Mixed Remixed Festival

Growing Up Mixed & Expanding Your Dream

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_DSC1204One of the things we hear most from people who finally come to the Mixed Remixed Festival is: “I never knew a place like this existed.”  There’s a kind of awe, and relief, and belonging they feel that they have never felt before — many times not even in their own families.  Festival favorite and volunteer Shelly Krause (far right in photo) explains it even better than I can in this short 1.5 minute video.  Thank you Shelly!-Heidi Durrow, Festival Founder

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Writer Marie Mockett

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Featured Writers Reading

June 13, 2015 3pm-5pm 

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Marie Mockett was born and raised in California to a Japanese mother and American  father, and graduated from Columbia University with a degree in East Asian  Languages and Civilizations. Her first novel, Picking Bones from Ash, was  shortlisted for the Saroyan International Prize for Writing, and a finalist for  the Paterson Prize. She has written for The New York Times, Salon, National  Geographic, Glamour, and other publications and has been a guest on Talk of  the Nation and All Things Considered on NPR.

Mixed Remixed FestivalIn 2013, Marie was awarded a  Fellowship by the NEA and Japan US Friendship Commission, which enabled  her to live in Japan. While there, she was featured in the NHK (Japanese  National Broadcasting) Documentary, Venerating the Departed, which was  broadcast internationally several times. Her memoir, “Where the Dead Pause,  and the Japanese Say Goodbye,” was published in January 19, 2015 and examines how the Japanese overcome extreme grief and disaster, against the backdrop of the 2011 tsunami and Marie’s own family temple in Japan, located 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Reactor.

“Where the Dead Pause” as been widely praised by NPR, the San Francisco Chronicle and the New York Times, and has been chosen as an Indie Next Pick, a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick and a New York Times Editor’s Choice. Of her book, the New York Times wrote: “An intriguing… travelogue through a landscape of Japanese spiritual belief, with forays into history, folklore, and memoir. [Mockett] has the ability, fully available only to those on the margins, “to see through more than one set of eyes, if one learns to pay attention to one’s environment.” It is this gift of double-sightedness, of bringing to bear both the “dry” rationality of the West and the “sticky” sensibilities professed by the Japanese, that makes this the most interesting book so far to have come out of the disaster.” (Richard Lloyd Parry – New York Times Book Review)where-the-dead-pause-mockett

The awesome @MarieMockett reads at Mixed Remixed 6/13 FREE! #hapa #multiracial

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Marie online:

Twitter     @MarieMockett

Website    http://www.mariemockett.com/ 

By Keri Wilborn

THANK YOU! You made it happen for the Mixed Remixed Festival!

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romantic-background-for-thank-you_zkNNG7YOThank you so much for your support of the Mixed Remixed Festival!  Because of you, we were able to raise $12,067 for the Festival this year!  That’s way beyond our goal of $10,000 and even more than last year’s final funding number!  WOW!

It was truly a community effort: 140 donors in 6 countries donated over the course of 40 days!  THANK YOU!

Thank you to our supporters for letting us know #multiracial stories are important to you! You are the best!

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So now, we can’t wait to see you on June 13 to see what your donations have helped support!  Don’t forget to register.  We want to know that you’re coming so we can give you an extra special hello!-Heidi Durrow, Festival Founder

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Singer-Songwriter Donn T

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Sound Off!: Parents of Multiracial Kids Talk about Books, the Media & the Race Talk

June 13, 2015 3pm-3:50pm

Storyteller’s Prize Presentation

June 13, 2015 6:30pm

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Donn T (Sister of Questlove), is an eclectic singer-songwriter, producer    and the owner of the indie label D-tone Victorious. As highlighted on TLC’s  Say Yes To The Dress, she is newly wed to guitarist/producer Jake Morelli.  Donn T will humorously and informatively discuss the adventures of her  blended musical rockstar family and the unique dynamic and special love  relationship she has with her tween bonus daughter Soren Echo.

