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Register now for the 10th AMC in Detroit and get a free gift!
The 18th annual Allied Media Conference will mark 10 years of the conference being held annually in Detroit. Since we moved to Detroit in 2007, the AMC has grown from roughly 600 attendees to over 2,500 in 2015. We can’t wait to see what the next 10 years of creation, connection, and transformation will bring!
New Video: “What is Media-based Organizing?”
When we say “media” we mean all the ways we communicate with one another and the world. When we say “organizing” we mean the ways we come together to transform the problems that we face.
Watch a new video that introduces the concept of "media-based organizing" and explores its essential elements.
AMC Session Inspiration: “Old Gold: Do-it-Yourself Music Production”
Workshops focused on hands-on skill-sharing and DIY media-making are perennial favorites at the Allied Media Conference. “Old Gold: Do-it-yourself Music Production” a popular session at AMC2015, introduced free and inexpensive tools to teach the basics of contemporary songwriting and electronic music production.
Angels with Dirty Faces Now Booking for Readings, Workshops, and More
Allied Media Projects is coordinating bookings for Angels with Dirty Faces author Walidah Imarisha, who will begin touring with the book in spring 2016.
AMC Session Inspiration: “Speculative Cities” & “Anti Eviction Mapping”
In this blog post we look at two sessions which you named as favorites in the AMC2015 feedback survey. “Speculative Cities: Becoming Place” and “The Anti Eviction Mapping Project” explored the topic of gentrification and displacement through collaborative visioning and data mapping.