Allied Media Projects invited the coordinators of the 14 tracks of AMC2010 to submit proposals for media projects that would support the grassroots fundraising and organizing of their tracks. We awarded micro grants of $400 on a first come first serve basis. Check out below the awesome projects that are seeded through this process.
The New Mythos Tour
By creating a new mythos - that is, a change in the way we perceive reality, the way we see ourselves, and the ways we behave - la mestiza creates a new consciousness. The work of mestiza consciousness is to break down the subject/object duality that keeps her prisoner and to show in the flesh and through the images in her work how duality is transcended. -Gloria Anzaldúa
The New Mythos Tour will be a documented three-week multi-city dialogue/interview/workshop project moving from the Northeast into the Southwest. As a lead-in to the AMC’s INCITE!/ To Tell You The Truth track, the New Mythos Tour will explore the new mythos (as defined above), via arts-based workshop/community dialogue sessions in eight cities. Participants in these dialogues will explore: what is the new narrative of our time? What are the spaces that revolutionary m/others and community caregivers are straddling? How are they integrating truth-telling, spirituality and well-being into their movements? What are the many movements they are involved in and how do these intersect? This will be an opportunity to begin this exploration while creating and distributing radical truth-telling alternative media pieces along the way.
The New Mythos Tour aims to raise $2,500.00 through co-sponsorship, sliding scale workshop participation, and distribution of materials including; the Revolutionary Mama zine, Permission Perform zine, and the Radical Women of Color Definition of Media posters. Funds raised from this tour will support mamas and community care-givers to attend the Allied Media Conference and U.S. Social Forum in Detroit, June 17-27, 2010.
Learn more about The New Mythos Tour.
To sponsor the tour, make a monetary donation, or donate supplies, contact tk (tanya karakashian) tunchez at tikisone [AT] gmail [DOT] com.
Eco-justice CD Compilation
The Eco-Justice Media-Making for Sustainable Communities track of AMC2010 will create a CD compilation of music and art that connects the dots between the environment and social justice issues. Coordinators of the track will use the CD as a grassroots fundraising and organizing tool for a growing network of artists, community organizers, and media-makers participating in the Eco-Justice track.
Confirmed artists from diverse backgrounds and genres thus far include: Invincible, Savage Family, Riders Against the Storm, X-Vandals, Spiritchild, Taina y la Banda Rebelde, Tem Blessed, J-San & the Analogue Sons, Ricanstruction, Warclub, Blackfire, Broadcast Live, Climbing PoeTree, dead prez, Rebel Diaz, Yasmin Hernandez, and the Welfare Poets.
The CDs will be produced using eco-friendly, recycled packaging and sold for $5. Theuy will also be available for purchase online through a music downloading site to further raise awareness and reduce the waste associated with packaging.
The Eco-Justice track Advisory Board includes: Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective, Climate Confluence Network, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, Climbing PoeTree, Toxic Soil Busters, Riders Against the Storm, Indigenous Action Media, and Outta Your Backpack Media.
For information about how you can pre-order the compilation and support this track in other ways, contact the Green Guerrillas Youth Media Tech Collective at info [AT] stamp-cny [DOT] org or call 607-277-2122.
Medios Caminantes CD Compilation
The Medios Caminantes track will produce a 10-track audio CD with immigrant groups that are using radio to organize their communities. The CD will feature music and short radio pieces about community struggles against police violence, labor rights violations and other issues facing immigrant communities in the U.S.
Sales of the CD will benefit participants in the Medios Caminantes: Medios Creando, Fronteras Derrumbando track of the 2010 Allied Media Conference - the first Spanish-language track of the AMC, which will convene organizations from Latino/a immigrant communities to exchange experiences, media-based organizing skills, and coordinate resources in Detroit this summer.
By inviting organizations to participate in the production of this compilation, track organizers will start building the Medios Caminantes network before the AMC. Participating groups include: NICE (New Immigrant Community Empowerment), Make the Road New York, Jornaleros Unidos, Radio Callejara, Vóces Móviles, Radio Conciencia, KPCN Radio Movimiento, Radio Diaspora, Radio Sombra, Radio Tijera, Radio El Kilombo Intergalactico, Expresiones Hispanas Radio, Palabra Radio, Peoples Production House, and more TBA. Copies of the CD will be available for purchase from each of the participating organizations.
Contact Kristofer Ríos at kris [AT] peoplesproductionhouse [DOT] org to pre-order copies or to otherwise support this project.
Learn about more grassroots fundraising models to get you and your crew to the AMC.