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20th Annual Allied Media Conference

Welcome to the 20th Annual Allied Media Conference!

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10:00am EDT

Bodies in Resistance Network Gathering (open) MCGREGOR: Room B FemTechNet Network Gathering (at capacity) STUDENT CENTER: Room 025

11:00am EDT

AMC2018 Homeroom STUDENT CENTER: Room 020Tawana Petty (she/her)

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.

11:00am EDT

Sonic Rewrites STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry CSam Cooper • Elisabeth Pixley-Fink

2:00pm EDT

Choose Your Adventure: DIY Future Architecture Comic STUDENT CENTER: Room 285Aaron Jones Shariah, Race, and American Islam: Case of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf STATE HALL: Room 118Alison Kysia

4:00pm EDT

De-mechanize Design: This is not a Poster STUDENT CENTER: Room 285Katie Diamond • Liz Morgan Emergent Motion Jam: Improvisational Dance from the Margins STUDENT CENTER: Room 020the Redwoods Fantasy Island: Decolonial Futures & Puerto Rican Response STATE HALL: Room 113Shey Rivera Ríos • Jo Cosme • Joel Rivera

6:00pm EDT

Opening Ceremony Detroit Film TheaterTarana Burke • Mariame Kaba

8:00pm EDT

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

10:00pm EDT

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

11:00am EDT

AMC2018 TECH Pop-Up STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry AMichael Kuetemeyer • Matthew MacVey • Anula Shetty Remix History STATE HALL: Room 118Yashan Clarke • Iliana Lugo • Laura Scheiber Visual Resistance & Design for Our Movements STATE HALL: Room 137Molly Jane • Andrea Salazar Cooperative Ecosystem: Lessons in Building Community Wealth STATE HALL: Room 113Margo Dalal • B. Anthony Holley • Meghan Sobocienski • Lucas Turner-Owens • Ed Whitfeld Youth Fighting 4 Justice: The Mixtape STATE HALL: Room 115Shalina S. Ali • Tyrone Randall • JENE TATE • FIDEL VERDIN Indigenous Storytelling: Resisting Co2lonialism STATE HALL: Room 125S (she/her) • Eriel Deranger Migration Justice in Canada-US Border Communities STATE HALL: Room 117Grace Wu • Julie Young Sex Work in the Digital Age: Navigating Consent MCGREGOR: Room F/G/HZoe Trope

12:45pm EDT

Sustainable Sisterhood: Two Founders Share Stories and Skills STATE HALL: Room 116Dail Chambers • Chinyere E. Oteh The Good, Bad & REAL uses of Social Media at Standing Rock STATE HALL: Room 128Amos Cloud • Jose Franco • Miguel Guzman • Samantha Magdaleno • Brennon Nastacio Why and How to Work with Your Local Indie Movie Theater STATE HALL: Room 125Paula Guthat

