It's time to propose a session for AMC2013. Ready, steady, go!

About AMP

Allied Media Projects cultivates media strategies for a more just and creative world.
From the intersection of communications, art, technology, education and social justice, we share and develop models for transforming ourselves and our communities. Read our mission and network principles.
AMP organizes the annual Allied Media Conference. Our local programs innovate media-based practices in education, economic development and community organizing.

Allied Media Conference

The Allied Media Conference is a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world, held every Summer in Detroit.
The AMC is a network of networks – social justice organizers, community technologists, transformative artists, educators, entrepreneurs, and many others – all using media in innovative ways.
The 15th annual AMC is June 20 - June 23, 2013 in Detroit. Be a part of it: REGISTER TODAY!

Detroit Future

AMP’s local programs innovate practices in education, economic development and community organizing. We are a founding member of the Detroit Digital Justice Coalition.
Detroit Future Media teaches core digital media competencies, and their application in community organizing, education, and entrepreneurship.
Through Detroit Future Schools we integrate digital media arts in the classroom.

AMPtalk

AMPTalk is a discussion and organizing system for the Allied Media Projects network.
We use AMPtalk to coordinate, share, and document Allied Media Conference sessions, tracks, network gatherings, and practice spaces.
Start a discussion on the AMPtalk Newswire or share job postings, grant opportunities, and calls for submissions on the Opportunities board.

We are now accepting session proposals for the 15th annual Allied Media Conference. The deadline to propose a workshop, panel discussion, caucus or strategy session is Friday, March 8.

Propose your session via AMPtalk »

The Allied Media Conference shares and celebrates innovations from the intersection of community-based art, technology, education, and media-based organizing for social justice. We're excited to fill AMC2013 with presenters of all ages, backgrounds, identities and abilities who want to help us explore the ways media and communications can transform our lives and our communities.

We are pleased to introduce the 21 participant-organized Tracks, Practice Spaces and Network Gatherings for AMC2013:

TRACKS

(No) Blank Slates: A DET X NOLA Cultural Exchange
Detroit Future Youth
I ♥ Print Media
Fierce Fashion Futures
Imagining Better Futures Through Play
Research Justice
Science and Social Movements
Webmaking
Engaging Power: Media Rights and Our Movements

PRACTICE SPACES

Healing Justice
Discovering Technology Lab
Kids Transform the World
Movement//Movement
Transformative Arts Practice Space

NETWORK GATHERINGS

Healing Together
Intergalactic Conspiracy of Childcare Collectives
Nation Inside
Research Justice Network Gathering
Werk It! Trans and Queer Youth
Brown Bois: Creating a New Masculinity
Detroit Future Schools

Read descriptions of the TPSNGs (Tracks, Practice Spaces, and Network Gatherings) on AMPtalk. We are seeking proposals for sessions that can be hosted within this year's TPSNGs, or that stand alone in their awesomeness as part of the all-encompassing General Track.

Session proposals will be reviewed by a committee that includes TPSNG coordinators, advisers and Allied Media Projects staff. These reviewers will consider the following criteria when evaluating session proposals: