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Welcome to the 21st Allied Media Conference!

This year we have gone VIRTUAL! AMC kicks-off Thursday July 23rd!

Browse all of our sessions below. Session times are listed by default in Eastern Standard Time.

We are excited to host 24 Virtual Network Gatherings this year. Network gatherings are taking place before and after conference and many are INVITE ONLY, those that are open to new guests will be updated in Sched. To learn more about Network Gatherings go here.

We offer a sliding scale registration rate so that the conference can be accessible to as many people as possible. Please support the AMC by giving generously with your registration contribution.

4:00pm EDT

Welcome Plenary: Queer Astrological Technologies with How to Survive the End of the World VirtualAutumn and adrienne maree brown • Chani Nicholas

7:30pm EDT

Opening Ceremony Virtualbrontë velez • Joie Lou Shakur • Raquel Willis • Ahya Simone • Bevlove • Esperanza Spalding • Kesswa • Monica Lewis-Patrick • The Aadizookan • Supercoolwicked • Tunde Olaniran • Rachel Dennis • Kimmie King • Ken Mayne • Chloe Page • Alicia Robinson • Lindsay Vluttert

9:00pm EDT

Vibe with me: Welcome to Detroit VirtualMonalyse • DJ Stardust • Brian Oscar • Motorkam • Problematic Black Hottie

11:00am EDT

Black Joy Sanctuary (Black Only Space) VirtualHealing By Choice! Homegoings: Laying to Rest in Climate Collapse Part 1 Virtual

2:30pm EDT

The Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies VirtualJoana Varon • Sasha Costanza-Chock Collectively Tending Our Grief (BIPOC space) VirtualHealing By Choice! Not Your Sad Fattie: Fat Representation in Media VirtualRyan Pearson • Aleesa Searcy In Our Names: Police Violence Against Black Women & Trans people VirtualAndrea Ritchie • Ashley Carter • Monica Jones • Cat Brooks • Toni-Michelle Williams Practical Magic for Organizing Asian America Virtualsumi dutta

5:00pm EDT

Writing New Worlds Plenary VirtualAlexis Pauline Gumbs • Walidah Imarisha • Alexis De Veaux

7:00pm EDT

Motorcity Street Dance Academy Youth Party VirtualMotor City Street Dance Academy DNA Presents: Ethics & Aesthetics Part 1 Virtual

7:30pm EDT

Braided Nations Dinner VirtualDeVonn Francis • Kirsten Kirby-Shoote • LeGenevieve Squires • Brittany Peeler • Ederique Goudia • Camren Stott Maamoul Press Presents: Zine Maker’s Meetup! VirtualSoumya Dhulekar • Nadia Shammas • Leila Abdelrazaq • Aya Krisht

10:00pm EDT

House Werk VirtualCHANNEL TRES • BEIGE • LADYMONIX

10:00am EDT

Lounge Session VirtualHealing By Choice!

11:00am EDT

Care for the Future VirtualDani McClain • Loira Limbal • Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha • Veralucia Mendoza

2:30pm EDT

"Coded Bias" Documentary Film Screening & Discussion VirtualSasha Costanza-Chock • Shalini Kantayya Embodied Practices: Motion & Meditation VirtualHealing By Choice! Poetry As Visionary Resistance to the Systems Out to Get Us VirtualTawana "Honeycomb" Petty • Joy Buolamwini • neta bomani • Greta Byrum

5:00pm EDT

New Approaches to School Abolition VirtualJulia Cuneo • n8 mullen • David Stovall • Siobhan O'Laoire • Detroit Area Youth Uniting Michigan Members The Critical Need for Black Media Reparations VirtualAlicia Bell • Janine Jackson • Brandi Collins-Dexter • Manolia Charlotin • Collette Watson The Equitable Internet Initiative: A Decentralized Approach VirtualJanice Gates • Houman Saberi

7:00pm EDT

DNA Presents: Ethics & Aesthetics Part 2 Virtual

7:30pm EDT

Black Sober QTs meetup! Virtualgolden collier • KT Kennedy Black T/GNC Music Making Lab VirtualJoie Lou Shakur • June Pratt Cultural Strategy for Liberation: A Community Meet-Up VirtualNayantara Sen • Evan Bissel • Sage Crump

10:00am EDT

Healing and Harmony with Herbs VirtualLottie Spady • Healing By Choice!

11:00am EDT

Homegoings: Laying to Rest in Climate Collapse Part 2 Virtual

12:00pm EDT

From Dreams to Practice: Abolition in our lifetimes VirtualMiski Noor • Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty • Andrea Ritchie • Toni-Michelle Williams • Mariame Kaba • Rachel Herzing

2:30pm EDT

Divine Mirrors: Muslim Ritual Making to Queer our Futures VirtualShenaaz Janmohamed • Tala Khanmalek Meditation and Stillness VirtualHealing By Choice! Unelectable Live! Podcast VirtualAsha Ransby-Sporn • Siwatu Salama-Ra • Tawana "Honeycomb" Petty • Daniel Kisslinger • Damon Williams Work for Me, DTE! Campaigning for Community Power VirtualBridget Vial • Shimekia Nichols • America Yahya Bloody Sunday to Black Lives Matter: Sharing a Path to Justice VirtualKate McCabe • Sandra Simmons • Brian Dooley • John Kelly • Jean Hegarty • Robin Percival Caring for Each Other: Building a Community of Healer-Caregivers VirtualOwalabi William Copeland • Erin Shawgo • Baba Baxter Jones • Gwi-Seok Hong Surveillance-resistant organizing VirtualHector Dominguez • Emi Kane • Judy Tuan • Jen-Mei Wu • Gaba