so very virtual - 08.02.2024
events from RestFest & educational resources 📚
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
Phone bank against mask bans Fridays at 3:00 PM ET.
Participate in this mask bloc oral history project.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Dream Cultivating, a space for Black queer and/or gender expansive folx with Ami of ‘Black, Queer & Abroad’ — August 4th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM ET // Free or pay what you can
Writing to Budget with Pipeline Artists — Monday, August 5th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM PT | 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET // $35
Legal 101: Contracts, Copyrights, & More with Humanitas — Wednesday, August 7th from 5:00 to 6:30 PM PT // Free
HippoCamp Weekend with Hippocampus Magazine — August 10th through 11th // Various prices from donate what you can to $75 for the whole weekend
Colonialism and the Heritage of Genocide with Workshops 4 Gaza — August 14th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60
Chronic Poets Society with Sundress Academy for the Arts — August 14th from 6:00 to 7:30PM ET // Free with donations welcome
How To Direct Actors with Liam White — Thursday, August 15th from 5:00 to 7:30 AM ET // £20.00
Esperanto 101 with Workshops 4 Gaza — August 15th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60
What is Crip Cinema? A panel led by Crip Cinema Archive with RestFest Film Festival — August 15th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM PT // Free with an optional donation
Mini Zine for Community Care: a Workshop led by Chanika Svetvilas with RestFest Film Festival — August 15th from 4:00 to 5:15 PM PT // Sliding scale from $10 to $20
GIF Gathering: an Animation Workshop led by Holly Summerson with RestFest Film Festival — August 16th from 9:30 to 11:30 AM PT // Sliding scale from $3 to $7
REKLAMA @ RestFest: a Recorded Concert Screening + Live Chat with musician & filmmaker Alex Miklowski with RestFest Film Festival — August 16th from 7:00 to 8:00 PM PT // Sliding scale from $10 to $20
Just Make A Movie On Your Phone! (And How To Actually Do That): a Talk led by Thomas and Curtis Nishimoto with RestFest Film Festival — August 17th from 12:00 to 1:00 PM PT // $5 with two scholarship spots
We Need to Talk: Sharing How We Art: a Zoom Facilitated Conversation led by Leigh Sugar with RestFest Film Festival — August 17th from 5:00 to 6:00 PM PT // Free but suggested donation of $10
Creating From Bed: a Workshop led by Sunniva Innstrand with RestFest Film Festival — August 18th from 10:00 to 11:30 AM // Sliding scale from $0 to $22
Slumber Party: a Social Mixer with RestFest Film Festival — August 18th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM PT // Free
Crafting a Crip Soundtrack: a Workshop led by Alexa Dexa with RestFest Film Festival — August 21st from 1:00 to 2:30 PM PT // Sliding scale from $0 to $15
Redefining Words with Workshops 4 Gaza — August 22nd from 6:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60
Radical Revisions: One Poem, Infinite Possibilities with Sundress Academy for the Arts — September 11th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET // Free with donations welcome
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Rides and Meals Fund Application with The Okra Project — Apply by August 5th.
Directory Submission with Covid Cautious Care Workers
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
How to Get On, a self-advocacy guide for anyone who is homebound or bedbound in the US
Black & Still COVIDing Stories from Sista Creatives Rising
Agitate and Educate, a shop with stickers and free to download posters from Mx. Papaya
Processing Our Pandemic Grief: AWP 2024 Practice Session from Sista Creatives Rising
Purifier Discounts by State from Clean Air Club
Covid Conscious Merch from Molly McLeod Design
QUEER IN POST aka QUIP, a space for 2SLGBTQIA+, non-binary, and gender diverse creatives in film and television post production
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.