so very virtual - 11.04.2023

start november safely with virtual events and offerings 🛜

so very virtual is a free weekly newsletter a featuring online opportunities, virtual events, and helpful resources for these pandemic times created by Justin Clarel.

Virtual Events 🎟

Free, low-cost, and scholarship-supported virtual event

• Sign up for Jewish Voice for Peace’s New Jersey Statewide Power Hour on Sunday, November 5th at 5:00 PM ET.

• RSVP for Community Grief Ritual on Sunday, November 5th at 6:30 PM MT. Suggested donation is $5 to $40. More information on Instagram.

• Register for Symposium’s Town Hall: Insights Into the Post-Strike Film & TV Industry on Sunday, November 5th from 8:00 to 9:00 PM ET. This event is free.

• Register for The Difference Between Poetry and Rhetoric: Audre Lorde and Using Your Power on November 6th at 6:30 PM ET. This event is $20.

• Sign up for Asian Mental Health Collective’s Grieve Together: Emotional Processing for Those Affected by the Palestinian Genocide on November 6th at 9:00 PM ET. This event is free. More information on Instagram.

• Register for Reedsy’s How to Crack Your Novel's Beginning and Ending on Wednesday, November 8th from 3:00 to 4:00 PM ET. This event is free.

• Register for Neurodiversity and VO Panel on November 8th at 6:00 PM PT. Suggested donation is $20.

• Sign up for My First Job In Film’s Writer’s Corner: Monthly Virtual Workshop on Wednesday, November 8th at 6:00 PM ET. This event is free.

• Register for Sundress Academy for the Art's’ Writing About Our Relationships to the Places We Inhabit workshop on November 8th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM ET. This event is free with donations welcome.

• Sign up for Symposium’s Logline Workshop on Wednesday, November 8th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET. This event is $35.

• Register for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Building Solidarity with Palestine on Thursday, November 9th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET.

• Sign up for Unlocking Our Voices: Writing Against Genocide on Thursday, November 9th and/or Tuesday, November 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET. This event is free. More information on Instagram.

• Register for Radical Education & Advocacy League’s Now, What?: Navigating Education in the U.S. Virgin Islands on November 10th at 5:00 PM ET. This event is free.

• Sign up for Teach-In: The Architecture of Settler Colonialism in Palestine on November 11th at 12:00 PM ET.

• Register for "Survival Takes a Wild Imagination" Virtual Poetry Workshop on Saturday, November 11th from 2:00 to 3:30 PM ET. This event is on sliding scale of $40 to $45.

• Register for the livestream of Grubbie Debut: Karen Wilfrid, author of Just Lizzie, in conversation with Michelle Hoover on Tuesday, November 14th at 7:00 PM ET. This event is free.

• Reserve a spot for Reedsy Write-In: Let's Log On and Do Some Writing! on Wednesday, November 15th from 1:00 to 2:30 PM ET. This event is free.

• Register for Conversations & Connections: Self-Distribution Panel, a virtual industry round table, on November 16th from 12:00 to 1:30 PM PT. This event is $10.

• Register for Permission to Write’s What’s In A Story? masterclass on Saturday, November 18th at 11:00 AM ET. This event is $30.

• Register for Playwrights’ Center’s Online Stream of A BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO by Mat Smart, available from November 20th to the 27th. This event is free.

• Get tickets to Fellowships, Residencies + Grants: Demystifying the Application Process on Sunday, November 26th from 7:00 to 9:00 PM ET. This two-part event is $139 including a consultation.

Online Opportunities 🛋

Fellowships, jobs, programs, and more

• Sign up for NY Writers Coalition’s National Novel Writing Month events taking place all November. These events are free.

• Register for Endeavor Impact’s NXT | Industry sessions free virtual course for people interested in the entertainment industry.

• Register for the Asians in Animation Career Summit taking place over the month of December.

• Submit to Trans Play Anthology Volume II by February 1st, 2024.

Remote Resources 📘

Support for these pandemic times

• Download these free COVID safety stickers from @realgayarbys.

• Watch free films through the Arab Film and Media Institute’s Palestinian Voices program through November.

Action Alert 🔔

Steps to support a better world

• Read a guide to pandemic-safe action for Palestine to take virtual action and support people protesting in person. This guide is updated regularly with new events and resources.

• Submit a public comment to the CDC’s Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee by November 6th to support COVID-19 protections in healthcare.

• Sign World Health Network’s Concerned Physicians’ Letter to HICPAC to support better COVID-19 protections in healthcare.

• Baltimore residents, tell your health department the city needs COVID resources.

• Help stop the Dakota Access pipeline by submitting a public comment by December 13th.

• Organize or join a COVID-safe action for Shut It Down for Palestine.

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.