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20th Annual Allied Media Conference

Welcome to the 20th Annual Allied Media Conference!

Browse all 300+ sessions below on our online schedule. Please note: bookmarking a session on our online schedule does not guarantee you a place in the session. All sessions are first come, first serve.

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Aja

Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism
Organizer
Philadelphia, PA

(She/Her) Storyteller and history fanatic, on a journey of spiritual growth. Attending AMC as part of the BLUU delegation and looking to get a feeling for the spirit of Detroit.

7:00pm

Past, Present, Futurism: Resilient Infrastructure Community Arts AuditoriumJenny Lee • Tara Rodríguez Besosa • Monica Lewis-Patrick • Diana Nucera • Maya Wiley

9:00am

Stories Become Movements, Become Stories: Ending Sexual and Gender-based Violence Community Arts AuditoriumEmi Kane • The Free Siwatu Coalition • Tatyana Fazlalizadeh • Emi Koyama • Amita Swadhin

11:00am

Decolonizing Family History through Storytelling STATE HALL: Room 125Chantal Shaffer

2:00pm

Reclaim Tarot within Communities of Color STATE HALL: Room 128Casey Rocheteau • Jana Lynne Umipig Archiving Movement Media STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry BHelyx Chase Scearce Horwitz

4:00pm

Today's Equity, Tomorrow's Museum MCGREGOR: Room BRhea Boese-Colond • Abby Liegl • Opeyemi

6:00pm

Opening Ceremony Detroit Film TheaterTarana Burke • Mariame Kaba

10:00pm

Comedy Night Dream Cafe (Cass Cafe)Joe Aasim • Francesca Fiorentini • Luna Malbroux • Kai Quix • T. Wise

9:00am

Shaping Data, Shaping Power Community Arts AuditoriumSasha Costanza-Chock • Tawana Petty (she/her) • Ruha Benjamin • Mona Chalabi • Dr. Kortney Ryan Ziegler

11:00am

Remix History STATE HALL: Room 118Yashan Clarke • Iliana Lugo • Laura Scheiber Scrapbook Detroit’s People and History MCGREGOR: Room CVassilis Jacobs • Debra Walker • Ingrid White Truly Accessible Spaces: Designing WITH Disabled Organizers STUDENT CENTER: Room 025Elea Chang • Melissa Chavez #OwningOurStories: Race, Power and Media STATE HALL: Room 131Manolia Charlotin • Teresa Basilio Gaztambide • Janine Jackson • Roberta Rael • Joseph Torres

2:00pm

The Future Generation: Parenting, Children, and Community Stories STATE HALL: Room 128Dortheá Enriqúe • Scheherazade Washington Parrish

4:00pm

Breaking Library Silos for Social Justice (BLS4SJ) STATE HALL: Room 135Elle Covington • Cindy Fisher • Ayshea Khan

6:00pm

Blackness and Afro Latinidad: Brujas Healing the Diaspora STATE HALL: Room 117Consuela Lopez • Antonio Rafael • Briana Urena-Ravelo

10:00am

Five Miles of Freedom: African American History Tour in Detroit SHUTTLE STOP: Anthony + KirbyJamon Jordan

1:00pm

Practical Magic: Lunar Ritual for Manifestation MCGREGOR: Room CCarmen Mayes Whose Story Is It? De-colonizing Documentary Practice STATE HALL: Room 106Bryan Bello • Sonya Childress • Maori Holmes • Nehad Khader • Michael Premo • Set Hernandez Rongkilyo