Multicultural Educational
Programs, Inc. is celebrating 25 years of serving children & youth!
(The website is under new construction! Please come back in late December!)
National STEM Day will be held at the Quincie Douglas Library in Tucson, AZ.
Date: Saturday, November 8th
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Free to attend!
1:00-2:30-Science learn about animal habitats for K-5th grades.
2:30-4:00 p.m.-Middle & high schoolers learn to build a rover and build with straws & connectors.
Please get in touch with us at: mepexecdirector@gmail.com to sign up for the new Leadership & Mentoring Program in partnership with The
Tucson Educational Empowerment for Minorities Program-TEEM by December 1st, 2025.
For: Middle & High school youth
The kickoff program will be on Saturday, December 6, 2025.
(Location to be announced).
Inspiring and empowering underrepresented people to pursue their education in STEM
Impact, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Board Members
Rosamond Robinson, new board President 2018
Tucson, AZ
Rose, is a planner for the U.S. Forest Service, Coronado National Forest. She also serves as the Director of Biological & Natural Sciences.
Dayna Chandler, is a Success Case Manager with the Des Moines Public Schools, DM, Iowa.
Her four children have been exceptional MEP students. Dayna serves as our parent board member.
Dr. Janice Riley-Burt is a family practice M.D. in Nashville, TN. She is a new board member, but her and her husband have been long time sponsors of the MEP program.
Janice and her husband Dr. Rodney Burt, sponsored the new 2018, "Dr. Paula Mahone Visiting Doctors program in Nashville" for college students ready to think about medical school and wanting to visit an African American medical college. Janice and her husband are also mentors for college students who need advice about how to prepare for the challenging world of medicine.
Dr. Richard Salas,
Chief Diversity Officer
Multicultural Affairs,
Des Moines University
DMU has hosted the Hands on Health Exhibit at the Hispanic Festival and the Black History Month programming for MEP for many years.