To kick off Multiracial Heritage Month 2019, we had Nicole Chung, author of All You Can Ever Know, do a reading and Q&A followed by a Meet and Greet. Her memoir detailed her experience growing up as a transracial adoptee in a conservative white town in  Oregon. Her experiences are shared among many adoptees and having her raise awareness towards the struggle of adoptees regarding identity and belonging, aided in the efforts to gain visibility for adoptees.

Multiracial Heritage Month 2020's theme, "No Offense" revolved around the idea that if what you're about to say needs to be prefaced with "No offense" perhaps your comment isn't worth making. Despite the circumstances of transitioning to online engagement halfway through the month, we still hosted a successful heritage month with programming such as Keanu's "Here's the Tea" event, Priya's "Patronomy" discussion in the "Power of Names" series, and my own "Colorism" discussion. The "Power of Names" series consisted of 4 events, including the keynote, in which we delved into the importance of name pronunciation and history of naming practices. 

Multiracial Heritage Month 2021 has been solidified with the theme of "Coloring Outside the Lines". This theme is meant to dispel the idea that mixed people need to look a certain way or have certain features in order to be accepted into their ethnic groups. We hope to eliminate policing of races based on appearance, and encourage our audience to not only accept, but love their appearance as it reflects their identity. Multiracial people should not be placed inside the overlap of a Venn-diagram, expected to have features that are explicitly from all their races. Instead, multiraciality exists as a gradient with no "right" way to look.

Since the transition to remote work in March 2020, I have worked with Ghonva and the other MICA staff to facilitate online programming. My first big task has been to create ways to raise awareness for National Adoption Awareness Month in November, and even between November and March, the plans for programming have noticeably changed. Instead of 3 zoom events which lasted about an hour each, we are now aiming to have only one synchronous event lasting about 30-45 minutes and one social media campaign. Last March we had audience participation through zoom's chat feature, and since then we have shifted towards using other platforms for participation including padlet and kahoot. Since moving to remote work I have learned to be more aware of my audience because staring at a screen and remaining engaged is much harder than remaining engaged when having in-person discussions.