Our visionary ancestor Octavia Butler declared, “There's no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead, there are thousands of answers–at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”
The 22nd Allied Media Conference kicks off next week!! We’re excited to rejoice in the brilliant organizing of our network as we prepare to convene online and in Detroit to explore how we use media for liberation and the ways in which visionary organizing can decompose oppressive systems to make way for liberated worlds. Here’s a preview of what you’ll experience at AMC2022!
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AMC2022 kicks off the weekend on Thursday, June 30th with 8 Network Gatherings and our first full session block, where participants will come together for sessions such as, “From Data Criminalization to Prison Abolition,” “Black Food for Thought: Towards Cultural Sovereignty” and “Visioning a solidarity economy designed by artists,” exploring the creative and visionary tools we need to create the world anew.
From![A green splattered background with a variety of shapes behind a purple diamond shape. The center reads, "Afrofeminist Futures For the World We Want!" and beneath the words are images of the five plenary speakers and their names. The upper left corner reads, "AMC2022 Opening Plenary Live Streamed from Marygrove" and the upper right corner reads, "Thursday, June 30 5-6:30 PM" and has an AMC logo beneath it.]](https://mcusercontent.com/ed3193a97f901cbe49364e914/images/be917e77-57df-67c5-7df3-63e9f476190b.png) there, we enter into our Opening Plenary, AfroFeministFutures For the World We Want!, a dynamic conversation with Emani Love, Paris Hatcher, Asha Ransby-Sporn and Demita Frazier facilitated by Dr. Moya Bailey to discuss, "If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression."
 After tapping into the transformative conversation from the plenary, join us for a virtual/live opening ceremony featuring a Keynote speech from Tricia Hersey of the Nap Ministry. Rooted in Detroit’s lineage as Midnight City, the code name for the last stop on the Underground Railroad, guests will be invited to celebrate, heal, and rest our collective imaginations as we journey towards liberation.
Friday, we have a full day of virtual sessions and activities for local participants before our Friday evening plenary, Designing for Transformation in the 21st Century. This plenary cross-pollinates designers, artists, and organizers for a discussion on how to shape, scale, and embody power as we collectively build more liberated futures.
Saturday, join Texas Isa iah, SHAN Wallace, Darryl DeAngelo Terrell, and Bre’ann White, four brilliant, Black, queer Black photographers as they discuss how their work complicates and reimagines our collective notions of Black identity. From creating essential archives of Black queerness to expanding our capacity to imagine, the function of photographers is vast.
And on Sunday, moderator Tawana Petty gathers with visionary leaders Lauren Hood, Malkia Cyril, Myrtle Thompson for Reparations: Repairing Harm in the Age of Mass Surveillance, which will explore the tactics, strategies, and imagination required to make reparations a reality, in Detroit and beyond.
We close out the AMC on Sunday, July 3 at 4:00pm with a ceremony that will ask, "What intergenerational, ancestral, and ecological memories can we unlock together?" Our exploration features the work of Dr. Gloria House, Nandi Comer, TeMate Dance Institute, Cherise Morris, and SUPERCOOLWICKED.
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 The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here! Check out our AMC2022 schedule for a full list of the strategy sessions, community meetups, performances, film screenings, Network Gatherings, dance parties and more you won’t want to miss. Session registration opens June 27th! All sessions will be held virtually!
Explore our schedule!
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Creatively produced by Tunde Olaniran, AMC@NIGHT is a 3-night festival showcasing performing artists working at the intersection of art and social change.
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We kickoff AMC2022 with a Welcome Party by the D.Cipher Team at Detroit Distillery in Eastern Market. D.Cipher Rock the Block is a block party and music bazaar that celebrates community, and highlights Detroit music and its impact on arts, culture, and nightlife. D.Cipher Rock the Block features interactive sonic demonstrations with local organizations and artists, Dj sets by AK, Who Dat, a live performance by Na Bonsai, and a cipher hosted by The Living Room.
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 Detroit Comes Out At Night (Volume One)
Hosted by Imani Mixon
Join us for a full night of back-to-back dancefloor therapy, with sets from emerging and established talent, playing a range of mixes to help you bounce, step, shuffle, and sweat. Featuring DJ sets from BEARCAT (Discwoman), Blackmoonchild, and Auntie Chanel, with two hybrid vocal performance/DJ sets from Kesswa and SABETYE.
Proof of up-to-date COVID vaccination/boosters and/or negative PCR test within 48 hours required for entry. Masks encouraged. Entry is free for registered AMC participants. Event will be live-streamed for registered AMC participants.
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 Detroit Comes Out At Night (Volume Two)
Hosted by Imani Mixon
Night two of AMC @ Night kicks off featuring live sets from Serpentwithfeet, SUPERCOOLWICKED and VESPRE, followed by DJ sets from AK and a 2-hour set from viral mash-up savant Amorphous.
Proof of up-to-date COVID vaccination/boosters and/or negative PCR test within 48 hours required for entry. Masks encouraged. Entry is free for registered AMC participants. Event will be live-streamed for registered AMC participants.
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 We're so excited for our first ever Recipes for Radical Hospitality digital magazine to go live. This resource features recipes, strategies, visions, and stories to enrich and align our gatherings during the 22nd hybrid Allied Media Conference and beyond. Recipes for Radical Hospitality is a collaboration between Whetstone Magazine and the Allied Media Conference, curated by Ora Wise.
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