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Friday, June 15 • 12:45pm - 1:45pm
Wakanda Foreva, eva? Black Folks at AMC!

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Black folks have been coming to the Allied Media Conference for years but our participation ebbs and flows. What would it look like to have Wakanda every year at AMC?! We will discuss ways to make the conference more accessible and sustainable for Black folks in and out of Detroit. Join us as we work to build community and connection for years to come! Participants will walk away with new friends and a new way to greet one another at the conference and beyond! Wakanda Foreva!

Presenters
avatar for Tawana Petty (she/her)

Tawana Petty (she/her)

Director, Data Justice Program, Detroit Community Technology Project
Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty is a mother, author, poet and social justice organizer. She serves as Data Justice director for the Detroit Community Technology Project and co-leads Our Data Bodies. She is an antiracism facilitator with Detroit Equity Action Lab and a Digital Civil Society... Read More →
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Moya Bailey

Dr. Moya Bailey`s work focuses on marginalized groups’ use of digital media to promote social justice as acts of self-affirmation and health promotion. She currently curates the #transformDH Tumblr initiative in Digital Humanities. She is also the digital alchemist for the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network., Quirky Black Girls & Octavia Butler Legacy Network
Dr. Moya Bailey's work focuses on marginalized groups' use of digital media to promote social justice as acts of self-affirmation and health promotion. She currently curates the #transformDH Tumblr initiative in Digital Humanities. She is also the digital alchemist for the Octavia... Read More →


Friday June 15, 2018 12:45pm - 1:45pm EDT
STATE HALL: Room 113