In 2024, we are celebrating what would have been the 25th anniversary of the AMC by honoring our roots and grounding in our present.

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“The AMC is the story of how one thing leads to another. It is a story in which no one is an object and everyone is the author of the reality we write together. If we can cast one spell over the next 20 years of this beautiful, living thing, let it always stay in a process of becoming, held by a multitude of loving hands.” -Jenny Lee, AMC2020

This spring, we want to nourish our future by honoring our legacy. A legacy rich with a commitment to cultivating new ways of being and opening portals of possibilities using what Diana Nucera has coined the “strategy of joy.” This year marks what would have been the 25th anniversary of the Allied Media Conference. From humble beginnings as the Midwest Zine Fest in 1999 to officially becoming the Allied Media Conference in 2002, together we have cultivated, imagined, dreamed, and built worlds into being. ([link removed])

Although the Allied Media Conference sunset in 2023 ([link removed]) , we are excited to dig into our roots and carry on the spirit of caring deeply about one another and our world, transmuting our grief into action, and using our creativity and media to declare that another world is possible.

In remembrance of the AMC and inspired by Una Lee’s work of Ripple Mapping its impact, we are gathering your stories about how the connections made through the conference rippled outwards and transformed lives. Did you fall in love, begin a powerful collaboration, launch a new project, manifest abundance or find your movement home? We want to hear about it! ([link removed])

In a series of interviews with longtime AMCers ([link removed]) , Sterling Toles shared how the AMC reminded him that “we are the gorgeous tapestry of infinite possibilities of how humanity can be materialized in a way to retrieve the spirit of the thing that put us here in the first place.”

adrienne maree brown also shared, “the AMC was a space where existing relationships could really deepen into projects or into things that get out in the world.”

Over the next few months, we will be sharing about our journey towards fiscal sponsorship, the LOVE building, and how supporting the work of our projects shapes our world as we continue to fight together for futures of self-determination, liberation, and dignity.
Share your AMC story! ([link removed])


** Open call for new projects
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This year we are also celebrating ten years as a fiscal sponsor and thrilled to be able to open up our program to new projects in Spring of 2024. As of now, we are seeking to work with Detroit-based projects with revenue of $100,000 and above and national projects with revenue of $500,000 and above. We are only able to accept a small number of projects, so please stay tuned for future opportunities to apply!

Register for our info calls in May 2024 by clicking on the desired date below:
* May 7th 1-2 PM EST ([link removed])
* May 8th 5-6 PM EST ([link removed])


** News from our Networks
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* People’s Conference for Palestine | May 24-26, 2024 in Detroit. Register for the conference here ([link removed]) .
* Detroitography | Detroit neighborhoods can be mapped, but we’d like to see every resident have the opportunity to provide input. You know your neighborhood, so help us join in and map it. Visit Detroit-Neighborhoods.com or Request a presentation at your next meeting ([link removed]) .
* Black Bottom Archives | Join Black Bottom Archives ([link removed]) for a series of events this summer including Documenting Legacy for Beginners and Legendary Luminaries at Featherstone Garden ([link removed]) .


** Support our work
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During the month of April, we are asking our community to honor the history of the AMC by donating $25.00 to nourish the future of Allied Media Projects. Your gift sustains our work of providing vital infrastructure to 100+ projects. We provide resources, support, and radical shared infrastructure to a network of visionary artists and organizers.
Donate to Support AMP’s Work of Cultivating Media for Liberation ([link removed])

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