so very virtual - 08.23.2024
stanzas, submissions, and shirts 👕
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 your representatives to support the Airborne Act of 2024.
Say no to mask bans with Fight for the Future’s resources.
Join the PEN America boycott and send them a letter.
Virtual Events 🎟
Gatherings that are either fully online or hybrid with an online option
Black August Yoga for Liberation Series with The Free Black Women’s Library — Sunday, August 25th at 10:00 AM ET // Free
Seeing the Stanza: Using Ekphrasis as a Bridge Between Poetry and Visual Art with Workshops 4 Gaza — Sunday, August 25th from 1:00 to 3:00 PM ET // Suggested donation of $60
A Filmmakers Journey w/ Ayana Baraka with Black Film Space — Monday, August 26th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET // Free
Criminal Queers: A Screening and Discussion with Workshops 4 Gaza — Wednesday, August 28th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM PT // Suggested donation of $60
August Virtual Screenwriting Workshop with Black Film Space with Black Film Space — Thursday, August 29th from 7:00 to 8:30 PM ET // $5
Listening Against Genocide: Reparative Oral History with Workshops 4 Gaza — Friday, August 30th from 3:00 to 5:00 PM PT // Suggested donation of $60
Socialism Conference Virtual Program with Haymarket Books — Friday, August 30th to Sunday, September 1st // Sliding scale from $0 to $150
"Let's Be For Real": Black Radical Feminist Critiques of Empire with Malcolm X Grassroots Movement — September 3rd at 7:00 PM ET // Free
Draw a Four-Panel Diary Comic with Thursday, September 5th from 8:00 to 9:30 PM ET // $65
Writing the Body, Pain and Illness: 8-Week Multi-Genre Zoom Workshop with Writing Workshops — Starts Thursday, September 5th // $495
Self Manufacturing Through (Me)taphor 6-week Writing Workshop with Button University — Starts Saturday, September 7th // $150
Dreaming toward Transformation: A Generative Workshop on the Power of Dreams and the Subconscious with No, Dear — Sunday, September 8th from 4:00 to 5:30 PM ET // Sliding scale from $15 to $50
Framing Your Voice 6-Week Writing Workshop with Button University — Starts Sunday, September 8th // $150
James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time (3-Week Reading Group) with Night School Bar — Starts Monday, September 16th // $200 with scholarship options available to self-select
Putting Pregnancy and Abortion Stories Into Context with The Writers Guild Foundation — Wednesday, September 18th from 4:00 to 5:00 PM PT // Free or suggested donation of $10
Online Opportunities 🛋
Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more
Writing Teosintes: Correctivevisions with Workshops 4 Gaza — Apply by August 25th.
Administrative Coordinator, Programs and Grants with Perspective Fund — Apply by August 25th.
Heat & Hustle Accountability Program for BIPOC poets & writers with Roots. Wounds. Words. — Sign up by Friday, August 30th.
Submissions with PREE Magazine — Submit by August 31st.
Flash Friday (Micro & Flash Submissions) with Raising Mothers — Submit by September 1st.
2024 Writing for Change Essay Contest with Mochi Magazine — Submit by September 1st.
Remote Resources 📘
Support and info for these pandemic times
What's in your Covid Emergency Kit? from Violet Blue
Disability Justice: An Audit Tool from the Northwest Health Foundation
T-Shirts from Mx. Papaya
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.