We have received the following request for participants to be interviewed. If you are interested, please contact the person listed below:

WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE!! Do your biological parents represent 2 or more different racial groups? If your answer is yes, and you are over 18 years old and live in a large metropolitan area within the continental United States, we want to hear from you. Drs. Nazish Salahuddin and Karen O’Brien, researchers from the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, are conducting a survey to learn about the challenges you experience and the strengths you develop as an individual whose parents represent 2 or more different racial groups. Participation in this survey will contribute valuable knowledge to the field of Multiracialpsychology.

If your biological parents represent two or more different racial groups, you are over 18 years old, and you live in a large metropolitan area within the United States, please consider participating. If you do not fit this description, please forward this invitation to your friends, family, or colleagues.

Go to:   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZhKeAXjDyC7bI2J21ukO1Q_3d_3d to take the survey and participate in this important research. Participants will also be entered into a lottery for a chance to WIN one of two $50 cash prizes!!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact

Dr. Nazish Salahuddin at nazish.salahuddin@gmail.com

We have received the following request for participants to be interviewed. If you are interested, please contact the person listed below:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am a Harvard graduate and current UCLA PhD Student doing a comparative study of black-white couples in Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  I am comparing their experiences involving social networks, relationship histories, and the meaning that couples give to their relationship.  This project entails my interviewing couples at their convenience on both settings.  It will culminate in a PhD dissertation, a number of articles, and future books on the topic.

It has been very difficult to find these couples in the Greater Los Angeles area.  Are there members of your organization that are involved in a black-white relationship?  Would it be possible to put me in touch with them?

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at this email address (osuji@ucla.edu).

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Sincerely,
Chinyere Osuji

The famous blog Angry Asian Man featured a post about an upcoming MASC event:

http://www.angryasianman.com/2009/06/janm-event-multicultural-families-and.html

Details of the event are below:

MASC and the Asian Jewish Initiative invite you to

An Evening Exploring Shifting Attitudes on Multicultural Families and Intermarriage
Thursday, June 11, 2009
6:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres Reception
7:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Evening Program
Special guest performance: Kip Fulbeck
Panel discussion: Grace Yoo, Davi Cheng, Arlene Chernow, and David Ono

Location: National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
(across the courtyard from the Japanese American National Museum)
111 N. Central Avenue Los Angeles, California 90012

Cost is $15 general admission; $50 sponsorship (includes one signed copy of Part Asian, 100% Hapa)
Preregistration and ID required ~ RSVP by June 8 by contacting Elana Wien at (310)446-4228 or ewien@adl.org

On 4/16/09 MASC’s (Multiracial Americans of Southern California) former president and co-founder, Nancy G. Brown co-led the Project Remix discussion on Census 2010 with AMEA’s (Association of MultiEthnic Americans) president Jummy Bullock to a  diverse group of USC students. It was a meaningful gathering during which the history of the historic change in the census guidelines in 1997, allowing those of multiethnic descent to check one or more racial designations on the census forms, was explained, along with the history of the multiracial movement. The students also got to hear from the current AMEA president as she was preparing to leave for Washington, DC to attend the Census Advisory Committee meetings, which were established to continue the dialogues on census issues related to race and ethnicity. AMEA, and their affiliates, which include MASC, were able to secure a seat on this committee, for the first time in history, as a result of their lobbying the department of OMB regarding the issue of multiracial identity between 1987 and 1997.

Hello,

My name is Amanda Rivera and I am a fourth year doctoral student of clinical-community psychology at the University of La Verne. I am currently working on my doctoral dissertation, under the direct supervision of Christopher Liang, Ph.D. I am emailing you to ask for your assistance in my efforts to recruit individuals to participate in a web-based survey. To participate in the study, individuals must be 18 years or older.

The purpose of the study is to develop and conduct the initial validation of an instrument measuring racial experiences. Your participation will be an important contribution to psychological research and society by increasing our understanding of racial experiences. The study should take approximately 25-35 minutes to complete and your responses will be kept confidential. Participation in this study is voluntary and you may withdraw at any time.

