Mixed Roots Holiday Gift Guide

…are with everyone you know!! The Mixed Roots Stories team saw the movie in the theaters. You can find our reviews here.   Gift Ideas: Belle is available on DVD to share with friends, family, and more! www.belle-themovie.com https://www.facebook.com/bellethemovie Eighth Generation “Louie [Gong] is the founder of Eighth Generation, through which he merges traditional Coast Salish art with icons from popular culture and influences from his…


CMRS Mixed-Race Irish Film Keynote Links

…y run by the Irish clergy whose work was commissioned by the state broadcaster RTE, produced The Black Irish, a documentary on mixed-race people in Kinsale, Montserrat. Recut trailer for Irish language TV channel TG4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QHYFXDGf4Y Full documentary: http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1378-radharc/355633-the-black-irish/ In The Commitments (Parker, 1991), the black and mixed-race Irish are an absent presence as…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity – Part 3 of 4

…elp bolster underrepresented minorities, has seen a slew of budget cuts since its inception. Outreach to schools zones like District 7, poor and with few resources, is minimal, while normal support networks like families and communities come to the growing understanding that schools like Stuyvesant were never meant for them. Whenever I brought up this astounding lack of representation for African Americans, Indigenous or Hispanic groups, I often…


View Artist Laura Kina’s Work in New Delhi, India (11/8/13)

…(Born in Rohtak, living in New Delhi); Laura Kina (born in Riverside, CA, to an Okinawan father and Basque/Anglo mother, and living in Chicago); Saira Wasim (born in Lahore, living in California); and Cambodian-American Anida Yoeu Ali (born in Battambang, Cambodia, raised in Chicago, currently living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia). For more information, contact curator Ombretta Agro’ in Miami ombretta@ombrettaagro.com Or in New Delhi, contact…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity -Part 1 of 4

…lves”. It is my belief each could write a narrative similar to my own, and those with multiple aspects could note the role of intersectionality in these debates.   [1] Stuart Hall, “Race as a Floating Signifier”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRk9MZvOd2c [2] As an informal guide, the Wiki page on Deconstruction is helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction#From_diff.C3.A9rance_to_deconstruction [3] For this particular commercial:…


United Solo Festival Submissions Open DEADLINE 3/3/14

…Renowned solo performers as well as new talents bring their works in many categories (e.g. storytelling, puppetry, dance, multimedia, documentary, musical, improv, stand-up, poetry, magic, performance art, drama: tragedy or comedy). The artists benefit from being presented by United Solo, a company made up of artists and producers with vast experience in solo performance. Theatre companies are given the opportunity to reach out to the industry,…


The Politics of Multi-Racial Identity-Part 4 of 4

…control. [1] This is typically attributed to a question about the French Revolution, but increasingly it appears as though he were under the impression that the question was about the revolts of 1968: http://www.historytoday.com/blog/news-blog/dean-nicholas/zhou-enlais-famous-saying-debunked?ip_login_no_cache=cd84e3312dd0f3dcf3c621eedcb4d701 . [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEO3H5BOlFk [3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsZ6G7jmcMQ [4]…


Cool New Storytelling App Available on iTunes!

…We hope you’ll download this app and get to work adding Mixed Roots Stories to your mobile devices – then click on our Promote Your Story link and let us share it with others! Click here: Storehouse Visual Storytelling App on the iTunes Store…


Historical Little Tokyo Bike Ride

…agettes and Workers on Bikes.” Crazyguyonabike, 26 Jan. 2007, 04:47, crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?page_id=46873 Erdman, Shelby Lin. “How the Bicycle Changed the World for Women.” CNN, Cable News Network, 7 June 2011, http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/06/06/women.bicycle/index.html O’Connor, Brion. “Honoring Major Taylor, America’s First Black World Champion.” SI.com, Sports Illustrated, 25 Feb. 2015,…