so very virtual is a free weekly newsletter featuring opportunities, events, and resources that are fully virtual, remote, or hybrid with an online option.
🔍 Please look into events and opportunities to decide whether they are right for you. Send any concerns to theeclarel@substack.com.
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📚 If you’re new, start with this pandemic resource roundup.
Action Alerts 🔔
Steps to support a better world
Speak out against a mask ban in New York.
Tell LA Mayor Bass, LA City Council, and County Supervisors: No Mask Ban, You Fascists!
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Writer Tee Franklin in conversation with Imani Barbarin with Multiverse — Sunday, June 30th from 2:00 to 3:00 PM ET // Livestreaming free on TikTok & Twitch
Dead Pilots Society with Andrew Reich and Ben Blacker — On demand from July 1st through July 8th // $15
How To Buy A House Outside the Nuclear Family with Be Intentional Financial — Tuesday, July 2nd from 7:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Free
A4A Group Study: Guaranteed Income for Artists with Anticapitalism for Artists — Tuesday, July 2nd from 3:30 to 5:00 PM PT | 6:30 to 8:00 PM ET // Free
"Is this America?": Survival and Creativity in the Face of Electoral Foolishness with Mobile Homecoming Trust Living Library and Archive — July 3rd at 6:00 PM ET // $25
Equity in Practice: Anti-pathology Approaches to Mental Health Care for People of Color with Cockhren Consulting — July 10th, 17th, and 24th from 1:30 to 4:00 PM ET // $60 for each part
soak with alexa dexa and Experiments in Opera — Saturday, July 13 at 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, July 21st at 3:00 PM ET, and Friday, August 2nd at 7:00 PM ET // Free
Guaranteed Income Workshop with IndieSpace and Creatives Rebuild NY — Tuesday, July 16th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET // Free
Black Girl Gamers 2024 Online Summit with Black Girl Gamers — August 3rd from 12:00 to 6:00 PM ET // Free
Learning to Listen: Removing Creative Blocks for Better Writing with Literary Libertation — Saturdays, August 3rd & 10th from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET // $160 with a scholarship option
Claim Your Narrative Creative Writing Workshop with Maria Gregorio — Starts in August // $160 for 4 weeks
Momentum Workshop Series — Ongoing // Free
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Heat & Hustle Accountability Program with Roots. Wounds. Words. — Begins July 1st.
Auditions for NO DAMAGES virtual table read — with Justice For My Sister and BIPOC SciFi Screenwriters Lab — July 1st through 8th.
2025 COUNTERpult Hosts with Roots. Wounds. Words. — Apply by August 2nd.
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
COVID and HIV Zine by Stevie Springs
Covid-Safer Flying by Clean Air Club
A toolkit for artists and freelancers when asked to work for nothing
About Justin
Justin Clarel is a Black queer writer, performer, and educator creating vibrant stories for a better world. They are most proud of their work with sketch comedy team The Rhubarbs, original works for stage and screen, and love for musical theatre. Keep up with their adventures at @theeclarel and theeclarel.com.