Last 6 videos posted
We’ve posted the last 6 videos from the July 2020 event today, on the last day of the year. This is all of Act 3.
Nancy Wiltink (Netherlands): Soep Uit Noord (Soup from the North)
Netha Hussain (INDIA/SWEDEN): Wikipedia matters during COVID-19 pandemic
Erik Boekesteijn (NETHERLANDS): Crashing on the Edge
Sherlonya Turner (USA): Closed Doors-Open Opportunities, Public Events and AADL.TV
Arne Garvi (NIGER): Making the World Bountiful and Beautiful
Mysterium Musicum (TAIWAN): Chun-yien Chang (founder, composer, voice), Chih-fang Chiang (baritone), and Sheng-wen Liu (cello) perform Blessings from a Small Island (sending prayers to everyone around the world)
Full playlist of 19 videos from the event.
- Mike
Four more videos today
We are dropping 4 — FOUR! — more speaker/performer videos today!
Tory Schendel Cox (USA): Collecting In The "Now"
Merlijn Twaalfhoven (Netherlands): The Urgent Need Of Your Artist Mindset
Sebastiaan ter Burg (Netherlands): DJ and musical performance
Deb Lavoy (USA): Pushing Back Against Disinformation
Here’s the full playlist so far.
- Mike
First batch of speaker videos
Hi everyone! We hope you’ve had a safe summer <3.
Thanks to some good teamwork the complete event livestream has been online, in one form or another, since hours after our July 10, 2020 gathering. And now we’re starting to put our speakers and performers individual talks online, a few at a time.
Today we’re publishing the first 3 videos.
Philip Walker’s Extremes and how to survive the 2020s, a series of tips and observations inspired by his work in civics and culture
Sarah Posner’s Investigative journalism during rising authoritarianism about her career covering the dangerous agendas of American conservative evangelicalism
Leslie Spitz Edson’s poem The Dead: A Stream of Consciousness
…All with introductions by co-host Zak Mensah.
Here’s a playlist with all three videos. We’ll add new ones as we put them online in the coming weeks.
— Mike
Event time(s) on July 10
We just added a little note to the schedule page about what time the event will start on July 10th,
We may have several start times throughout the day, depending on the time zones of who wants to speak/perform, and who wants to attend.
The general idea here is that we may have 1 or more start times on July 10th to accommodate speakers and audiences in different time zones.
For example, we might have one program starting in a time zone convenient to people in, say, Tokyo, and another convenient to people in Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, or Amsterdam.
We’ll figure it all out when we can spread all the proposals out in front of us and see where people are from.
— Mike
What kind of talks/performances are we looking for?
Though we are really and truly “freestyling” this event, just putting up a tent and mixing up some lemonade to see who might want to stop by, we thought it might be useful to give some more specific examples of what kinds of talks, performances, and other things we had in mind.
In my dream event, we might have,
A serious talk by a serious person about about the serious thing they’re passionate about. (For example, a friend of mine is an investigative journalist. I’d love for her to talk about her work.)
Musical performance (gorgeous expert stuff; a kid giving their first cello recital; a choral performance; a sing-along)
A teacher teaching something (how to tie a bowtie; how to start a garden; how to make personal protective equipment)
Poetry reading
Stand-up comedy
An author reading their work
Somebody teaching us how to make a decent flour tortilla
A nurse talking about what it’s like to actually treat COVID-19 patients
A vision for the future
A Black Lives Matter activist
A city mayor
The kids in my neighborhood who are making front-yard faerie gardens for each other out of dolls and shiny rocks
Leaders, founders, innovators (I know someone who is starting a new children’s museum in India!)
Talks/performances from all over the world, and from all kinds of people
In my mind it just goes on and on and on.
Does that help?
Don’t feel that you have to be an experienced speaker or performer! We’re just interested in you being you. And we’ll help you pull your ideas together if you like.
Check out the FAQ if you’re curious, or just go straight to the proposal form, or get in touch if you have any questions at all.
Spread the word too.
— Mike
New event schedule
we moved the schedule back a week after pausing to reconsider our community care/mutual aid model. Our original event date was July 3.
See the schedule page for more. [Link has moved to the Program page]
– Mike E.
Mutual aid/community care
Not everyone is equally able or willing to volunteer their work for free. In response to feedback we have moved to a community care/mutual aid model.
Organizers and participants can request to either give, or receive, financial compensation for their efforts in suggested amounts between a £50 donation or equivalent in your preferred currency (“I can donate to support others”) and £50 of support (“I need to be compensated for my effort”).
Funds raised but not needed for community care/mutual aid will be donated to causes specified by the participants.
If you have other needs, questions, or suggestions about community care/mutual aid please let us know.
– Mike E.