Just Tech Fellowship, Black Bottom Street View, and more

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Allied Media Projects
AMP News November 2021

In the foreground is a multicolored dandelion. Dozens of its seeds are scattering as if blown. Below that reads "We are the seeds." The background is black with white specs that looks like stars.

"We Are the Seeds" from Chiara.acu ([link removed])

Dear AMP Network,

Thank you to the 3,000+ people who either joined us in real time for the Fall 2021 AMP Seeds Series or watched them immediately after! You’ve helped sustain our collective learning towards building the world we need.

Did you miss Tawana Petty and Myrtle Thompson-Curtis sharing how two decades of homegrown ingenuity is helping DetroitersReimagine Safety ([link removed]) without police or the Osata sisters’ newest burlesque pieces during Performance as Resistance ([link removed]) ? Don't worry.

Because AMP Seeds is all about spreading liberatory ideas, strategies, and creations, we’re excited to announce the AMP Seeds Archive ([link removed]) – an educational tool based on the videos from the Series. You can watch, rewatch, or share videos from Fall 2021, Spring 2021 (Bloom), and Summer 2020 (Virtual Love, Virtual Healing) with your network. We took it a step further and offered downloadable transcripts, discussion questions, memorable quotes, and links to resources so that you can use them as part of a course curriculum, community event, or home viewing party.

Warmly,

Allied Media Projects
Funding Opportunities
* The Just Tech Fellowship ([link removed]) is a remote, two-year, full-time paid research fellowship that invests in researchers and practitioners who will identify and challenge injustices emerging from new technologies and identify solutions that advance social, political, and economic rights. Submit an expression of interest ([link removed]) by January 2, 2022. More details here ([link removed]) .
* The Emergent Fund’s Rapid Response Fund supports 1) emergent strategies that help communities respond to rapidly changing conditions and 2) efforts seeking long-term social justice and economic justice. Learn more and apply by Nov 11th and/or Jan 14th. ([link removed])

Jobs
* Visionary Organizing Lab ([link removed]) is expanding and seeking out social media support. They are looking to work with 1-2 people who are values aligned and are flexible about what that looks like. Learn more here. ([link removed])

Network highlights
* After 5 years of organizing and growing the Michigan Environmental Justice Coalition (MEJC), Michelle Martinez will be passing the torch. We are deeply grateful for her work to protect the land, air, water, and people of Detroit and beyond. Congratulations to Jamesa Johnson Greer ([link removed]) , the incoming ED!
* Order the 2nd edition ofDecolonizing Wealth ([link removed]) now to help support the movement to heal from racial and economic injustices! #decolonizer
* Four activists speak out from COP26 about the fight for Indigenous sovereignty in the face of climate collapse in What Indigenous Land Defenders at COP26 Want ([link removed])
* In 2018, Black Bottoms Archive acquired the Black Bottom Street View to bring the histories & the sacred spaces that were present in the neighborhood to Detroiters in real time. Help fund the project ([link removed]) .
* Grist Magazine featured Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund ([link removed])
* Metro Detroit journalist, Danny Fenster, freed from Myanmar jail ([link removed])
* An inspirational message from our Virtual AMC host,RV Mendoza ([link removed])

Gift Ideas

Support community leaders and movements for justice with gifts for your loved ones this holiday season from our sponsored projects.

A yellow long sleeve shirt reading “my elders taught me how to cook” and featuring a hand-drawn graphic of a steaming wok

“My Elders Taught Me…” T-Shirts and Sweaters ([link removed]) ($25-38)

In collaboration with movement artist Ashley Lukashevsky, “My Elders Taught Me” is a duo of shirts inspired by the strength and visionary leadership of our elders and ancestors. Help them raise $25,000 to continue their urgent Asian American organizing work.
An illustrated black on pink graphic of a light switch with lots of flowers surrounding it

Rent Party Detroit Prints ([link removed]) ($15)

This limited edition risograph print is designed by Lucy Cahill and printed by Small Works, community letterpress in Detroit, MI. Rent Party Detroit raises money to prevent eviction in Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck.

An abstract graphic poster with purple on orange ink

AMC2020 Glow in the Dark Poster + Buttons ($45) ([link removed])

Commemorate AMC2020 while supporting AMC2022 with this graphic poster and 1’ button bundle.
A black person's profile image with their hair in a bun that is made of overlapping patterns for a collage-like feel. There are abstracted semicircles on the bottom making a border.

Grace Limited edition ZEAL Classic Postcard Booklet ([link removed]) ($45)

The postcard booklet contains a collection of works from outstanding Black artists rendered as high quality prints of each artists' work in postcard format (5''x7'' on perforated card-stock) printed by Black Classic Press.

A Yellow shirt with black and green hand-drawn illustrations of people singing kareoke in a park in front of a car. Gnomes and dinosaurs dance in the foreground.

Long Live VHS T-shirt ([link removed]) ($20)

A 3-color screenprint of an Illustration of the Roaming Center For Magnetic Alternatives by Ian Teeple, 2019 printed on 100% ringspun cotton shirts using super soft, eco-friendly water-based ink. Shirts are available in corn silk yellow and orchid pink sizes S - 2XL.

Chevallarian Stars - Detroit Youth Volume CD ($5-25 sliding scale) ([link removed])

Detroit Youth Volume violin and viola students ages 3-18 learned to produce their own electronic music using samples of acoustic and electric violin, their voices, and an MPC. This CD comes with a lovely eco-wallet case designed by Danielle Aubert.

Image of circular stickers with drawings of a variety of vegetables and food products with text that reads “Tostada Magazine.”

Tostada Magazine Sticker ($5) ([link removed])

Buy this set of 2 and show your support of independent, PoC/Women-run food & culture journalism in Detroit with these stickers that go great on water bottles, laptops, & notebooks.

Nothing catch your eye?Shop at the AMP Store ([link removed]) with over 100 totes, books, zines, shirts, art pieces, and more for sale to support media for liberation.
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