 

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Mixed Remixed FestivalDonn T online:

Twitter       @Donn_T

website       donn-t.com

Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Donn-T/105596011218

Instagram   https://instagram.com/dtonevic/

Catch the amazing @Donn_T perform at Mixed Remixed Festival! #multiracial #mixed

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Scholar and Writer Marcia Dawkins

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Panel: Mix Mesh Blend: How Diversity, Tech & Creative Storytelling Are Changing Everything

June 13, 2015 1pm-2:20pm 

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Mix Mesh Blend: How Diversity, Tech, & Creative Storytelling Are Changing Everything offers a innovative perspective on how today’s blending technologies are updating tomorrow’s mixed identities. Offering four ways that changing demographics and emerging technologies are contributing to our future selves, MESH — Mix, Education, Share, Help – develops a deeper understanding of a story through supplementary context and sensory experiences, allows consumers to become part of the narrative and possibly influence its outcome, have a seamless connection among all platforms being used and goes beyond just replicating content on different devices. Our MESHed perspective will tell you exactly how to share strategies for blurring barriers between story, content, and lived reality with a layered yet cohesive execution.

Dr. Marcia Alesan Dawkins is a tech-loving, diversity-oriented intellectual entrepreneur from New York City and communication professor at USC Annenberg in Los Angeles. Dawkins — known to “tweeps” as @drdawkins09 — has been sought out by Google, NPR, AOL Originals, WABC-TV, TIME Magazine, The New York Times, HuffPo Live. Her first book, “Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity,” was released in August 2012 to rave reviews. Most notable among these is Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President, who remarked, “Clearly Invisible is a thought-provoking analysis… that challenges the way we view race and culture in our society.” Thanks to Ms. Jarrett’s endorsement “Clearly Invisible” was nominated for the 2015 Grawemeyer Award For Ideas that Improve World Order. Dawkins’s second book, “Eminem: The Real Slim Shady,” was a finalist for the 2013 USA Best Book Award and was submitted for consideration for an NAACP Image Award. Her most recent ebook, co-edited anthology “Mixed Race 3.0: Risk and Reward in the Digital Age” is about how diversity, technology and creative storytelling are changing who we are and how we communicate. When she is not writing or teaching, Dr. Dawkins travels throughout the US and abroad, speaking and advising on the subjects of our diverse, digital future and the art of storytelling. She has spoken at over 20 Universities as well as organizations including UNESCO, The Leadership Alliance, The Mayo Clinic, The Nashville Public Library Foundation and The Public Relations Society of America, among others.

 

Marcia online:

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Yes! The ever-awesome @drdawkins09 is speaking at Mixed Remixed 6/13 #multiracial

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Website     www.marciadawkins.com/aboutme

By Keri Wilborn

Presenter Spotlight 2015: Writer David Greer

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Panel: Writing the Mixed Experience Professionally

June 13, 2015 11am-12:20pm

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Mixe Remixed FestivalDavid Greer is a playwright, actor, and Tony-nominated producer. His work has entertained and enlightened audiences and raised funds for not-for-profit projects.

David online:

Website    http://www.emersontheatercollaborative.org/

Facebook   https://www.facebook.com/pages/HOUR-FARTHER-A-NEW-AMERICAN-THEATRICAL-PLAY/1609700449264888

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Scholar Marcus Shepard

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Panel: Mix Mesh Blend: How Diversity, Tech & Creative Storytelling Are Changing Everything

June 13, 2015 1pm-2:20pm 

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Marcus C. Shepard is a doctoral candidate at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. His work explores Black musical performance and its intersections and transformative capabilities of race, class, gender and sexuality. Specifically, he focuses on the musical genre neo-soul and its sonic, visual and political implications in the United States within communities of color. Shepard has also worked at the world famous Apollo Theater in Harlem as an archivist and maintains his ties to this artistic community.

