MIXED THEORY

Keno Evol is a poet, educator, and scholar of insurgent possibilities based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He serves as

the Founder and Executive Director of Black Table Arts home to the Because Black Life Conference taking place

annually at Universities across Minnesota. He is editor of A Garden Of Black Joy: Global Poetry From The Edges

of Liberation And Living. At his core, he is a facilitator of empathy and imagination. His work hones in on the

literary arts and the black radical tradition as a curriculum for the future.

Evol won First Place in the 2017 Sonia Sanchez-Langston Hughes Poetry Contest. Evol has received the Verve Grant, the Beyond the Pure fellowship, The Emerging Writers Grant, and The Spoken Word Immersion Fellowship for his work.

Please review Keno's website for more information:

www.blacktablearts.com

Lola Osunkoya is a licensed professional clinical counselor, she joined us on Mixed Theory to discuss her own experience with being mixed-race and her passion that lead her to become a therapist. Join us as she talks mixed-race experience, managing mental health, and an eye-opening experience across seas while visiting her Nigerian family.

Visit Lola's blog, or consider booking a session with her at, www.neitherboth.com

You can also follow her on IG @neitherboth.

Kasidy is a long time lifestyle and faith blogger, professional in the art of dance, and now an author! Tune in to hear laughter, a story that is infused with interracial dating turned marriage, how to bond with your partner, and thoughts of raising a healthy bi-racial child. You can find Kasidy's work at www.cityandhill.com. You can also purchase her book on Amazon. The title is listed below!

Quarter Life: Insights on Living Out God's Best Through the Crisis and Complexities of Adulting

Minneapolis stands up with major organizations and venues pulling funding from the MPD, demanding the demilitarization of their task force(s). All while people across the globe still process feelings surrounding current events...

Let's see if MPLS can pull off what Camden, NJ has, and if so, is it effective?

Reference:

https://www.startribune.com/park-board-votes-unanimously-to-end-working-with-police-in-minneapolis/570982312/

Showing up with heavy hearts,

Acknowledging injustice,

Doing our part.

You are valuable,

I hope you know,

It takes all of us to run this show,

We dream of change; Let It Be So...

-A.Phoenix

Lisa was in utero when her mother was stripped away from the love of her life, the father of her child, and the only husband she would know.

Her grandparents sent her mother to a school for young pregnant women in the late 1960's when they found out she was carrying her Black boyfriend's child.

Lisa's paternal grandmother then rescued Lisa's mother from the boarding school, and later hosted the wedding of both her son and Lisa's mother, in her living room. It was 1969.

Listen in as Lisa serves perspective on interracial dating in the sixties and growing up as a mixed-race, black woman in that era...

Stan is an educator by training, who later became a contracted consultant for many schools in various districts before retiring. Listen in as he talks about education systems, passion, and his truths of connection and life missions. Learn about self-acceptance through the journey of sobriety as Stan walks us through what 70 + years of life has taught him.

Jayden, a budding software engineer, shares what it is to be Queer, vegan, and a multiracial/black woman. Share space for the unearthing of a soul determined to rid assumptions (of herself and others) and break open vulnerabilities. Listen as she dissects her truth on Mixed Theory...

Korina is an employee of the University of Minnesota's research and training center. Her work is primarily focused around direct outreach with efforts to bridge gaps amongst counties, tribes, and community members. She also administers the training and professional development of future social workers.

Korina beautifully describes her identity rooted in her Native ancestry. She openly processes significant memories and sheds light on healing. She provides deep insight into what a sound approach to identity can yield for our sense of self.

Explore this tough conversation with Amber Phoenix as she talks about how Mixed Theory came about. Identifying can be tricky. Brace yourself for a real conversation that is both eye-opening and complex. Range over what vulnerability looks like through the lens of someone new and from someone who is not you.