This study has been approved by my University’s Institutional Review Board. The results of the study will be reported in an aggregate form, and will provide implications for psychology research and clinical settings. In addition to contributing to a greater understanding of racial experiences, participants will be entered in a raffle to win one of four $50 gift certificates to Target or Barnes and Noble.

Please help me by forwarding this email to friends, family, and colleagues who may be interested in participating. Additionally, please consider participating in the study yourself.

If you would like to participate in this study please visit the following website:

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

Thank you so much!

Sincerely,

Amanda Rivera, M.S.

University of La Verne

amanda.rivera@laverne.edu

In the event that you have any questions or concerns about this study, you may contact me at amanda.rivera@laverne.edu; my dissertation chair Dr. Christopher Liang at cliang@ulv.edu; or Al Clark, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at (909) 593-3511, extension 4240 (Institutional Review Board, 1950 Third Street, La Verne, CA 91750).

HapaSC, the mixed/multiracial/multicultural group at USC is throwing a Hapa Bone Marrow Drive Concert to raise awareness for the growing need for mixed bone marrow donors.

The concert will be on 4/24 at Ground Zero on the USC campus from 7-11pm

The concert will feature:
Marie Digby
Antonio Pontarelli
Five Minutes to Freedom
Cossack

For more information contact:

Lauren Perez
HapaSC: Public Relations
laurenpe@usc.edu

Event:  Melting Pot Moms Seminar and Q&A on Multiracial Children
Date:  9/2/07
Guest Speaker/Seminar presenter:  Jennifer Noble, PhD

Testimonials by parents in attendance:”This was such a great event. It pushed me out of my comfort zone and got me to face some really tough issues. The ideas and feedback of everyone who attended along with the speaker, really inspired me to make a changes in my life and that of my family. I immediately went home and started the discussion with Igal and friends. I would love to attend more events like this.”

“It was a very nice group of people to meet with and very educational. My husband and I both enjoyed it very much. It brought out more understanding between the two of us, as well as some great dialogue and ideas for raising of our son. We look forward to more events.”

Dear MASC,
My name is Teresa and I’m an undergraduate student at the University of
California, Irvine working on my senior honors thesis in sociology. The
topic of my project has to do with the experiences of Asian and
African-American adult adoptees who have been raised by Caucasian
parents. I am doing a comparison of these two groups since Asians make up
the largest international adoptee demographic and African-Americans make
up the largest domestic minority adoptee demographic in the United
States. Although adoptees from these two groups have differing heritages,
I am also interesting in learning how their experiences are parallel each
other since Caucasian parents overwhelmingly represent the pool of
adopting parents. This research is very personal for me being an adoptee
from Macau, China and having been raised by my Caucasian father. I chose
this topic because although transracial adoptions go back several decades
in the U.S., I feel that the personal experiences of adult adoptees such
as myself are still little understood.

This study will consist of 60-90 minute one-time interviews with Asian and
African-American adult adoptees. I would be very appreciative if you could
distribute the enclosed flyer (in MS Word format) via e-mail to your
members who would be eligible to participate. If you have any questions,
please contact me at tlankfor@uci.edu or at (714) 222-6081.

Sincerely,

Teresa Lankford

Contents of Flyer:

Participants needed for transracial/transnational adoption study

Who is eligible:

• Asian, Asian-American, and African-American adoptees who have been raised by Caucasian parents and currently reside in California
• Must be 18 years old and older

What’s involved:

• A 60-90 minute interview
• Upon completion of interview, participant will be given a $15 gift card to their choice of one of many popular retailers

Benefits of joining:

• There are no physical or foreseeable mental health benefits from participating in this study, but participants will be helping researchers to further understand the transethnic/transracial adoptee population

To participate in this study or for more information, please only contact Teresa at tlankfor@uci.edu or at (714) 222-6081.

Lead researcher: Teresa Lankford, University of California, Irvine undergraduate researcher, Department of Sociology

MASC is proud to announce that we will have a blog in the near future. Stay tuned for further announcements!