2:00pm EDT

Shifting Power with Participatory Video STATE HALL: Room 106Monica Curca • Rhanda Dormeus • Thor Morales • Theresa Smith • Lauri Valdez AMC2018 TECH Pop-Up STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry AAnum Awan • Faye Hayes • Devdhar Patel Animation for Social Change STATE HALL: Room 118Carrie Hawks • Consuela Lopez Block-Printing Workshop and Silkscreen Demonstration STATE HALL: Room 125Thea Gahr • Mary Tremonte Divestin' from Capitalism, Using TimeBanks STATE HALL: Room 115Alice Bagley • Johanna James • Krystle Okafor • LaTierra Piphus • Jane Slaughter Futurism Now: Limitless Hope through Speculative Fiction MCGREGOR: Room Bamp • Deep Center&amp • Dare Dukes • s Youth Leadership Team Poetry as Freedom STATE HALL: Room 117LaShaun 'Phoenix' Kotaran • Eldric Laron • A'janae Neal • Imani Nichele • Justin Rogers • LaShawn Smith-Wright Scratch 3.0: Creating and Expressing with Code STUDENT CENTER: Room 384Champika Fernando • Saskia Leggett • Jaleesa Trapp Using Zines to Center Native Peoples in Community Organizing MCGREGOR: Room CPauline Alvarez • Michelle Bernardino • Joel Garcia • Andrea Perez • Marina Perez • Kimberly Robertson Visionary Organizing: Crafting Radical Futures STATE HALL: Room 137Jonathan Hanna • Erika Linenfelser "How to Survive the End of the World" Live Podcast STATE HALL: Room 101Autumn Brown • adrienne maree brown • Zak Rosen Reclaim Our Futures: Take Back Land & Housing STATE HALL: Room 134brandon king • Zach Murray • Devi Peacock • KP Pestaño • Denechia Powell • Xemiyulu Manibusan Tapepechul afrofuturepast: Dance Technology and Aesthetics as Self Care STUDENT CENTER: Room 020Bree Gant The Art of Interviewing STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry DKeisha TK Dutes 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 When It All Changed: A Transformative Media Experience MCGREGOR: Room CJohn Sloan III • Sultan Sharrief Emergent Strategy: Spells and Practices Times STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry Badrienne maree brown Fight Your Racist Camera STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry DPatri Gonzalez-Ramirez • Jesus Villalba Let`s Make Electronic Music! STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry EScott Murphy People Power Art STATE HALL: Room 116Sol Aramendi • Sara Angel Guerrero • Carolina Penafiel 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 Staying Power: Creative tools for housing & belonging STATE HALL: Room 128Evan Bissell • Sasha Graham • Cierra Jevae-Gordon

6:00pm EDT

#MediaJustice Mixer w/ MAG-NET and Freepress MCGREGOR: Room F/G/H Circle of Practice among Media Makers Focused on Sanctuary STATE HALL: Room 123Macky Alston

7:00pm EDT

Black Music The Baltimore GalleryDeon Jamar • Nicole Misha

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

10:00pm EDT

Portage Garage Sounds at the Dream Cafe Dream Cafe (Cass Cafe)Vinnie Massimino • Benjamin Kenjiro Saginaw • Zachary Shigeto Saginaw • Charles Trees

10:00am EDT

Hacking Capitalism: Divest, Manage Debt, and Ethical Money STATE HALL: Room 123Hadassah Damien Imaginación Post-___: Designing Justice After Disaster STUDENT CENTER: Hilberry BCynthia Burgos López • Alexandra Llegus Santiago • Sofía Unanue Know Your Rights Immigration Poster Making STATE HALL: Room 125Dewey • Joel Garcia Invasive Papermaking for Everyone MCGREGOR: Room JMeg Heeres Community Action Research to Empower, Engage, and Transform STATE HALL: Room 131Emily Kutil • Monica Lewis-Patrick • Kaitlin Popielarz Five Miles of Freedom: African American History Tour in Detroit SHUTTLE STOP: Anthony + KirbyJamon Jordan

11:45am EDT

black enuf* screening & discussion (for POCs) STATE HALL: Room 113Carrie Hawks Black, Queer, and Trans Filmmaking Network STATE HALL: Room 131Courtney Sebring • Joie Lou Shakur • Maya Washington

1:00pm EDT

Fuel the Poor People's Campaign with Music STATE HALL: Room 131Naim Edwards • Yexenia Vanegas Education for Abolition STATE HALL: Room 101adrienne maree brown • Mariame Kaba Mariposas & Unicorns: Narratives Defying Borders and Binaries STATE HALL: Room 118Giselle Ariel Bleuz • Citlali Ortiz

3:00pm EDT

Performing New Worlds Plenary and Closing Ceremony Celebration Community Arts AuditoriumUna Aya Osato • Ricardo Gamboa • Xandra Ibarra • Francesca Fiorentini

6:00pm EDT

The Free Brunch Program OFFSITECharlyn Griffith/ Pronoun they or Honey • Asadullah Saed