GROWING SAFER COMMUNITIES — ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE TRACK
Coordinators: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Philly Stands Up!, Communities United Against Violence, and STOP/Critical Resistance Bay Area
Propose a Session for the Growing Safer Communities Track at this year’s Allied Media Conference, June 23-26, 2011, Detroit MI.
Submission Deadline March 21, 2011.
The Allied Media Conference will be taking place June 23-26th in Detroit, MI which unites the worlds of media and communications, technology, education and social justice.  The definition of media is extremely broad and includes pretty much any form you can think of to do organizing work! This year there will be 19 different learning tracks focusing on topics like Participatory Design, Ending Israeli Apartheid, Disability Justice, and Science Fiction.
Please submit a session for the 2011 Allied Media Conference Growing Safer Communities track. Putting Transformative Justice at center stage, this dynamic track is chock full of communication strategies, tools and dreams for anyone working to build safety from violence and abuse in their communities without using the police or criminal legal system! Building on last year’s successful Creating Safer Communities track, this year we’ll take conversations about transformative justice and community-based accountability to the next level. Our communities are using tools like zines, safetylabs, flip cam videos, and neighborhood safety mapping to support a safe, healing, and restorative world. We’re tapping into into potlucks, posters, story circles, weekend action camps, elder/ youth inter-generational conversations, Twitter, textmobs, stencils and oh so much more to grow these communities. This track will bring together collectives from across North America and beyond to explore the brilliant ways we’re (nonviolently) kicking butt and building the systems we need to be safe and free.
Because we have limited space for sessions, we are encouraging folks to work collaboratively with other organizers (in your region or other folks you know around the country) to pull together session proposals so that we can include as many voices and experiences as  possible.
AMC Session Proposal Details:
We are now accepting session proposals for AMC2011. Every year we get more and more awesome session proposals. We recommend that your start now on developing your session proposal. Session proposals for AMC2011 are due March 21, 2011. We are seeking proposals that feature:
- A clear connection to media and communications. Our definition of media includes everything from breakdancing, to building your own radio station, to web-design, fashion-design and everything in between.
- An emphasis on strategies rather than issues. Sessions that help us name the problem are important, but they can’t stop there. Make sure your session proposal incorporates media-based organizing strategies towards solutions.
- Interactivity and creativity in the session structure. Think about session structures that will make the information accessible to multiple learning styles. This may include a mix of: small group conversations, visual presentations of information, handouts, games and creative expression.
- Collaboration. We love AMC sessions designed by multiple organizations or individuals. Even better, connect your session to an ongoing organizing process that extends beyond the conference. While collaboration is strongly encouraged, we also welcome workshops from individuals and groups.
For all info, FAQs and where to submit online: http://alliedmedia.org/amc2011/news/2011/02/22/call-session-proposals-amc2011
The session proposal form is ready! Please submit to these websites:
Here, in English:Â Â http://alliedmedia.org/amc2011/propose-session-amc2011
Aquà en Español:  http://alliedmedia.org/amc2011/propuesta-de-sesiones-para-la-amc2011
Proposals are due by March 21st! Please e-mail brownstargirl@gmail.com if you have questions and spread the word widely!
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