Lessons & Love: Parenting a Queer Child
June 23, 2022
12:00-1:30 PM CT
The featured speaker Laurin Mayeno is the author of One of a Kind, Like Me / Único, como yo and is a mixed Asian mom of a mixed Asian-Latinx queer child. Get a preview of the session by watching a heart-wrenching and heart-warming video from the New York Times about Laurin’s promise to her child.
This event will take place virtually on Thursday, June 23rd from 12-1 p.m. via Zoom. If your schedule allows, you’re welcome to continue to stay on the call and have an intimate conversation with Laurin Mayeno from 1:00-1:30 p.m.
RSVP for the event at bit.ly/nulaurin.
This event is co-sponsored by APIDA Staff Affinity Group (ASAG) and the Out Network.
A Conversation with the Host of Militantly Mixed
April 25, 2022
12-1 PM CT
MBOSS welcomes all to hear about the experiences of multiracial or mixed-race folks. Special guest Sharmane Fury, host of the podcast Militantly Mixed, will share her personal mixed-race experiences and insights from her life and the podcast. Every week Militantly Mixed features a different guest to discuss what it is like maneuvering the world as a mixed-race person. This event is co-sponsored by APIDA Staff Affinity Group (ASAG) and Kellogg’s Administrative Relations Committee (ARC).
Mixed Relationships
January 28, 2022
1-2 PM CT
How does your mixed identity influence your dating experiences? Have people looked at your partner as an indication of your racial loyalty or identification? Regardless of your relationship status, join us in community for an open discussion about how you have navigated romantic relationships as a multiracial person.
PowerPoint Party
December 2, 2021
1-2 PM CT
Give a presentation in 3 minutes or less about how you celebrate the season and how that reflects upon your mixed identity.
Pride X Abolition: LGBT History through a Revisionist Lens of Abolition
June 23, 2021
3:30-4:30 PM CT
K-Proud, KBAN, KHAI, and MBOSS have teamed up to bring you this year’s Pride month event!
Join us in a dialogue with NU graduate, Rohan Zhou-Lee, who will discuss LGBT history through a revisionist lens of abolition. They will explore why abolition is critical to all the work that we do, especially in academia, with time for us to engage in questions and discussion.
Rohan Zhou-Lee (They/Siya/祂 [Tā]) is a dancer, writer, and organizer. Previous credits include a soloist role in the Off-Broadway revival of Over Here! The Musical, West Side Story [New Bedford Festival Theatre], and The Bluebird from Sleeping Beauty [Victoria Ballet Theatre]. They also trained at the Dance Theatre of Harlem and Ruth Page Center For the Arts. Their short act play, “The Soldier’s Home,” was produced in 2015 by Circa Pintig, Chicago’s premiere Filipino theatre company. They have also written an op-ed for them.us. Zhou-Lee is the founder of the Blasian March, a solidarity movement for Black, Asian and Blasian communities through education on parallel struggles with racial injustice and mutual celebration. Independent of the Blasian March, they organized a rally for Asian American communities this past February with a team of women of color. They hold a BA in Ethnomusicology from Northwestern University and currently reside in NYC.
"Where I'm From"
Rescheduled Date TBD
12-1 PM CT
Following a suggested outline from “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon, build your own poem with aspects of your identity.
Kamala Harris and Mixedness in the White House
January 21, 2021
3:30-5:00
We will enjoy a meet and greet before discussing our feelings about mixed race representation in the White House.
MBOSS strives to foster a sense of individual belonging and build community. We challenge members to cultivate a deeper understanding of the multiracial experience and how we contribute to the pursuit of social justice.
Questions: Jason.Alba@Kellogg.Northwestern.edu