Published by Brad on 4 January 2010 | Have your say

Mix-d:  2010

Mix-d: 2010 looks to be another exciting year.

In reverse order. Plans are underway for an International mixed-race conference to be held in Manchester for 2011- we will keep you posted. September 2010 will see the launch of our ‘Primary and Secondary School Education Pack. You will all agree this has been a long time coming. We will bring together over 4 year of action research, the uk’s largest mixed-race student voice data collection, feedback from hundreds of conversations with professionals, parent / carers across the UK.

Towards the middle of the year you will see the arrival of ‘Mix-d: museum’. A collaboration between ourselves and London South Bank University. I am especially excited about this as I will to be working closely with Chamion Cabellero and Peter Aspinal.

In April 2010 you will see a new layout to the existing site. Basically, we want ‘Mix-d:’ to speak to a range of audiences, male and female, young / old, committed and curious. ‘Mix-d:’ will be separated into seasons - spring, summer, fall and winter. April to June will be season 1. Each season will have a separate theme, photo gallery, interviews and new products. If you have any ideas or are running a project in your area we would like to hear about it. Why don’t you drop a line to our ‘Mix-d: coordinator’ : alex@mix-d.org.uk.

March will see the creation of The Multiple Heritage Project Research Arm. This will be a designated space for more academic discussion and input. Our reasons for separating out the research arm is to allow a more detail analysis of the topic and to speak directly with contemporary scholars and graduate students. If you have a recent paper you would like to share or any contribution please drop Alexandra a line at: www.alex@mix-d.org.

And finally but not least. We are going state-side. During 2009 I spent sometime in the US talking to different organisations about mixed-race issues. I met a fantastic guy called Steve Riley, check out his site: http://www.mixedracestudies.org/. Steve has introduced me to many people and managed to arrange a slot on a mixed-race radio show in January - check it out if you get time: http://www.mixedracestudies.org/wordpress/?p=3744.

Well, that’s all for now but look forward to catching up soon.

Brad.

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