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Accessible Virtual Pride 2023

Accessible Virtual Pride for Covid Conscious LGBTQ+ July 2 2023 with Calling Up Justice and One Free Community was a rousing success

We Charge Genocide TV hackathons are a virtual, design sprint event for social justice taking place over 1-2 hours. We gather online or in person to do group research and publish the results to the site. Each hackathon is facilitated by a leader and main participants have access to log into the website simultaneously.These sessions can be livestreamed to connect a larger audience. WCGTV hackathons are community building and educational jam sessions where we are hacking the system and hacking our own minds for our collective future.

CitiBikeKaren Talk

CitiBikeKaren Talk: The Hysterectomy Celebration Fundraiser. Maiamama joins us from the recovery bed as we discuss the CitiBikeKaren Discourse. The “Citi Bike Karen” video footage shows Black teens, subjected to what is widely being derided as fake tears by Sarah Jane Comrie, a physician assistant whose calls for “help” followed the playbook of other white women “Karens” who weaponize their whiteness typically at the expense of Black people. We produced this as a fundraiser for Maiama’s recovery fund.

Photo by Jay Yamayta. San Francisco. American Conservatory Theater. 2018

Every 28 Hours Plays Jordan Neely Action

In 2012 a study found that every 28 hours a black person was extrajudicially killed by vigilante, security guard, or the police in the United States. This statistic was immediately contested and the country is still embroiled with addressing a problem it struggles to acknowledge. Inspired by the conversation we needed to have this project was developed.

Sentient Justice

The Every 28 Hours Plays is a collection of micro-plays that address the topic of police violence and racism. As part of Calling Up Justice’s experiments with artificial intelligence and social justice we experimented with producing a script that was anti-racist. We also wanted to create something hopeful and we found this machine generated fantasy healing.

Every 28 Hours Plays Tyre Nichols Action

Who is Tyre Nichols? A 29-year-old Black man in Memphis, Tyre Nichols was brutally beaten by police officers after a traffic stop earlier in January.

Every 28 Hours Plays Keenan Anderson Action

2022 Liberated DEI Talk Space

Calling Up Justice supports programs and projects of it’s practice members. To support Matthew Reynolds we speak in and sometimes facilitate his Liberated DEI Let’s Talk Clubhouse room. We also did hyper link performances on twitter which we have deleted from our platforms. The result is a weekly space for regular decolonization and ungaslighting. There’s also the recording that are like a podcast. Listen to real people talk about liberation, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

2022 Events and Programs

In 2022, Calling Up Justice offered a variety of events and programs for community empowerment and enjoyment. The Dis/Rep project was a series of virtual engagements focused on disability representation and accessibility. The Justice Producers Collaborative connected justice producers monthly cultivation calls. The Calling Up Justice Residency offered artists amenities such as an editing and recording studio, a private garden, and a comfortable bedroom, as well as field trips and fun activities. We Charge Genocide TV added additional resources on the ongoing genocide of Black, Indigenous, and Trans communities, and the Every 28 Hours Plays created a resource page for artists in Akron, Ohio responding to the killing of Jayland Walker. The F the Gala event reimagined traditional gala fundraising through a virtual program promoting accessible, inclusive, and equitable practices, featuring interactive spaces for discussions and idea generation. It was a full year of great work we are all very proud of.

F* the Gala

F* THE GALA has been our year-long digital performance and social experiment around arts fundraising. Folks are experiencing liberating exploration of decolonizing wealth, critiquing toxic philanthropy, and analyzing our performance in the arts fundraising ecology. We received anonymous contributions of ideas from Fundraisers, Donors, and also artists. We have had special guests witness and contribute to artistic and thought provoking offerings throughout the year that resulting in a culminating event and report to the wider national arts community.

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