Posted By Jerilyn Jordan on Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:23 AM click to enlarge Jennicet Gutierrez. Give your brain some food for thought with Allied Media Projects’ Speakers Series, which consists of a collection of four virtual events called “Bloom.” The free events include a short-film premiere, artist discussions, special guests, youth-empowering discussions, ancestral ceremonial practices, and various artistic collaborations. As part of the series, Allied Media will host a panel called “Undocumented & Unafraid,” which will explore “issues within the immigration system” and looks to “empower undocumented immigrant” and what a world without borders might look like. The discussion will be led by a mix of media-makers and immigration justice leaders, Patrice Lawrence of the UndocuBlack Network, Jennicet Gutierrez, Dam
Posted By Marisa Kalil-Barrino on Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 4:59 PM click to enlarge Ayse Gursoz, courtesy of Allied Media Projects Every two weeks from the end of April to mid-June, Allied Media Projects’ Speakers Series is hosting a collection of four virtual events called Bloom. The free events include a short-film premiere, a musical performance, artist discussions, special guests, youth-empowering discussions, ancestral ceremonial practices, and various artistic collaborations. Brenda Hernandez, event manager at AMP, says its speaker series is different this year due to the pandemic. “So for this reason, we call it ‘Bloom’ because we thought it was sort of a nice visual reference of what’s going on in the network, and what’s going on in the world