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20th Annual Allied Media Conference

Welcome to the 20th Annual Allied Media Conference!

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Francisco Perez

Center for Popular Economics
Outreach Director

populareconomics.org/

Francisco Perez is a solidarity economy activist, working as an economic development professional with frontline communities in Senegal, Sierra Leone, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Francisco is a PhD student at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in economics and a member at the Center for Popular Economics. His research focuses on international political economy. He holds a BA from Harvard College and an MPA from Princeton University.

2:00pm EDT

Tour to Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum SHUTTLE STOP: Anthony Wayne + Kirby

5:30pm EDT

3Leches x Liberation Cuisine at Cass Cafe Dream Cafe (Cass Cafe)

7:00pm EDT

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

8:00pm EDT

Welcome to AMC2018! A FireHouse Music Series Celebration Detroit Institute of Arts (North Lawn)Monica Blaire • Detroit Che • One Freq • DJ Bleak G • DJ Stacye J • Trey P.

10:00pm EDT

Dream Cafe Kick-off Party with djs Whodat + LadyMonix Dream Cafe (Cass Cafe)Terri “Whodat” McQueen • Lady Monix

11:00am EDT

Let`s Talk About Movement Journalism STATE HALL: Room 131Chelsea Fuller • Anna Simonton

12:00pm EDT

FoodLab Community Market at The Commons The Commons

12:45pm EDT

Latinx Healing from Colonialism STATE HALL: Room 127Alexandra Corwin • Diana Quinn ND Sharing Tools for Change: creating a more just and open city STATE HALL: Room 134Tara Eisenberg Wakanda Foreva, eva? Black Folks at AMC! STATE HALL: Room 113Tawana Petty (she/her) • Moya Bailey • Nandi

2:00pm EDT

Intro to Podcasting STUDENT CENTER: Room 384Aaron Lakoff • Abby Madan • Aliya Pabani Strategies for Transforming Journalism STATE HALL: Room 125Mia Henry • Lewis Wallace

4:00pm EDT

Politics of Erasure: Intentional Marketing of QTPOC STATE HALL: Room 125Jayson Douglas

6:00pm EDT

Opening Ceremony Detroit Film TheaterTarana Burke • Mariame Kaba

6:30pm EDT

Cumbia Kids Sci-Fi Party New Center ParkKristy La rAt • Mother Cyborg

8:00pm EDT

GET TO WERK The Marble BarTT the Artist • Stacye J and the Anthology of Booty • Miz Korona

9:00am EDT

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

11:00am EDT

StoryShift: Amplify, Resource & Support Accountable Storytelling STATE HALL: Room 134Noel Didla • Jayeesha Dutta • Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi • Yudith Nieto • Michael Premo #OwningOurStories: Race, Power and Media STATE HALL: Room 131Manolia Charlotin • Teresa Basilio Gaztambide • Janine Jackson • Roberta Rael • Joseph Torres Cooperative Ecosystem: Lessons in Building Community Wealth STATE HALL: Room 113Margo Dalal • B. Anthony Holley • Meghan Sobocienski • Lucas Turner-Owens • Ed Whitfeld Act Out to Tear Down: Disrupt with Theatre of the Oppressed MCGREGOR: Room JRaven Stubbs • Chahney Young

12:45pm EDT

Finding Yourself in the Break: Lessons in Black Jazz Meditation STUDENT CENTER: 020NIcole Campbell Perfection in Movement Spaces STATE HALL: Room 117Aiko Fukuchi • Teia McGahey Reflections on Learning Liberation: Breaking Bread & Getting Deep STATE HALL: Room 113N8 Mullen • Thomas Nikundiwe

2:00pm EDT

Divestin' from Capitalism, Using TimeBanks STATE HALL: Room 115Alice Bagley • Johanna James • Krystle Okafor • LaTierra Piphus • Jane Slaughter Who "They" Is: Humanizing the Built Environment STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry BAlexandria Barnes • Bradley Cooper • Jasmine Humphries • Madison Schillig "How to Survive the End of the World" Live Podcast STATE HALL: Room 101Autumn Brown • adrienne maree brown • Zak Rosen Policing Black Lives and Resistance Across Borders STATE HALL: Room 123Robyn Maynard • Leroi NewBold Reclaim Our Futures: Take Back Land & Housing STATE HALL: Room 134brandon king • Zach Murray • Devi Peacock • KP Pestaño • Denechia Powell • Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul Liberate the Skies: Diaspora and the New Anti-Militarism STATE HALL: Room 114Farah Erzouki • Ali Issa • Samira Shifteh

4:00pm EDT

Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project: Coming Home STATE HALL: Room 131Didi Adi • Jo Boakye • Fatou-Seydi Sarr Fight Your Racist Camera STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry DPatri Gonzalez-Ramirez • Jesus Villalba The SPOT Youth-Led Open Studio: Visual and Media Arts Playshop STATE HALL: Room 137Natasha Beste • Zack Bissell • Erika Villarreal Bunce • Tanykia Diamond Davis • Jeimy Lopez • Johnathan Williams Fringe Issue: Sex Work & Night Life Organizing STATE HALL: Room 106Lyn Archer Joyful Resistance: Art and Protest in Defense of the Hood MCGREGOR: Room JChiResists and Barrios Against Displacement Dismantling Gender in Youth Spaces STATE HALL: Room 113Johanna Burgos • Nana Minder How to Develop Equitable Journalism Partnerships STATE HALL: Room 134Eric Campbell • Chris Faraone • Jo Ellen Kaiser • Micha Kurz • Preeti Shekar Mapping the Power with LittleSis STUDENT CENTER: Room 384Munira Lokhandwala

6:00pm EDT

#MediaJustice Mixer w/ MAG-NET and Freepress MCGREGOR: Room F/G/H Against Erasure STATE HALL: Room 128Chiwan Choi Blackness and Afro Latinidad: Brujas Healing the Diaspora STATE HALL: Room 117Consuela Lopez • Antonio Rafael • Briana Urena-Ravelo Community Dinner for Black Native American/Afro-Indígena Folks STATE HALL: Room 125Jillian White Just Ricanstruction: Construyendo Puentes PosMaria STATE HALL: Room 114Puerto Rican Healing Justice Delegation

8:00pm EDT

DANCE DANCE (R)EVOLUTION MOCADBeige • K-HAND • Le1f • Oshun • Vespre • Miz Korona and the Korona Effect • Stacey HOTTWAXX Hale • Los Hermanos • DJ Pia

10:00am EDT

Black Trans Narratives STATE HALL: Room 114Sasha Alexander • Mikalya C. • Bre Campell • Maddox Guerilla • Ahya Nicole

11:45am EDT

Activism Is Not Criminal: Stop the Killings in the Philippines STATE HALL: Room 135Adrian Bonifacio • Joelle Eliza Lingat

1:00pm EDT

Gabby Smashes: A Conversation about Race & Social Justice STATE HALL: Room 125Luann Algoso A Radical Wikipedia Workshop STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry DNora Almeida • Melissa Chavez • Lena Greenberg • Jen Hoyer • Lauren Hudgins Building Relationships to Transform Local News MCGREGOR: Room BAlicia Bell