Diversity Dinner 2025

Saturday, September 13th

5:00pm to 8:00pm

• What is it? : The Diversity Dinner is a welcome party! A Peralta tradition since the 1970s, where we gather every year to reconnect, welcome new families and share a joyful evening with friends, food, activities, dancing and more.

• When:  Saturday, September 13th, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm

• Where:  Peralta Campus - please enter at the 63rd St entrance

• Who: All Peraltans: kids and grown-ups

• Bring: The whole family & food to share that represents your culture or family tradition. 

• Support:  Sign up to volunteer!  Keep your eyes on Konstella for sign up sheet.

A personal account of this event

“I hadn't expected my cheeks to be aching from smiling so much, my heart full with an evening of sheepishly awkward, but earnest introductions, dancing and fun.  The real surprise happened in the days after when I noticed how many new folks I could share a "hello" smile with at drop-off, and how easily those smiles would turn into conversations. It also resulted in the best family portrait that's ever been taken of our family; posted with the others on the wall of the MPR as a free souvenir of the night.  That's the experience of my first Diversity Dinner, then called the Welcoming Dinner back in 2017.”  —Christine Martin, co-chair of the Diversity Dinner '23

Please join us to celebrate, learn, share and create this fun-loving and scrappy community!

Updated: 9/5/25