MASC’s Thomas Lopez Discusses Mixed Latina/o Identity |
MASC’s Thomas Lopez Discusses Mixed Latina/o Identity
Mixed Race Radio
Wednesday, 2012-10-17, 16:00Z (12:00 EDT, 09:00 PDT, 17:00 BST)
Tiffany Rae Reid, Host
Thomas Lopez
Thomas Lopez continues to amaze me. He has held various positions with Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC), Los Angeles, CA since 1995 and continues to organize numerous conferences, workshops and events such as “Race In Medicine: A Dangerous Prescription” and “A Rx for the FDA: Ethical Dilemmas for Multiracial People in Race-Based Medicine” at the Critical Mixed Race Studies Conference, DePaul University, 2010.
Thomas is also a filmmaker, having produced, Mixed Mexican: Is Latino a Race? which was shown at the Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival (2010), Readymade Film Festival (2010), and Hapapalooza Film Festival (2011)
On today’s episode of Mixed Race Radio, Thomas will announce the start of a new program by Multiracial Americans of Southern California (MASC) called: Latinas/os Of Mixed Ancestry (LOMA).
The purpose of the LOMA project is to:
- Provide space for expression of mixed Latina/o identity.
- Provide culturally relevant material to the mixed Latino community.
- Raise awareness of this community to society at large.
This will be accomplished by:
- The establishment of a website with blog and forum discussions.
- Social media campaign.
- Attendance at conferences.
- A public relations awareness campaign.
- MASC seeks to broaden self and public understanding of our interracial, multiethnic, and cross cultural society by facilitating interethnic dialogue and providing cultural, educational, and recreational activities. In 2009 MASC celebrated twenty years of incorporation.
As a part of our mission, MASC has always worked to raise awareness of the impact of multiracial identification. During the 1990’s, we successfully worked to revise the Census to allow multiple racial classifications.
For more information, click here.
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