so very virtual - 08.11.2024
back to school resources and more! 🎒
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.
📋 To submit a listing, fill out this form.
📚 If you’re new, start with this pandemic resource roundup.
Action Alerts 🔔
Steps to support a better world
Tell the CDC to provide farmworkers H5N1 vaccines.
Sign a petition to make Uber and Lyft accessible for disabled riders traveling between cities.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Networking Advice to Get and Stay in TV/Film Industry with Pipeline Artists — Monday, August 12th from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM PT | 1:00 to 3:00 PM ET // $35
What Buyers Want: Selling Specs and Writing for Studios & Streamers with Coverfly — Thursday, August 15th at 11:00 AM PT // Free
Novel-Writing Q&A with Tom Bromley with Reedsy — Thursday, August 15th from 3:00 PM ET // Free
RestFest Film Festival: 2024 Film & Video Art Programs — Streaming from August 15th to August 22nd // Sliding scale starting at $5 with scholarship tickets available.
Slow Dance Jam for Black Kinfolk with Thee Black Vixenite — August 16th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM ET // Pay what you can
The History of America’s Bookshops with Author Evan Friss and Owners David Sandberg, Dan Chartrand, and Ann Patchett with Porter Square Books — Monday, August 19th at 6:00 PM ET // Free
Build-A-Writer with Telemazing Courses — Starts August 20th // $250
FOLX for College Students with FOLX — Monday, September 16th at 7:00 PM ET | 4:00 PM PT // Free
How to Land Big Bylines Masterclass with Pandemic University — Saturday, September 21st from 2:00 to 4:00 PM ET // $100
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Editorial Fellowship with Nightboat Books — Apply by August 15th.
Youth to the Front Fund: The Creatives Frontliners 2024 with We Are Family Foundation — Apply by August 16th.
Narrative Shifts Digital Residency with The Seventh Wave — Apply by August 23rd.
The Art and Practice of Spiritual Herbalism Apprenticeship Program with Sacred Vibes Apothecary — Starts September 11th.
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
Kids Covid Talk: Materials for Kids, Teens, and Young Adults on COVID-19 Prevention from World Health Network
Back to School Checklist for Parents with LGBTQIA+ Youth from FOLX
How to Support Your Transgender Child from FOLX
Q3 Resource Roundup from Black Remote She
Black Doula Directory from Frontline Doulas
Genderfunk Quick Guides: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 from Genderfunk Philly
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.