{"id":32318,"date":"2013-07-17T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T16:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=32318"},"modified":"2015-06-13T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T16:58:36","slug":"one-drop-of-love-is-fanshens-story-shes-sticking-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=32318","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;One Drop of Love&#8221; is Fanshen&#8217;s Story &#038; She&#8217;s Sticking To It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/mixed-race-radio\/2013\/07\/17\/one-drop-of-love-is-fanshens-story-shes-sticking-to-it\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;One Drop of Love&#8221; is Fanshen&#8217;s Story &amp; She&#8217;s Sticking To It<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/mixed-race-radio\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed Race Radio<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blog Talk Radio<\/a><br \/>\n2013-07-17, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiffanyraecoaching.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tiffany Rae Reid<\/a><\/strong>, Host<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onedropoflove.org\/a-little-more-about-fanshen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni<\/a><\/strong>, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator<\/p>\n<p>Join us on today&#8217;s episode of Mixed Race Radio as we meet\u00a0award-winning actor, producer and educator, Fanshen Cox. Fanshen\u00a0is currently touring the one-woman show she wrote and performs in: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onedropoflove.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">One Drop of Love<\/a><\/em>, which is produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Affleck\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Affleck<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1510348\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chay Carter<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Damon\" target=\"_blank\">Matt Damon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>One Drop<\/em> follows Fanshen&#8217;s journey to reconciliation with her father, taking audiences from the 1700s to the present and through various locations near and far\u2014all in search of how our belief in &#8216;race&#8217; affects our most precious intimate relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Fanshen is also the co-creator of the Mixed Chicks Chat podcast (named a top podcast by <em>Ebony<\/em> magazine and the Black Weblog Awards) and co-founder of the <a href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120429234441\/http:\/\/www.mxroots.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mixed Roots Film &amp; Literary Festival<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>\u2014a five-year festival celebrating its final event in 2012. She won a 2012 SAG award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast (for the film <em>Argo<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Fanshen\u00a0served as a Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in Cape Verde, West Africa as a teacher, and has taught in and designed curricula for over 15 years. She holds a BA in Spanish and Education, an MA in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and just earned her MFA in Acting and Performance in Film, TV and Theater. Fanshen is dedicated to constantly questioning the notion of &#8216;race&#8217; and fighting racism through storytelling.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.cinchcast.com\/?platformId=1&amp;assetType=single&amp;assetId=5110679\" width=\"400\" height=\"370\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For more information, click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/mixed-race-radio\/2013\/07\/17\/one-drop-of-love-is-fanshens-story-shes-sticking-to-it\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One Drop of Love&#8221; is Fanshen&#8217;s Story &amp; She&#8217;s Sticking To It Mixed Race Radio Blog Talk Radio 2013-07-17, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT) Tiffany Rae Reid, Host Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni, Playwright, Producer, Actress, Educator Join us on today&#8217;s episode of Mixed Race Radio as we meet\u00a0award-winning actor, producer and educator, Fanshen Cox. 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