AMP Blog: AMC2013
Call for Session Proposals: (NO) Blank Slates: A DET X NOLA Cultural Exchange
We find it problematic when the term "Blank Slates" or "Blank Canvas" or "Clean Slate" comes into popular use in describing Detroit or New Orleans' present states post-disaster. Neither city is truly a "Blank Slate" – indeed there are layers upon layers of rich culture and history still present. And most importantly, there are people there.
Call for Session Proposals: Kids Transform The World!
Calling all Kids, Tweens, Youth, Young at Heart, Parents, Families and Friends! The Intergalactic Conspiracy of Childcare Collectives (ICCC) is beginning to build a wonderful world of children’s programing for the upcoming Allied Media Conference (AMC) this June in Detroit. We are working to create a space for kids, tweens, youth, parents and childcare providers to hold our own space at the AMC.
Help Promote the AMC: Social Media Images
Help us get the word out by sharing these fantastical images on social media.
"How We Organize the AMC Zine Vol. 1" now available for purchase and download
The Allied Media Conference was founded as the Midwest Zine Conference in 1999 and we are excited to carry forward the zine practice and culture as we enter the conference's 15th year with the release of How We Organize the AMC Zine Vol. 1.
Call for Session Proposals: Fierce Fashion Futures
Everyday we communicate something about who we are, who we want and what kind of world we want with our clothes and our bodies. How can we understand the ways that fashion builds community and simultaneously excludes from community? How can we reclaim beauty in our own fat, QTPOC, disabled, radical selves?