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What is the frequency that heals? What would a world free from police and prisons, deeply rooted in care and mutual aid, feel like? And how do we move from dreams to practice, to conjure new worlds in this moment where so much is in the process of ending, but also just beginning? Join us next week for conversations about all this and more at the 21st Allied Media conference.
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AMC2020 kicks off Thursday July 23 at 4:00pm EST with a live version of the How to Survive the End of the World podcast, hosted by the Brown sisters (Autumn and adrienne maree), with special guest Chani Nicholas.
 From there, we enter the Opening Ceremony, which will feature the revolutionary creative genius of Detroiters: the Aadizookaan, Monica Lewis-Patrick, Kesswa, Bevlove, Supercoolwicked, and Ahya Simone, plus special guests Esparanza Spaulding, Raquel Willis, and Joie Lou Shakur of House of Pentacles.
Friday's plenary will be an inter-generational, Black feminist speculative future-dreaming extravaganza with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Alexis DeVeaux, and Walidah Imarisha.
 Saturday, Dani McClain holds space for big questions about how we must reorient our world and our movements towards care, with Loira Limbal, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Veralucia Mendoza.
And on Sunday, Andrea Ritchie invites us to believe that abolition is possible within our lifetimes, with Mariame Kaba (Project NIA), Tawana Petty (Detroit Community Technology Project), Toni-Michelle-Williams (Solutions Not Punishment), Miski Noor (Black Visions Collective), and Rachel Herzing (Center for Political Education).
 We close out the AMC on Sunday, July 26 at 6:30pm with a ceremony that will ask, what seeds are we planting? and what are we harvesting? featuring Toshi Reagon and Leah Penniman.
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In addition to the highlights above, The AMC will feature 75+ interactive sessions on topics ranging from "Makerspaces for Little Learners," to "Meme Tactics," "Cripping the Podcast" and so much more. Browse the full schedule and start planning your approach. Starting Monday July 20, you will be able to sign-up for the interactive sessions, but you must be sure to register first.
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Tinctures, t-shirts, buttons, and more... prepare yourself for the virtual AMC.
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The artist Le1f performs at AMC@Night in 2018.
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At the AMC, we take celebration seriously. We believe that relationships begin in workshops during the day, but they are solidified on the dancefloor, and in other community-building spaces at night. For the virtual AMC, we embrace the challenge of expanding the dancefloor across continents, while still cultivating that life-affirming joy. Explore the parties, community dinners, and film screenings of AMC@Night.
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Whether it is your first or twenty-first time here, the Virtual AMC is new for everyone. We got you! We have put together these resources to ensure everyone can navigate the virtual conference with ease, care and joy. There are sections focused on accessibility, safety, self-care, and more!
We will be continuing to update this guide between now and the start of the virtual AMC next week so be sure to check back.
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