All Power to the Imagination!

Important information

theoryandpracticeconference — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:23:40 +0000

Hello everyone! There conference is coming up very soon, so I though I’d compile important links for everyone. We have a draft the schedule available–we’re just waiting for a few people to confirm and submit some info before it’s finalized.

Important Info!
1. Schedule
2. Travel stipend and registration fee waiver application
3. Ride share and housing board
4. Registration
5. Printable flyers for distribution (pass them out in your community)
6. Description of sessions can be seen in the “schedule” section
7. There will be a potluck-style cook-off for lunch on Sat and Sun. Email saucyapples@riseup.net to get involved.
8. There will be space for spontaneous workshops. Sign up will be available at the conference.

Outline of the conference:
Friday:
Registration: 4-6pm
Moving Thought Mobile: 4-6pm
Opening Panel on Radicalism in the Academy: 6-7:30pm
Housing meet-up: 7:30-8pm
Performance of Marx in Soho: 8pm
If I Can’t Dance It’s Not My Revolution Dance Party!:10pm

Saturday:
Sessions/Workshops: 9am – 6pm (lunch 12-1:15pm)
People of Color Meet-Up: 12 pm
Queer and Trans Causus: 6pm
Dinner on your own: 6-8pm
Keynote speech by Ashanti Alston*: 8pm
Open Mic Talent Show! (Music, zine readings, offbeat talents, slam poetry, etc! Acoustic only, please): 9:30pm

Sunday:
Sessions/Workshops: 9am – 6pm (lunch 12-1:15pm)
Dinner on your own: 6-8pm

Registration and donations

theoryandpracticeconference — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:59:01 +0000

We finally got our finances sorted out! Today we begin accepting registration money and donations online. To register, visit the registration page.

Click on the button below to send a donation. Donations will go towards need-based travel stipends for presenters/attendees, food, and events.

application for travel stipends and registration fee waviers

theoryandpracticeconference — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:29:44 +0000

We will be providing small travel stipends for presenters and, if there is money left, attendees. We will also be waiving the registration fee for attendees on the basis of need.

The travel stipends will range from $10-$100 depending on individuals’ economic circumstances and traveling distance.

Apply here.

Housing and Ride Share

theoryandpracticeconference — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:23:19 +0000

We now have a board for people to find rides and housing for the conference. Please visit it here.

Keynote speaker announced!

theoryandpracticeconference — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:32:59 +0000

Ashanti Alston will be a keynote speaker at the All Power to the Imagination! Conference.

Ashanti Alston Omowali is an anarchist activist, speaker, and writer, and former member of the Black Panther Party. He was also a member of the Black Liberation Army, and served a total of 14 years as a political prisoner.

Ashanti is a former northeast coordinator for Critical Resistance, currently co-chair of the National Jericho Movement (to free U.S. political prisoners), a member of pro-Zapatista people-of-color U.S.-based Estación Libre, and former board member of the Institute for Anarchist Studies.

All Power to the Imagination!

theoryandpracticeconference — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 06:20:46 +0000

All Power to the Imagination! Conference on Radical Theory and Practice

New College of Florida
Sarasota, Florida
April 4-6th

All Power to the Imagination! is a conference that will bring activists, academics, and grassroots organizers together for a weekend of discussion, listening, networking, and organizing. We will share ideas, tactics, experiences, and skills as well as theories, scholarship, and research to develop our radical vision for the present and future.