This is a group dedicated to bringing people of all different backgrounds together in San Diego, promoting inter-cultural awareness and understanding, and organizing fun social events! Whether you are an expat living in San Diego, an international student, someone who has lived abroad, speaks a foreign language (or languages), a native Californian wanting to meet new people and experience different cultural activities, or any "internationally minded person", this Meet-up is for you! We organize …

YWCA North Orange County, will allow you to explore rich cultural communities through dinner outings. Our goal is to share food and create meaningful community bonds through the understanding of different cultures. Join our Meet-Ups! Average cost $20, which is all inclusive.

The Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival (www.anatolianfestival.org) is a cultural and historical event that includes exhibitions, food, art craft, performances, dances and live music activities. More than 45,000 people from United States and around the world attend the four-day event each year. The 1st Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival was held in OC Fairgrounds, the 2nd one at OC Great Park, the 3rd year, the festival came back at the OC Fairgrounds. This year again in OC Fairgrounds, the f …

****I LOVE SUSHI & ETHNIC FOOD**** Meet other local foodies who wish to share SUSHI& ETHNIC cuisines.....We will explore both high end gourmet as well as highly recommended local dives in search of a great place to eat and meet others who share our love of SUSHI & ETHNIC food. Together, we will share and explore the cuisines of many countries and cultures... From Japanese to Peruvian to Greek to Italian to Afghanistan to Russian and all the other wonderful countries. In addition, we wil …

Our Mission To promote business and social networking among Canadians living in Orange County. Our Vision To be the Canadian networking focal point in Orange County connecting fellow Canadians together to promote a sense of community and to support personal and business networking through the celebration of a shared Canadian heritage. Our Values • Helping others • Sharing • We recognize that we have a tremendous pool of talent and business acumen within our local Canadian community. • Our c …

Sometimes being a geek girl is a lonely experience. It's hard connect with other women when they're staring at you funny because you're trying to explain your theory that the nature of a child's mutation stems partially from genetics as seen in Polaris and Magneto, but mostly from some sort of trauma before puberty - the time in which most mutants first exhibit abilities. Ex: Nightcrawler wanted to disappear because of his demonic appearance, and he did. You flashed 'em a little bit of your geek …

WELCOME TO UNITED LATINO PROFESSIONALS! Friends. Culture. Community. ANYONE WHO LOVES LATIN CULTURE CAN JOIN! EXPLORE THE CULTURE! MAKE NEW FRIENDS! GIVE BACK! “Si los ciudadanos practicasen entre sí la amistad, no tendrían necesidad de la justicia.” - Aristoteles ULP Vision: United Latino Professionals(ULP) will be the leading social networking group in the nation, with chapters in all major urban areas. Our activities will continue to unite people and celebrate Latino culture. ULP Mission: …

Do you love travel? Do you love food? Then this is the group for you. We're traveling around the world not with our passports, but with our palates! The goal is to enjoy the local cuisine of every country on the world map. Each meet-up we will venture off to a new restaurant that feature's a different traditional cuisine. Occasional outings to cultural festivals & events.

This Meetup group was formed in an effort to reach out to anyone who is interested in learning the cultural traditions of the Mesoamerican peoples though one of its manifestations, Dance. Mesoamerica is a non political territory which extends and pushes the boundaries of the American South West to the North and the coasts of Honduras and Costa Rica to the South. Everyone is welcome to join our community which is formed by people of all ages, sexual orientations, creed and ethnic backgrounds. Eve …

Want to meet other women who love to travel, share travel stories and intercultural experiences, try ethnic dining, find travel companions or join other women on a trip. Then this is the group for you. It is open to women of all cultures, countries, ethnicities, religions, creed, sexual orientation, etc.

