About MECA
MECA, the Multicultural Education Conference in Anaheim, is a multicultural event hosted by The Academia Foundation, a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity. The inaugural MECA conference was held on August 19 & 20th 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center, with the event’s plenary speaker being Sylvia Mendez, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient and central figure in the landmark Mendez v. Westminster case that prohibited segregation in California’s public schools. Over the 2-day event, more than 30 presentations were made by world-acclaimed academics, public officials, and educational and multicultural experts. MECA is held in August each year. The multicultural-related presentations cover a wide range of topics of importance to teachers, administrators and those interested in multicultural education and intercultural communications.
MECA’s Inaugural Sponsors & Supporters
Academic Sponsors
Anaheim University
Anaheim University is an accredited university located in Anaheim, California offering online degree and certificate programs in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), international business, sustainable management, entrepreneurship and filmmaking. http://www.anaheim.edu
Supporting Sponsors
The Academia Foundation is a recipient of a Google Grants award. The Google Grants program supports registered nonprofit organizations that share Google's philosophy of community service to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy and the arts. Google Grants is an in-kind advertising program that awards free online advertising to nonprofits via Google AdWords
Sister Cities International
Founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, Sister Cities International is a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit which serves as the national membership organization for individual sister cities, counties, and states across the U.S. This network unites tens of thousands of citizen diplomats and volunteers in over 500 member communities with over 2,000 partnerships in 145 countries on six continents.