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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion


Native American Heritage Month: Cooking Sunchokes in Gardening Class
The gardening students recently harvested and cooked 21 pounds of sunchokes. Sunchokes, which taste like mild radishes when raw and...
Meher School Community
Nov 3, 20221 min read


Native American Heritage Month: Acorn Bread Recipe
This time of year, we see a lot of acorns on the ground, but most of us don't give them much thought. Indigenous tribes throughout...
Meher School Community
Nov 2, 20222 min read


Día de los Muertos: Remembering Departed Loved Ones
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS, or Day of the Dead, is a joyful celebration and remembrance of deceased loved ones. Originating in Mexico, it is...
Meher School Community
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Hispanic/Latinx Heritage Month: Book List
We're celebrating people of Hispanic, Latinx, and detribalized indigenous heritage with an extensive list of kids' books! Let us know if...
Meher School Community
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Pride Month: Parents' Book List
The Meher Schools Equity and Inclusion Committee has compiled a list of books that parents have found helpful in their learning around...
Meher School Community
Jun 30, 20222 min read


Pride Month: Children's Book List
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer Grade: pre-school-K Themes: different kinds of families, love This board book shows a different family...
Meher School Community
Jun 29, 20223 min read


Meher School Community
May 23, 20220 min read


Celebrating the Contributions of Meher Schools Women
They’re the mothers, grandmothers, aunts, and a nanny of Meher Schools students. They work in health care, social services, education,...
Meher School Community
Apr 15, 20221 min read


Meher School Community
Mar 25, 20220 min read


Discovering Your Child’s Uniqueness
A grandma playing veterinarian with her five-year-old grandson picked up a stuffed animal and asked the “vet,” “What should I do about my...
Susie Kohl
Jan 13, 20222 min read


Equity & Inclusion Committee 2022
The Meher Schools is committed to honoring diversity. We believe that by getting to know each other, children will not only learn to...
Meher School Community
Jan 6, 20222 min read


Opłatek and Dancing in Preschool
What did you say when you broke your opłatek on Christmas Eve? Breaking the opłatek, or “Christmas wafer,” might not be something many...
Meher School Community
Jan 4, 20221 min read


"Latinx": All Under the Same Roof
Juan is a Meher Schools parent and member of the Equity & Inclusion Committee. For the first time after many years of embracing,...
Juan David Arboleda
Sep 30, 20212 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Week 4
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion Committee has...
Meher School Community
Jun 8, 20212 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Week 3
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion...
Meher School Community
May 20, 20213 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Week 2
May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion Committee has...
Meher School Community
May 12, 20212 min read


AAPI Heritage Month: Week 1
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. As part of the school’s activities this month, the Equity and Inclusion...
Meher School Community
May 5, 20213 min read


Speaking Out
Seventh Grade Alum an Organizer of Anti-Asian-Racism Rally in Berkeley Twelve-year-old Meher School graduate Mila Cavagnaro was one of...
Meher School Community
Apr 15, 20211 min read


AAPI Compassion in Action: Resources
We’re including resources below for families and staff about things they can do to increase awareness and put compassion into action....
Meher School Community
Apr 13, 20212 min read


The Ethnic Origins of Beauty
I wanted to do something special for Women’s History Month, so I contacted Natalia Ivanova, the brilliant photographic artist behind Les...

Joseph Schneider
Mar 26, 20212 min read
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