Tag: Fanshen Cox

  • Solo Show at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center Examines Notions of Racial Identity Public Affairs & Communications University of California, Santa Barbara News Release 2013-05-01 Contact: Andrea Estrada: 805-893-4620; George Foulsham: 805-893-3071 Multimedia performance is produced by Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Chay Carter (Santa Barbara, Calif.)—When actress and playwright Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni married the love of…

  • Performing ‘Race’ and Challenging Racism One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for her Father’s Racial Approval Blog Updates 2013-04-08 Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator It is an exciting time to be an actor, when the notion of ‘performance’ is taking on new meanings and has the potential to change the way we…

  • One Drop of Love: A Multimedia Solo Performance on Racial Identity by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni at University of Maryland University of Maryland, College Park The Stamp (Adele H. Stamp Student Union) [Directions] Atrium Room Friday, 2013-03-29, 17:00-19:30 EDT (Local Time) Sponsored by the Multiracial Biracial Student Association (MBSA), Office of Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy…

  • Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival® is Moving On and Making Room 2013-03-18 Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival® lives on, but only in our own hearts, voices and its original mission. The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival® celebrated its final event in June 2012. I hope…

  • One Drop of Love: Debut Performance Arena Theater California State University, Los Angeles 5151 State University Drive [Directions] [Map] Los Angeles, California 90032 Saturday, 2013-03-09, 20:00 PST (Local Time) Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Jillian Pagan, Director One Drop of Love is a solo show by Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni that journeys from Jamaica…

  • Well, I would say I consider myself more black than white, but more biracial than anything else… …My identity is biracial. But I say that I’m more black than white because for a lot of biracial people I think this sort of an attempt to balance both parts of their heritage with equal weight.  In…

  • Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference 2012 and Mixed Roots Midwest 2012-11-13 Camilla Fojas, (CMRS 2012 organizer) Associate Professor and Chair Latin American and Latino Studies DePaul University Laura Kina, (Mixed Roots Midwest 2012 co-organizer) Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Photo of Mixed Roots Midwest: Filmmakers Panel by…

  • Fanshen’s Farewell to Mixed Chicks Chat Fanshen Cox 2012-11-05 In June 2012 we recorded the final episode of Mixed Chicks Chat. Creating and carrying out the podcast each week for the past five years provided me with a consistent, safe, nurturing space in which to share and learn more about the Mixed experience.  I have…

  • My Day at the 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival Gino Michael Pellegrini: Education, Amalgamation, Race, Class & Solidarity 2012-10-14 Gino Pellegrini, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Saturday morning, June 16, 2012: I take the Metro from North Hollywood to the Tokyo Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles.…

  • …but I’m honestly moving away from biracial & even mixed—I am so disillusioned by the whole notion of ‘race’ at all. Fanshen Cox, “One Drop of Love: A Daughter’s Search for her Father’s Racial Approval,” #swirlchat, July 27, 2012. http://storify.com/swirlinc/one-drop-of-love-a-daughter-s-search-for-her-fathe