Actress Diane Farr speaks frankly about multicultural and mutiracial love in today's America.  In this interview with APA Compass's Andrew Yeh, Diane tells us how she fell in love with an American from a different cultural background, how the relatives learned to accept the relationship, how they married, and how they raise their kids.  Her anecdotes are hilarious, her advice insightful, and her story inspiring.  

Diane writes about her experiences in "Kissing Outside the Lines: A True Story of Love and Race and Happily Ever After."  Photo credits: Shoots&Giggles, Laura Kate Jones.

APA Compass's Andrew Yeh interviews June Arima Schumann, co-chair for APANO's (Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon)'s board of directors.  Ms. Schumann discusses the extensive research that's been done over the past few years on people of color in Multnomah County, Oregon.

The report "Communities of Color in Multnomah County: An Unsettling Profile" was published by Ann Curry-Stevens of Portland State University and the Coalition of Communities of Color, after a couple years of intensive research.  Communities of color are 26.3% of Multnomah County's population, this number is growing much faster than of Whites, due to higher fertility and migration rates.  The report highlights disparities in education, income, unemployment, homelessness, crime, even civic engagement and pollitical participation, among many other attributes.  Community specific reports on the African American, African immigrant and refugee, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino, Native American, and Slavic communities are planned. 

Sarika Mehta talks with Kiran Ahuja, executive director of the White House Initiative on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

APA Compass' Andrew Yeh speaks with artist Laura Kina.