{"id":1322,"date":"1999-03-10T15:16:43","date_gmt":"1999-03-10T15:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/1999\/03\/10\/coloring-outside-the-lines\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T23:13:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T23:13:30","slug":"coloring-outside-the-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/1999\/03\/10\/coloring-outside-the-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Coloring Outside the Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:16:43 -0800 (PST)<br \/>From: Maria Elena Rienecke<br \/>Subject: Letter to the Editor<\/p>\n<p>Hi, My name is Maria Rienecke and I am a student from the University of<br \/>Michigan, Ann Arbor. I am a member of a group called The Mixed Initiative<br \/>which is a group for undergrad and graduate students who consider<br \/>themselves bi\/multi racial\/ethnic.&nbsp; Every year we have a conference that<br \/>draws people from all over the nation. (Please see below) I would like to<br \/>extend to you the opportunity to take part in this event or, since<br \/>distance is a factor for most, establish some sort communication between<br \/>my group and yours that may prove beneficial for both in the future.<br \/>Take care and if you have any questions please feel free to email me at<br \/><a href=\"mailto:mrieneck@umich.edu%22\"><u><font color=\"#0000ff\">mreieneck@umich.edu<\/font><\/u><\/a> or call me at 734-764-1736<\/p>\n<p>Maria Elena Rienecke<br \/>**********************************************************************<br \/>&quot;Coloring Outside the Lines&quot;:<br \/>3rd Annual Conference on the Mixed Experience<br \/>Co-Sponsored by The Mixed Initiative and<br \/>the Minority Marrow Donor Coalition<br \/>Saturday, March 20th 1999<br \/>at the Michigan League<br \/>9 am &#8211; 6 pm<br \/>Open to all<br \/>Admission is free<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the conference there will also be an ongoing blood<br \/>drive,promoting awareness on the need for minority donors and increasing<br \/>successful bone marrow matches for people of multiracial heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Our featured speakers will be Dr. Naomi Zack, author of Race and Mixed<br \/>Race, and Lise Funderburg, author of Black, White, Other.<\/p>\n<p>We will also host many small groups and workshops on topics such as:<br \/>mixed identity, multiracial families, interracial dating and<br \/>relationships, interfaith, transracial adoption, bi\/multiracism, and<br \/>mixed people in the media, multiracial family ancestry and the<br \/>census\/politics.<\/p>\n<p>There will be an available resource table and an open-mic session. <\/p>\n<p>Everyone is welcome to learn and discuss more about issues affecting the<br \/>ever increasing population of people that are &quot;mixed,&quot; bi\/multiracial,<br \/>cross-cultural, multi-ethnic and transracially adopted.<br \/>**********************************************************************<br \/>Hope to see you there or hear from you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 15:16:43 -0800 (PST)From: Maria Elena RieneckeSubject: Letter to the Editor Hi, My name is Maria Rienecke and I am a student from the University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor. 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