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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Comedian Alex Barnett

May 1, 2015 by admin

Alex Barnett

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

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.

Alex Barnett on-line

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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Presenter Spotlight 2015: Kaia

May 1, 2015 by Keri Wilborn

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

Kayla Briët, also known by her stage name Kaia, is an 18 year old self-taught filmmaker and musician of Native American Prairie Band Potawatomi, Chinese, and Dutch-Indonesian descent. Her short films have taken her to the White House for the First-Ever White House Film Festival, where she was invited to meet President Barack Obama, Bill Nye, and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, as well as to NYC where one of her films was screened at the AMC Theatres Times Square for the 2014 All-American High School Film Festival. Her work has also been awarded at the MY HERO Intl. Film Festival (Santa Monica) and Intl. Student Film Festival Hollywood, and her work in science/educational media has been awarded by organizations such as ProjectEd, ACS, and FASEB.

As a multi-instrumentalist and self-taught composer, Kaia scores her own films and loves making music in styles ranging from cinematic to alternative pop. She is constantly inspired by the beauty of culture and the journey of finding one’s own voice. Her biggest aspiration is to inspire self-worth and self-confidence in others and make a positive impact in the realm of education and the arts.

Kaia on-line:

Twitter: @itskaia

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

Instagram: @kaylabriet

Catch @itskaia at Mixed Remixed Festival 6/13! #multiracial

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By Keri Wilborn

Presenter Spotlight 2015: Writer Erika Hayasaki

April 29, 2015 by Clare Ramsaran

Writing the Mixed Experience Professionally

June 13, 2015 11:00am-12:20pm

Erika Hayasaki is the author of The Death Class: A True Story About Life (Simon & Schuster 2014).

She is an assistant professor of Literary Journalism at the University of California, Irvine, and a regular contributor to The Atlantic and Newsweek. A former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, she has published more than 900 articles in the Times and other publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles magazine, Time, and Glamour.

She is the author of two e-book Kindle Singles: Drowned by Corn (2014) and Dead or Alive (2012). Hayasaki is half-Japanese and half-white (English/German), married to a Jamaican-born Brooklynite. They are raising their 2-year-old Jamaican-Hapa daughter in Los Angeles.

Presenter Spotlight: @erikahayasaki #multiracial #biracial

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by Clare Ramsaran

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Kids’ books with Mixed-Race & Biracial Characters

April 3, 2015 by admin

Here’s your chance to grow your kids’ library of books with mixed-race and biracial characters. Contribute to the Mixed Remixed Festival Indiegogo campaign and you will get a copy of I am Mixed by Garcelle Beauvais and Sebastian Jones, Amy Hodgepodge by Kim Wayans and Kevin Knotts, and Mixed Me by Tiffany Catledge.

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You will love these wonderful books that reflect the complexity and the fun of coming from a blended family. Make sure your kids, or nieces and nephews have these books on their bookshelves and support the Mixed Remixed Festival!

Get a copy of @iambookseries with a contribution to the Mixed Remixed Festival #multiracial

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