, to discuss their challenges and dreams and their successes and experiences
-Make your experience a GIFT to all others
Does Any Of This Sound Familiar…?
(Examples of Questions and Comments Often Heard by Those of Us with Mixed Heritage/Ethnicity)
If you’ve ever been asked: what are you?
If you’ve ever been called exotic?
If you’ve been asked if you’re adopted?
If people have tried to guess your race like it's a game?
If you’ve been told that one day everyone will look like you?
If you’ve ever been separated from your parents in customs or the airport?
If you’ve ever been told you’re not really the race you most identify with - or any race in your heritage?
If you don’t speak the language of one or more sides of your family?
If you feel closer to one side of your family?
If you feel awkward at family gatherings?
Join Us: Grow ME/RG!
Let us help you form your own ME/RG Circle in your school, city, state or country. Celebrate your uniqueness in relation to humanity’s whole. Together we continue to prove that life is an exquisite mosaic made of distinctive individuals who defy labels, best appreciated by zooming out for the big picture of what we can each contribute through our differences, while expressing the overriding beauty of all that we can accomplish together.
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
MERGAmerica@gmail.com
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