Tag: MAVIN

  • Barack Obama’s Warning to People of Mixed Heritage Eighth Generation 2014-01-22 Louie Gong Back in April 2005, a group of mixed people sponsored by the nonprofit MAVIN had the golden opportunity to sit down with the then-Senator Obama. The conversation, filmed as part of the feature length documentary “Chasing Daybreak,” may be the only interview…

  • A Mixed Bag: Examining the College Experience of Multi-Racial Students INSIGHT Into Diversity April/May 2012 (2012-03-29) Andrea Williams, Contributing Writer To most American youth, college is the requisite rite of passage into adulthood, an experience marked as much by self-exploration and discovery as biology lectures and late night cram sessions.   From managing the excitement…

  • Non-profit Tuesday: Why Give? What you might not expect in return Laura Kina 2012-11-27 Laura Kina, Associate Professor Art, Media and Design and Director Asian American Studies DePaul University Giving is hard. I’m not talking about birthday or Christmas gifts here. There is a social contract that you must give back to those who you…