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Dear Mixed Student Union,

Can you co-sponsor and contribute a $200 honorarium for my screening & discussion of “Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians”?

The American Indian Graduate Program (Carmen Foghorn) will co-sponsor, and I expect the Graduate Assembly, and the Mixed Student Union too.

Tentative dates: Feb 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 (t, w, th)
expected attendance: 150
room: one of the large auditorium rooms in Dwinelle
Description, bio, and link to preview below.

thank you for your support,

Darby Li Po Price
2644 Dwight Way #8, Berkeley, CA 94704
549-3458

“Crossing the Line: Multiracial Comedians” documentary screening & lecture/discussion w/producer Darby Li Po Price.  

This documentary and lecture examines how mixed race comedians mediate race and humor. Crossing lines of social acceptability by their very definition in a racially divided world, multiracial comedians challenge norms, and reveal that meanings of race vary according to intersections of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and context.  The film features perspectives and performances of 24 comedians–from Rain Pryor (Euro, African) daughter of Richard Pryor, Lydia Nicole  (Puerto Rican, African),  Kate Rigg (Indonesian, Australian, Canadian),  James Connolly (Mexican, Irish), Mark Yaffee (Navajo, Mexican, Scots), among others–psychotherapists  specializing in multiraciality, comedy club owners, professors, and NBC’s director of diversity. The timeliness of multiracial comedians’ roles as crossracial mediators is underscored as they provide insight into racial controversies and debates in an increasingly diverse society. Exploring these questions exposes the very nature of racial pain, laughter, and healing.

Link with preview (click MPG):
http://www.entertainingdiversity.com/CrossingTheLine/

Producers:

DARBY LI PO PRICE completed  a Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies at the University of California Berkeley with a dissertation on multiracial comedians titled “Mixed Laughter:  Mediating Multiracial Identities in American Ethnic Comedy,” which he is revising into a book. He has published essays about multiracial comedians in The American Indian Culture and Research Journal, Amerasia Journal, Critical Mass: A Journal of Asian American Cultural Criticism, Interrace, and several anthologies.  He is an Adjuct Assistant Professor at Samuel Merritt College in Oakland.  Price is of Chinese, Celtic, Anglo, and Cherokee descent.

 TEJA ARBOLEDA is an Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Director of Entertaining Diversity, Inc., author of In the Shadow of Race: Growing Up as a Multiethnic, Multicultural, and “Multiracial American, and an Assistant Professor at The New England Institute of Art in Boston. Arboleda is of Filipino-Chinese, African American, Native American, and German-Danish descent.

Hey Fatemeh!thanks for your interest in MSU! We actually have MSU senior weekend coming in the next week, if you’d like more information please contact us or email me @ teresadeberry@berkeley.edu soon! Otherwise, if your on fb be sure to join our group where we will keep updated on coming events( its been awhile since we’ve updated this website.)unfortunately we do not offer summer internships however we have general meetings once and month and will be hosting a few events soon. feel free to email me if you have any questions :~)
~teresa ( MSU publicity chair)

Hello Mixed Student Union,

My name is Amanda Rivera, and I am a doctoral student studying clinical-community psychology at the University of La Verne. I am currently working on my dissertation, under the supervision of Christopher Liang, Ph.D. and the focus of my study is to develop an instrument to better understand the experiences of multiracial, biracial, and mixed heritage individuals.

As a developing psychologist, I hope that the instrument development will assist in better understanding multiracial individuals, as well as assisting practitioners in the field increase their cultural competence when providing mental health services with multiracial, biracial, and mixed heritage individuals.

Any one over the age of 18 can participate by responding to a web-based survey. Participants will be entered in a raffle to win ONE OF FOUR $50 gift certificates to Target or Barnes and Noble. The study should take approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete and your responses will be kept confidential.

I am contacting the Mixed Student Union, because it is an excellent resource that provides an opportunity and community for multiracial individuals to share their experiences and access valuable information at UCLA. I am recruiting participants for my study and am looking for organizations to assist me in this process. Would it be possible to advertise my dissertation project and need for multiracial participants in a forwarded announcement to members or via website/listserv? Below, I have included a brief announcement of my study. I would appreciate it if you could forward the announcement.

If you have any other suggestions or questions regarding opportunities to advertise and gather participants, that would also be great. Thank you very much for your time and consideration. Please feel free to contact me via email at amanda.rivera@laverne.edu.

Best Regards,
Amanda Rivera

Seeking Biracial, Multiracial, and Mixed Heritage Participants for a Racial Experiences Study

My name is Amanda Rivera and I am a doctoral student of clinical-community psychology at the University of La Verne. I am currently working on my dissertation, under the supervision of Christopher Liang, Ph.D.

Please consider participating in my study, which is focused on the unique experiences of biracial and multiracial individuals. Participants will be entered in a raffle to win ONE OF FOUR $50 gift certificates to Target or Barnes and Noble. To participate in the study, individuals must be 18 years or older. The study should take approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete and your responses will be kept confidential.

If you would like to participate in this study or would like more information please visit the following website link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=wtNOAs5gIR8MuXciq8_2bH6Q_3d_3d

Thank you so much! Your participation will help in developing a greater understanding of experiences among the biracial and multiracial population.

In the event that you have any questions or concerns about this study, you may contact me at amanda.rivera@laverne.edu