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Announcing our 2021 Spring Speaker Series – Bloom. Bloom is a collection of four virtual events including a short film premiere, a musical performance, and several artist discussions that will take place on April 29, May 13, May 27 and June 10 at 5 p.m. ET. Bloom invites participants to envision a world without borders, witness the power of youth, honor ancestral ceremonial practices, and celebrate artistic collaboration. We're excited to offer CART, ASL, and Spanish interpretation for all Bloom events (descripciones en Español aquí)!
With love,
AMP
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Fred Hampton had just turned 20 when he joined the Black Panther Party. Beyonce was only 9 years old when she joined Destiny’s Child. Young people have and continue to lead the cultural and political transformations we need. On April 29th we welcome young media makers whose creative practices shine today and the adults that support their thriving.
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An estimated 10-12 million people live in the U.S. in a constant state of fear because they lack legal documentation of their right to be here. For many, this reality is compounded by racism, transphobia, and other layers of violence. Nonetheless, undocumented immigrants are leading some of the most brave and visionary organizing efforts towards a world where all our communities can live in safety, dignity, and power. Join us for a conversation with media-makers and immigrant justice leaders committed to dismantling fear and advancing freedom dreams. This event is produced in partnership with AirGo Radio and will be recorded and re-aired as part of their podcast.
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Ceremony is an ancestral technology that gifts us the room to transmute violence backwards and forwards through time. In this session, Lead to Life invites you to witness their new ritual film “between starshine and clay” as a practice in decomposing violence together across distance. By honoring the land, reflecting on its history, and reaffirming our relationship to our ancestors in blood and soil, we will explore afro-diasporic ceremonial practices as a strategy to heal our past, present and futures.
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For many artists, transformation occurs during the process of making and not just in sharing the final product. This principle is evident in the collaboration, Manager on McNichols, an album resulting from 10 year exploration between musician and long time AMC participant, Sterling Toles and Detroit rapper Boldy James. What was an experiment in healing led to profound transformation for both of these artists. Join us at our closing event of the season for an intimate conversation about their artistic practice, how they forged relationships of trust and how they used their art as a tool for liberation.
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As we reflect on the one year anniversary of when COVID changed all of our lives, we recommit ourselves to caring for one another.
- Wholistic Vaccine Support an article by Naturopathic Doctor Diana Quinn, on how mRNA vaccines work, how to care for your body before and after the vaccine, and more.
- Join a larger movement to build sustainable community-centered safety by applying to become a Detroit Safety Team Member by March 31st and/or learn more about their job opportunities.
- Did you receive a stimulus check even though you’re doing alright financially? Want to embrace abundance by giving it away? Sharemycheck.org is created by Resource Generation and offers guidance.
- As we process our grief and rage at the most recent wave of anti-Asian violence, we offer these resources from the Asian Mental Health Collective: directory of therapists // directory of organizations.
- Last Days is a poetry book of radical imagination for our current political and environmental crises, inspired by the organizers in Tamiko’s Beyer life. Organizers, activists, cultural workers, and healers, sign up now for a free give away. Tamiko is offering 250 copies of Last Days as well as ghost gestures, Gabrielle Civil’s new chapbook that traces Black bodies across space and time and a specially-designed poster by Jess X. Snow.
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