Hola, Bonjour, Ni Hao! Welcome to Lango Playgroup! We are a group of Inland Empire parents interested in exposing our children to new languages and cultures. Please join us for one of the many events on our playgroup calendar! We keep (or at least try to keep!) an updated calendar of all the language, ethnic and cultural events for kids and families in the Inland Empire. If you know of an event that is not on our calendar, please email me and I would be happy to post it. Lango also hosts story …

This is a group for anyone who enjoys home cooking, love Thai food and wants to have new cooking experience with real authentic recipes from Thailand. I am Chef Saranya, having exhibition cooking at Farmers' Markets around San Diego County (Oceanside, Little Italy and Hillcrest). I love cooking and would love to share my heritage with others about Thai food and other cultures if you may have any questions or interests. Come join us and have fun with your own cooking challenge...looking forward t …

Culinary Historians of San Diego (CHSD) brings together people who are interested in the role of food and drink in society. We are interested in how taste, techniques, culture, and ingredients bond to form ethnic flavors and styles of cooking. We are food enthusiasts with a love of good ingredients and a respect for the individuals who grow, catch, and farm our food. We respect and learn from talented people who combine these good ingredients into perfect meals. Our mission is to learn more abou …

Hola, Bonjour, Ni Hao! Welcome to Language Playgroup! We are a group of Orange County parents interested in exposing our children to new languages and cultures. Please join us for one of the many events on our playgroup calendar! We keep (or at least try to keep!) an updated calendar of all the language, ethnic and cultural events for kids and families in Orange County. If you know of an event that is not on our calendar, please email me and I would be happy to post it. Lango also hosts storytim …

We hope to become an ethnically diverse gathering of souls who desire to break down each of our individual cultures tendencies to self segregate. This group is not about religion, sexuality or business networking so if that's what you are looking for we wish you well and encourage you to find another group.  In addition to peoples of all ethnicities we encourage peoples of all physicalities to participate as well. For this reason we will be sure to have all gatherings in handicapped accecable ve …

This is a group for Palestinian parents, parents who have multiracial/ethnic kids, expecting parents or any parents who want to expose their kids to different cultures. If you're interested in teaching your kids Arabic, telling them about Palestine, cooking yummy maftoul, msakhan, or maqloubeh, making ma'moul for the holidays, dancing dabke or discussing and organizing around Palestinian affairs, this is the group for you! While the focus is on parents in Orange County, the group welcomes those …

Founded 2008  *  Welcoming all races  *  300+ Members,mostly Orange & LA-County Asians in their 20s & 30s For SoCal surrounding OC, we're a social group for friendly local adults (esp. young adults) both Asian & Asian-involved/curious: Per our name, we're about making & being friends —the most core of all human relationships (even the core of best romance). We're for adults of all ages especially adults looking and/or thinking 20s & 30s (young adult & college student events/discussions/activiti …

Meetup locally with other people who like to cook or want to learn to cook! Trade recipes, tips, ideas, cookbooks, and discuss all the magic that occurs in the kitchen! Our gatherings are FANTASTIC parties in which we feast on delicious potluck meals, toast each other with a glass of fine wine, share stimulating conversations, rock out to the music, dance, laugh, and have fun, fun, fun! At our potluck events, EACH attendee is expected to bring a dish to share. If you invite guests, make sure the …

This is a group designed for couples who have recently moved to Orange County (within the past 5-7 years) and/or for those who would like to get to know more people in the area - couples who like meeting other couples with common interests - sharing fun times, exploring new places and making lasting friendships! What are we about This is a group of interesting, open-minded and friendly couples in their 30s/40s/50s, who are genuinely interested in getting to know other people after moving to one …

The Inland Empire Women's Empowerment Group is a diverse network of women who aim to empower ourselves and enrich our lives as women. We plan on hosting social activities so that diverse women from all walks of life can network with one another, but we also aim to provide informational get-togethers that give us the tools to empower our lives. Some of the things that we have planned for the group are: -Movie nights -Cooking club -Book and movie club -Walking and fitness get togethers -Family get …