We’re so excited to screen Sleeping with the Fishes and award-winning director Nicole Gomez Fisher to the Mixed Remixed Festival on 6/14. Be sure to save your seat today! FREE!
Cards in Color Signs on as Sponsor of Mixed Remixed Festival
We’re so excited that Cards in Color is among our sponsors for the Mixed Remixed Festival this year. We are able to give away to you as a perk of our Indiegogo campaign sets of these cards at two different giving levels: $6 and $11. You’ll love these cards because they actually reflect the multiracial family in beautiful designs. Please donate now. But hurry — these are only available until April 10.
Welcome Marah Lidey to the Mixed Remixed Festival Team
We’re so glad to have the talented Marah Lidey working on the Mixed Remixed Festival this year as our Digital Engagement Director. She’s got an impressive resume and we’re so lucky that she’s volunteering her talents and her time to this all-volunteer project. Thank you Marah!–Heidi Durrow
Marah Lidey is the Digital Engagement Manager for DoSomething.org, overseeing the organization’s communication products and mobile apps. Marah owns and develops organizational partnerships with mobile marketing experts and tech thought leaders. Marah previously worked at American Express and MTV Networks where she managed social media marketing. She holds a BA in Journalism and a New Media Certificate from the University of Georgia.
What’s Your Mixie Food Name?
We love that Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti describes himself as a kosher burrito because of his Mexican and Jewish heritage. He’s most definitely Mixed Remixed. What would your Mixie Food Name be? Tell us here! #mixiefoodname
Hooray! United Colors of Amani Starnes in 2nd Season
If you don’t know Amani Starnes, you should. She’s a talented actress who now has her own web series: The United Colors Amani Starnes. She’s funny and smart and you’re going to love her work! We’ll be featuring her work at the Mixed Remixed Festival! –Heidi Durrow
Keep Calm and . . .
Have you donated to our Indiegogo crowdfunder yet?
Here’s a short video by one of the Mixed Remixed Festival literary coordinators, Jamie Moore, explaining why she hopes you’ll donate today!–Heidi Durrow
Great New Exhibit at Japanese American National Museum
Have you seen the OOMO Cube, a new installation in front of the Japanese American National Museum? If you haven’t you must! OOMO stands for ‘Out Of Many One’. OOMO is a new project going up across Los Angeles. The goal of OOMO is to remind everyone that they all belong to one world, one LA, and one humanity. Sounds like a Mixed Remixed principle! – Heidi Durrow
I Made Them All “Just White People”: Mixed Remixed Festival
Have you donated to the Mixed Remixed Festival? We need your help! This all-volunteer project provided for FREE TO YOU is not free to produce. Please give what you can. Here’s why: a message from our festival founder!
Mixed Remixed Festival to Honor Cheerios with Storyteller’s Prize
We are thrilled to present Cheerios with a Storyteller’s Prize for its commercials celebrating the Mixed experience on June 14, 2014 at 6:30pm at the Japanese American National Museum. Cheerios celebrated the Mixed experience in a heart-felt commercial in 2013 that featured a young biracial girl who asks her mother (who is white) about the heart-health of Cheerios. When the ad sparked racist comments on You Tube, General Mills disabled the commenting function and staunchly stood by its casting for the ad. In January, General Mills brought back the multiracial family in an ad that played during the Superbowl. As Camille Gibson, vice president of marketing for Cheerios told CBS MoneyWatch: “We fell in love with this family.” We are pleased that Camille Gibson and Douglas Martin will attend to receive the award on behalf of Cheerios.