 

 

Marcus online:

Twitter     @marcusshepard

Website    marcusshepard.com/

Catch @marcusshepard at the Mixed Remixed Festival 6/13! FREE! #multiracial

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Writer Clare Ramsaran

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Workshop:  Putting the ‘M’ in LGBT ! – Writing Mixed *and* Queer

June 13, 2015, 11am-12:20pm

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Clare was born and raised in England, but checks “other” on forms when asked to define her heritage – or creates her own category of “Indo-Guyanese/Irish”.

Resident in the Bay Area since 2004, she is currently an MFA candidate at the University of San Francisco. She is working on a novel about two Caribbean brothers who join other young immigrants to London in the 1950s in their pursuit of love (of the inter-racial and queer varieties) – and justice. It is inspired by the stories of her parents and other immigrants to England.

 

Mixed Remixed FestivalHer writing has been published in anthologies, journals and blogs in England, and the US, including St Sebastian Review, Everything Indicates and By the Bay. She is a regular blogger at Mixed Remixed and an alumna of the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA) writing workshop.

When not writing or performing, she is a trainer and instructional designer, usually working for nonprofits in the social justice area.

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Presenter Spotlight: Clare Ramsaran @clareram #biracial #multiracial

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“Putting the “M” in LGBTQ – Mixed and Queer” is a subject close to her heart, as a mixed, queer writer. Preparing the workshop was an eye-opening experience – the names of writers who were queer and mixed don’t easily spring to mind, which made her even more convinced that running the workshop was a good idea!

 

 

Clare online:

Twitter       @clareram

website        clareramsaran.blogspot.com

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Writer Rebekah Sager

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Panel: Writing the Mixed Experience Professionally

June 13, 2015 11am-12:20pm

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Rebekah Sager is a Los Angeles-based culture and lifestyle writer. She currently works as a New Media and Digital Producer on the Dr. Phil show. She’s had bylines in the Los Angeles Times, FOX News Latino, Cosmo For Latinas, United Hemispheres Magazine, Girls Guide To Paris, and WordsEtc… – The first Black-owned literary magazine of South Africa. She was a local editor for the Zagat Guide and has contributed to content for Google Maps. San Diego Magazine dubbed her the Best Fashion Blogger of 2010.

Mixe Remixed FestivalShe’s the founder of the sites ShopLocalLA and ShopLocalSD — which highlight the very best of local stores, designers, and destinations. She received her BFA in Acting from Carnegie Melon University, has worked professionally on both coasts as a model and actress, and taught playwriting at La Jolla Playhouse Education Outreach. She regularly spits the flow with her son, a budding Cinematography student at the Academy of Art in San Francisco.

Catch writer @Rebekah_Sager at Mixed Remixed Talking Abt #multiracial writing.

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Rebekah on-line:

Twitter: @Rebekah_Sager

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebekah.sager.7

Instagram: @rasager

Pinterest: rebekah0225

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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Comedian Alex Barnett

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Panel: What’s So Funny About Being Mixed?, Tateuchi Democracy Forum, June 13, 2015, 1:00pm-2:20pm

Storyteller’s Prize Presentation & Live Event, June 13, 2015, 6:30pm-8:00pm

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Alex Barnett’s comedy is about family, specifically his family. As the White, Jewish husband of a Black woman (who converted to Judaism) and the father of a 3 year-old, Biracial son, he focuses his attention on the challenges of being a parent in a bad economy and the issues that confront interracial families (including the dynamics between members of the same family who are of different races). Alex has been seen on the Katie Couric Show and the PIX 11 Morning Show, been featured on Sirius/XM Radio’s “Raw Dog Comedy,” NBC’s EVB Live, RT TV America and NYC-TV and in The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and CNN.com.

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Twitter: @barnettcomic

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/AlexBarnettComic

Website: http://www.alexbarnettcomic.com/

Catch @barnettcomic at Mixed Remixed Festival 6/13! A great show. #multiracial

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