RESOURCES

• Book Corner
• International, National, and Local Organizations
• Websites
• Multi-ethnic Shopping
• Supporting Organizations

International, National, and Local Organizations

Adoption Advocates International
AAI is an experienced international adoption agency focusing on children from Haiti, China, Thailand, and Ethiopia. We are committed to processing each adoption with respect for the welfare of the child while providing emotional support and guidance for the adopting parents.

Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans
A nation-wide confederation of local multi-ethnic and interracial groups that seeks to educate and advocate on behalf of multi-ethnic individuals and families by collaborating with others to eradicate all forms of discrimination.

Bridge Communications, Inc.
An organization dedicated to educating and sharing information with individuals and families who are living the multicultural/multiracial experience.

The Center for the Study of Biracial Children
The center produces and disseminates materials for and about interracial families and biracial children.

Hapa Issues Forum
HIF is a national non-profit organization that is dedicated to enriching the lives of Asian Pacific Islanders of mixed heritage and developing communities that value diversity.

International Adoption Alliance
A national adoption education and advocacy organization joining domestic and international adoptees and their families. With a unique membership of adult adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, and many others joining together to share ideas, facilitate discussion and to promote ethical and informed adoption practice, pre adoption education and post placement services.

iPride
A Bay Area non-profit that strives to educate ourselves, our children, and our community about the facts of interculturalism and interracial identity.

Inter-Mix
An organization in the United Kingdom that offers friendship, support, information, and advice to mixed race individuals, racially mixed couples, and transracial adoptees in the United Kingdom.

Jewish Multiracial Network
The mission of the Jewish Multiracial Network is to build a community of Jews of color and multiracial Jewish families for mutual support, learning, and empowerment. Through education and advocacy, we seek to enrich Jewish communal life by incorporating our diverse racial and ethnic heritages.

Loving Day
The goal of the Loving Day Campaign is to raise awareness of legal restrictions on interracial couples in American history through digital media, including video animations and a web portal.

Mavin Foundation
MAVIN is the nation's leading organization that is redefining diversity through innovative projects celebrating mixed race youth and families.

Multiracial Americans of Southern California
MASC's mission is to address the social, cultural, and educational interests of racially and culturally mixed individuals, couples, ad families in Southern California.

National Advocacy for the Multi-Ethnic (N.A.M.E.)
A national non-profit organization that provides support and advocacy for individuals from diverse backgrounds through education, fellowship, and unity.

Our Colors, Inc.: The Multiracial Families Network
An Oakland-based non-profit organization committed to fostering hope, courage, self-esteem and confidence in our children in this race consious society. The organization offers support through facilitated forums, information and resources for parents of biracial, multiracial and transracial adopted children.

Pact: An Adoption Alliance
An adoption alliance that provides informative and essential education, conncetion, and support opportunities for families raising children of color (transracial, international, transcultural, etc.).

Project Race
A national organization that advocates for multiracial people through education, legislation, and community awareness.

SWIRL, Inc.
Swirl, Inc. has been uniting the mixed community by providing support to mixed families, mixed individuals, transracial adoptees, and inter-racial/cultural/faith couples since its inception in New York City in 2000. Through various educational and social events, Swirl is a meeting place for members of the mixed community to celebrate and explore their heritages. Today, Swirl is a national non-profit organization with eleven chapters spanning the country.

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Websites

Biracial Kids: A Place for Multi-ethnic/racial/cultural kids
This site is geared primarily towards teens and to parents of mixed or trans-racially adopted children. The purpose of this website is to provide supportive resources, links and information to teens and to parents.

CITIZENShift
A dossier on the subject of mixed-race identity, curated by filmmaker Anne Marie Nakagawa.

Eurasian Nation
EurasianNation is an online magazine and community for people of mixed European and Asian descent.

Hapas.com
An on-line forum and community all about the eurasian, biracial, multiracial, amerasian, mixed, blasian, hafu, half asian, and hapa. The site provides a place to discuss and share information on the racial and ethnic diversity found in the above mentioned groups.

Half Korean Page
A web page for individuals identifying as part Korean.

Interracial Voice
IV is an independent, information-oriented, networking newsjournal, serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace. This electronic publication advocates universal recognition of mixed-race individuals as constituting a separate "racial" entity and wholeheartedly supported the initiative to establish a multiracial category on the 2000 Census.

Mixed Folks.com
The website has a database of famous mixed race people with pictures, links, and bios.

Mixed Heritage Center
The Mixed Heritage Center (MHC) is a clearinghouse of information relevant to the lives of people who are multiracial, multiethnic, transracially adopted or otherwise affected by the intersection of race and culture.

My Shoes
My Shoes is a support group in cyberspace hosted by clinical psychologist Dr. Juanita Brooks for multiracial children, adolescents and adults who have a white appearance.

The Multiracial Activist
The Multiracial Activist (TMA) is a libertarian oriented activist journal covering social and civil liberties issues of interest to to individuals who perceive themselves to be "biracial" or "multiracial," "interracial" couples/families and "transracial" adoptees.

The Newly Identified Multiracial
A website for individuals newly identifying as more than one race. Contains a chat forum, resources, and links.

Polly Wanna Cracka?
A website that is devoted to presenting quality web sites regarding interracial, multiracial, and multicultural families, relationships, organizations, and topics.

The Topaz Club
An online-based social/support sisterhood for biracial/multiracial women and girls who are of partial African/partial European descent and partial African/European/Native American descent.

You Don’t Look Japanese!
A website of interracial links and resources.

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Multi-ethnic Shopping

AsianParent.com
Offering a large selection of Chinese children's Books and DVDs for 0-12 year olds.

Celebrate Diversity
An on-line multicultural store that has a large selection of multicultural gifts.

Great Owl Books
Geared towards the mixed race community.

Gumbo Kids
Multicultural education products for kids.

Like Minded People
An independently run shirt company whose aim is to provide folks out in the world with conscious messages and imagery as an alternative to much of the emptiness being produced today.

Mandy's Moon
An on-line source for unique personalized products and specialty items for multicultural and adoptive families.

Melting Pot Gifts
Interracial resources, books, videos, greeting cards and additional links.

Real Kidz
Biracial dolls.

Shen's Books
Multicultural book warehouse for children.

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Supporting Organizations

TSE Financial is a community-minded mortgage brokerage originating real estate loans in California and several other states. We have a program benefiting non-profit organizations of your choice called "Caring Advantage". TSE Financial will make a donation of up to $300 to a non-profit organization (with 501c3 status) on behalf of any of our home financing clients. On that note, we are proud to announce that Asian Women Shelter (AWS) is one of the beneficiaries of our charity program. TSE Financial strongly believes in giving back to the community.

I work with a team of seasoned mortgage experts ready to assist on all your real estate financing needs. I work with first-time homebuyers, current homeowners and real estate investors of all credit and gender types. TSE Financial is approved to broker to hundreds of lenders, if you are pro-choice call me.

In addition, we are one of the few mortgage brokerages approved to do CalHFA loans for first-time homebuyers. Please call Jen's cell at 415-806-3367 or email her at mortgagejen@yahoo.com for more information.

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