1. We launched the Virtual Love, Virtual Healing event series.  

From Black mothering to ancestral resilience and visioning, we went deep with this four-part speaker series featuring Walidah Imarisha, Lottie V. Spady, Talitha Johnson, Andrea Ritchie, Dani McClain, Mav One, and Diana Nucera. 
 

2.  We hosted 5,000 attendees from across the globe at the first-ever virtual AMC. 

In the midst of COVID-19 and the global uprisings in defense of Black lives, we knew that coming together was more important than ever. We hosted our most accessible conference last July with 130 virtual sessions (many of which are archived online). We will continue to add content as it becomes available. 

3. We launched a brand new alliedmedia.org.

This new online home for AMP and our community of sponsored projects makes the abundant resources of media-based organizing for liberation within our network more visible and readily accessible for people wanting to learn more, get involved, and support.  

4. We nurtured collective care and mutual aid.  

We supported our sponsored projects in raising $14 million to show up for their communities through media-based organizing for liberation. $1.9M of these funds were distributed as direct emergency relief for Black and Indigenous, POC, queer and trans communities, who have been disproportionately impacted by the traumas of this year.

5. We began construction on the LOVE Building.
This 27,000 square foot building is the future of home of AMP and five of our closest partners in Detroit. More than just the physical space, we are constructing the relationships, the culture, and the values that we want this new space to embody (more here). 

6. We grew our staff and made big moves towards shared-leadership. 

AMP’s staff has nearly doubled since 2018, as demand for our programs and services steadily increases. We have even hired eight people to our core team during this pandemic. Stay tuned for an exciting update on our new Co-Executive Director early next year…

• The NDN Collective launched the LandBack Campaign to reclaim what was stolen from the original peoples on this land. 
• The Detroit Community Technology Project celebrated Tawana Petty as she moved on from her work leading the DCTP Data Justice initiative to become the National Organizing Director for Data for Black Lives. 
• Astrea Foundation and Research Action Design launched a new report, “Technologies for Abolitionist Futures,” along with a toolkit for organizing.   
• The Detroit Narrative Agency celebrated their 5 year Anniversary and the transition of leadership from co-founder ill Weaver to Co-Directors Ryan Pearson and Cornetta Lane. Watch a special performance created for the event by Complex Movements and friends.   
• Imani Mixon wrote this beautiful love letter to people named Imani for Threefold Press, a brand new Detroit arts magazine.  
• Interrupting Criminalization launched a Coronavirus Solidarity Poster and Postcard Project with the goal of sparking conversations around how we can support each other in staying safe. 
• The AMC2020 Language Justice Crew reflected on their network gathering at the AMC and shared wisdom from their work with the Se Ve Se Escucha Podcast.