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Allied Media Conference 2016

Welcome to the 18th annual Allied Media Conference!

Browse all 300+ sessions below on our online schedule. Please note: bookmarking a session on our online schedule does not guarantee you a place in the session. All sessions are first come first serve.

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9:00am EDT

'Places of Power' Film Screening DeRoy Auditorium: Room 146 #TransTRUTH: Trans Advocacy through Storytelling State Hall: Room 113 (Re)Building Technology: Community Wireless Around the World Student Center: Hilberry A Map the power! Collaborative Research with LittleSis Student Center: Hilberry D Queer Talisman: Quick Messy Collaborative 16mm Filmmaking State Hall: Room 137 Creating a Platform for Youth-Led Advocacy State Hall: Room 131 Harnessing Media and Tech for Liberation State Hall: Room 106 When We Fight We Win: The Role of Art and Culture in Movement Building State Hall: Room 125 Breaking HIV Stigma Through Dance Student Center: Dance Room 025 Decolonizing Our Stories and Futures Part 1 McGregor: Room J Healing Sessions: Demystifying & Decentering Healing Roundtable McGregor: Room I Opening Session of Creative Coping and Grieving Arts Practice Space McGregor: Room F/G Orientation to Documentation (Part I) Student Center: Room 384 SheShock Hip Hop: Encouraging the Power of Women Beatmakers State Hall: Room 114 Storytime with T. Miller McGregor: Room B/C AMC2016 Homeroom: Friday State Hall: Room 118 Say Her Name / Black Trans Lives Matter Student Center: Hilberry B Black Unicorn Pop Up Library McGregor: Room D

11:00am EDT

'Her Story' Screening State Hall: Room 134 Chicana Por Mi Raza Digital Memory Collective Student Center: Hilberry B Groundwork: Justice In the Birthplace of America DeRoy Auditorium: Room 146 Babel’s Workshop: Best Practices for Multilingual Events State Hall: Room 125 Collaboration with Github and Git Student Center: Hilberry D Poster Power: Toolkit for the Design Activist State Hall: Room 137 The Power of Perspectives in Youth Research State Hall: Room 113 Counterspace: Black Digital Activism On Campus State Hall: Room 106 Librarians of Color Survival Guide: Truth and Self-Care State Hall: Room 114 Narratives of Displacement: The Anti Eviction Mapping Project State Hall: Room 128 Decolonizing our Stories and Futures Part 2 McGregor: Room J Healing Sessions: Building Our Emotional Immune System McGregor: Room I Healing Trauma through Yoga McGregor: Room F/G Herbal Plant Allies and Appalachian Resistance Student Center: Hilberry E Orientation to Documentation (Part II) Student Center: Room 384 The Antidote McGregor: Room B/C How to Make It: Nurturing Your Creative Practice State Hall: Room 112

12:30pm EDT

Restoration Room McGregor: Room H

12:45pm EDT

Design Justice: An Exhibit of Emerging Design Practices Student Center: Ballroom Changing the Education System for Disabled Children State Hall: Room 112 Dismantling Racism as it Operates Within Ourselves as White People State Hall: Room 117 Lunch Love: Parents and Child Caregivers Lawn outside McGregor Conference Center Powerful Voices: Lessons from Youth Public Access Producers State Hall: Room 123 Radical Youth Leadership State Hall: Room 131 Self-care for Black Caregivers State Hall: Room 113 The Fatty Manatee Meetup State Hall: Room 118

2:00pm EDT

Raising Our Voices: Community Radio in Honduras and Guatemala DeRoy Auditorium: Room 146 'Sex (Ed) is...' : A Social Media Campaign by The Heal Project State Hall: Room 115 Build a Media History Timeline Student Center: Hilberry D Digging Deep: Remixing Research State Hall: Room 114 Formation: Black Femme Safety Strategies Student Center: Hilberry A Nuts and Bolts of Grassroots Fundraising State Hall: Room 113 Property Praxis and 'Dumb' Cities State Hall: Room 128 Shoot, Scratch and Stomp: Let’s Play with Film State Hall: Room 137 The Revolution Will Be Podcasted Student Center: Hilberry C 12 Recommendations for Detroit Funders State Hall: Room 125 Hear. Care. Act. Strategies for Teaching Black Lives Matter State Hall: Room 134 The Long Haul: Living Through Collective Performance Practice Student Center: Hilberry B A Healing Circle for Orlando and Beyond McGregor: Room I Dance for Empowerment Student Center: Dance Room 025 I Am a Universe Part 1 McGregor: Room F/G Producing Beats and Samples McGregor: Room B/C Text 2 Move Part 1 Student Center: Dance Room 020 When We Rule the World: Kids in Direct Action Part 1 Student Center: Hilberry E Navigating Crisis Part I: Supporting Loved Ones in Crisis State Hall: Room 131 Planning an Indymedia Reboot in Montreal State Hall: Room 112 Traced and Tracked: The Surveillance Industrial Complex State Hall: Room 106 From Growing Our Economy to Growing Our Souls Towers Dorms Shuttle Stop Growing Sustainable Water Solutions Bike Tour Towers Dorms Shuttle Stop

4:00pm EDT

Deep Space Mind: Insanity for Survival State Hall: Room 113 Digital Privacy in Public Libraries: NYC Checks it Out State Hall: Room 131 GIFs for Justice Student Center: Hilberry D Run Nigga Run State Hall: Room 112 StoryCorps: Tools to Record and Archive Community Voices State Hall: Room 125 Archiving our Stories: Narratives of LGBTQ API Organizing State Hall: Room 118 Cultivating Black Joy State Hall: Room 134 Demanding a Seat at the Table: Youth Media's Role in the 2016 Election State Hall: Room 114 Independent Media and Immigrant Stories State Hall: Room 106 Revolutionary Mothering: Love on the Front Lines Student Center: Room 285 When GoFundMe Doesn't Cut It State Hall: Room 137 B-Girl Movement McGregor: Room B/C DET X JXN : New Afrikas in America - The Journey Continues McGregor: Room J I Am a Universe part II McGregor: Room F/G Open Studio Space Student Center: Room 384 Street Styles (90’s Hip Hop) Student Center: Dance Room 025 Text 2 Move Part 2 Student Center: Dance Room 020 Toast2U: Intentional Celebration McGregor: Room I When We Rule the World: Kids in Direct Action Part 2 Student Center: Hilberry E Deconstructing Intoxication Culture: Supporting Non-Normative Substance Users State Hall: Room 123 Fat 201: Deconstructing Fat Stigma Within Our Movements Student Center: Hilberry C Hacking HIV Stigma State Hall: Room 115 Intermedia Arts Up & Out State Hall: Room 127 Navigating Crisis Part II: Protecting Emotional Safety on Social Media State Hall: Room 128 Remembering, Re[pair]rations and Reimagining Student Center: Hilberry B From Growing Our Economy to Growing Our Souls (continued) Towers Dorms Shuttle Stop Growing Sustainable Water Solutions Bike Tour (continued) Towers Dorms Shuttle Stop

5:45pm EDT

Opening Ceremony Detroit Film Theater

7:00pm EDT

Women in Hip Hop Concert Garden Theater

8:00pm EDT

Youth Social Space & Open Mic Cass Corridor Commons Karaoke + Bowling The Majestic Garden Bowl

9:00pm EDT

The Osato Sister's Cabaret Night Cinema Detroit