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Title: iPride organizational records
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 328
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8.7 linear feet
(15 document boxes, 1 oversize box)
Creator:
iPride (Berkeley, Calif.)
Date (inclusive): 1966-2003
Abstract: The collection consists of adminstrative records, newsletters, audiovisual recordings, and ephemera relating to the activities
of the iPride (Interracial Intercultural Pride) organization to support interracial and multiethnic families in California.
Physical Location: A portion of the collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
The collection is open for research. A portion of the collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
Box 7 is closed.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
[Identification of Item], iPride organizational records, Mss 328. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara
Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Gift by Mandy Bratt, 2016.
Originally known as Interracial and Intercultural Pride, iPride was founded in 1979 by a group of multiracial families in
Berkeley who were concerned because the school system didn't allow their children to claim their mixed-race identity on forms
or in classroom projects. By creating iPride parents came together and pressured Berkeley public schools to rethink their
racial classification system. New charges developed and iPride has evolved to be a nonprofit organization running operations
throughout California and has become known as a group "to cultivate positive identity formation in children who are of more
than one racial or ethnic heritage and/or who have been transracially adopted." The organization offers support to individuals
and families who may have been victims of discrimination and works to normalize interrelationships within the community. iPride
is one of many interracial support groups that have sprung up that provide a forum for people to meet, share resources, and
organize. In addition, iPride is the founding chapter of the Association of MultiEthnic Americans (AMEA), an international
collaboration of community organizations with dedication to advocacy and education on behalf of the mixed-race community.
The current operations offer summer camps and play dates for mixed-heritage youth.
Angela Geiser. "iPride," Bay Area Parent, last modified 2016, http://www.bayareaparent.com/Article/iPride/
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, administrative records,
video recordings, and other related materials describing the activities of the iPride organization from 1978 to 2003. The
collection focuses mainly on events and membership as well as collection research material on interracial and multicultural
identity and community outreach.
The collection is arranged by subject and format. The collection is arranged into four series: I. Adminstrative Files, II.
Newsletters, III. Oversized Materials, and IV. Moving Images.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Multicultural education -- California
Multiculturalism -- California
Racially mixed people -- California -- Ethnic identity
Intercultural communication
Interracial adoption
Administrative records
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Newsletters
Videocassettes
iPride (Berkeley, Calif.) -- Archives