so very virtual - 07.23.2024

workshops for Gaza & a guide to summer masking 😷

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

• Teach a course or workshop with Workshops 4 Gaza.

• Join World Health Network’s phone banking event on Friday, July 26th at 3:00 PM ET to say no to mask bans.

Virtual Events 🎟

Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option

• composition for action with Film Reframed — Saturday, July 27th at 10:00 AM PT // $89

• composition for editing with Film Reframed — Saturday, July 27th at 1:00 PM PT // $129

• Brainstarring: Meteors and Memory with Corporeal Writing — July 27th from 2:00 to 4:00 PM PT // Free

• Performance/Text with Workshops 4 Gaza — Tuesday, July 30th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $90, free for Palestinians

• What is Caste? with Workshops 4 Gaza — Saturday, August 3rd from 12:00 to 2:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60, free for Palestinians

• Undisciplined: A Transpacific History of Solider Rebellion with Workshops 4 Gaza — Sunday, August 4th from 10:00 to 12:00 AM PT

• DYSPLA_Chat for Neurodivergent Creatives with DYSPLA— August 4th from 10:00 to 11:30 AM BST // Free

• Radical Meditation: a practice of interbeing in times of crisis (BIPOC only) w/ Touk Keo with Corporeal Writing — August 4th from 5:30 to 6:30 PM PT // Sliding scale from $0 to $40

• TV Pilot Writing Course with Spade Robinson with Black Film Space — Course launches August 5th // $200

• holding our hearts together with zulaikha cara — August 6th at 8:00 PM ET // By donation of $10 to $30

• Black August Journaling Freespace with The Constellation — Various dates in August // $7 suggested donation

Online Opportunities 🛋

Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more

• Walter Grant with We Need Diverse Books — Apply by July 31st.

• Anthology of Poetry by Sexual Assault Survivors with Sundress Publications — Submit by September 30th.

• Writing Time Friday (WTF!) with Freewrite

Remote Resources 📘

Support and info for these pandemic times

• Masking: Hot Weather Edition from Mask Bloc CNJ

• Brooke Line: Support for COVID-19 Long-Haulers

• Grief Resources from Lenée A. Voss

• Beginners Guide to a Bright Voice from FOLX

• covid-conscious artists playlist shared by Clean Air Club

• The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time from Autostraddle

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.