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
Contact the CDC on Monday, July 8th to stop mask bans.
Take action against mask bans in the US.
Take action against an anti-mask ordinance in Chicago.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
How To Strengthen Your Job Search & Navigate Toxic Workplaces — Saturday, July 6th from 1:30 to 2:30 PM ET // Free
"From Rage to Page: Embracing Anger": A Masterclass with Raena Shirali with Blue Stoop — Monday, July 8th from 5:30 to 7:30 PM ET // $50
“Art & Mind: The Healing Arts & Accessibility” at Peer Day with Straight Up Care — Monday, July 8th at 8:00 PM ET // Free
SPARK! Organizing for Revolution: Summer School at The People’s Forum — July 9th to August 15th // Free
Before and After: Taking the BIPOC Road to Literary Taxidermy with Sundress Academy for the Arts — July 10th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET // Free with donations welcome
Quarterly Check-in: Midyear Goal Reboot with Passion Planner — Wednesday, July 10th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM ET // Free
Thursdays on the Stoop: Creative co-working with Blue Stoop — Thursday, July 11th from 3:30 to 5:30 PM ET // Free
Office Hours with Jennifer Wilson with Blue Stoop — Thursday, July 11th from 6:00 to 7:00 PM ET // $50
Noam Keim: The Land is Holy w/ Rajiv Mohabir with Books are Magic — Friday, July 12th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM ET // Free
Sins School of Popular Education with Sins Invalid — Starts July 16th // By donation
How to Develop a TV Writing Career in 2024 with Black Film Space — July 16th from 9:00 to 10:30 PM ET // Free
All Bodies Bachata Dance Class with San Francisco Disability Cultural Center — Wednesday, July 17th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM PT // Free
Science Writers Roundtable: Writer-Owned Publications with National Association of Science Writers — Wednesday, July 17th from 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT // Free
The Business of Freelance Writing: 6-week Intensive with Omar Mouallem with Pandemic University — Starting Wednesday, July 17th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET // $399
Sessions with the Editor: Nat. Brut and Bridge with Grub Street — July 19th from 6:00 to 9:00 PM ET // $85
July Poetry Xfit with Sundress Academy for the Arts — Sunday, July 21st from 2:00 to 4:00 PM ET // Free with donations welcome
Nail the General Meeting: Being Your Authentic Self with The Writers Guild Foundation — Tuesday, July 23rd from 4:00 to 5:30 PM PT // Free with donations welcome
RestFest Film Festival — Starts August 22nd // Pay what you can
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Artists Against Apartheid Cohort for SPARK: Organizing for Revolution, Summer School at The People's Forum — Begins July 9th.
Community Anthologies with The Seventh wave — Submit by July 18th.
Grant Writer with Solstice: A Magazine of Diverse Voices
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
Resist Mask Bans: A Resource List from Long COVID Justice
Fight Fascism Wear a Mask Flyer from People’s CDC
Masks Work Campaign from Pandemic Resistance Inc.
Palestine X Disability Justice Syllabus from Disability Visibility Project
Disability Justice, COVID, and Community Organizing
Reading and Resource List from COVID Safe Campus12 Lit Mags Featuring Disabled/Chronically Ill Writers and Artists from Trish Hopkinson
The Sistas Uprising Fund Microgrant Gallery & Documentary from Sista Creatives Uprising
Q3 Resource Roundup (2024) from Black Remote She
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.