The work continues after AMC2020

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Credit: Ara Howrani
Dear AMP Community,

Anyone else still buzzing with joy and hope from AMC2020? Yes, we went virtual this year, but somehow through Slack, Youtube dance parties, network gatherings, and breakout sessions, our AMC family was able to co-create a transformative conference.

We wrote, vibed, danced, and dreamed. We captured the magic that AMC generates and brought it home with us. We thank each and every one of our attendees, presenters, and partners. We thank the oldtimers, and newcomers. Whether you tuned in for one livestream or were living on Slack all weekend, please take the post-AMC survey ([link removed][UNIQID]) to help us learn from this year and shape the future of the AMC.

If you missed any of our signature events (or want to re-live them), you can catch the opening and closing ceremonies, plenaries, community dinners, and AMC @ night gatherings on our YouTube channel ([link removed][UNIQID]) .

We’ve got a wild future ahead of us, unfolding faster and faster every day. AMC2020 showed us that we are ready and resourced to shape change in the direction of collective liberation.
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Calls to Action


** Support for right next door or across the world.
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* Support relief efforts in Lebanon:
+ Egna Legna ([link removed][UNIQID]) is an org run by and for Ethopian domestic workers in Lebanon who have been abandoned by their host families in the face of the current crisis.
+ A fund for arts & cultural worker ([link removed][UNIQID]) s ([link removed][UNIQID]) in Lebanon.
+ A fund for Beirut's queer community ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
* Mark your calendar for the Black National Convention ([link removed][UNIQID]) August 28th at 7pm EST
* Sign on to the call for a Cultural New Deal ([link removed][UNIQID])
* Sign on to the Detroiter’s Bill of Rights ([link removed][UNIQID])


** AMP sponsored projects and speakers bureau members sharing their gems with the world
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* An Intro to Afrofuturism ([link removed][UNIQID]) with Adrienne Ayers of Afrofuture Youth for the Ur Internet Friends Podcast
* Finding Our Way podcast ([link removed][UNIQID]) with Prentis Hemphill feat. adrienne maree brown
* Pandemic Issues: Radical Parenting in the Time of Covid-19 ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Hoodoisie
* Defending Black Lives Means Banning Facial Recognition ([link removed][UNIQID]) by Tawana Petty


** The #AMPCollectiveCare resources we began sharing at the beginning of the pandemic will live on in this new section of our monthly newsletter
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* Protest Best Practices for Safety & Accessibility ([link removed][UNIQID]) from June’s Black Disabled Lives Matter Protest in Detroit
* #Above4Fund ([link removed][UNIQID]) , a recurring monthly fund beginning at $1,000 to support Black women artists
* $10,000 Illuminations Grant ([link removed][UNIQID]) for Black trans women visual artists
* 24/7 Mental Health resources ([link removed][UNIQID]) for Detroiters
* Donate to The Chicago Community Bond Fund ([link removed][UNIQID])

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