Opportunities, events and resources - End of Year
Hi everyone, hope you are well and practising COVID-safety.
We wanted to share some opportunities, events and resources with you we believe you would be interested in:
Opportunities
Submit to the Tea Zine by Coin Operated Press. If you love tea, or have created art about tea this zine submission is for you.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdeYca73441rHpNt8rXtFX_iC7Y7nOGv_3-WQpJH-OGBLRkvg/viewform
Submit to Over Journal if you are a photographer:
Submit to Dublin review if you have fiction or non-fiction works:
https://thedublinreview.com/submissions/
Events
Saturday 13th Dec
The Little Zoom Writers Room - Open Mic and After Party
A open mic for people that practise COVID safety hosted on Zoom. 17:00 EST/22:00 GMT
Sunday 14th Dec
Queer Shed Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown - Clothes Repair Workshop
An online and in-person practical skill-share focused on basic clothing repair and community gathering. Location TBD/zoom 14:00 - 17:00 GMT
Image Description
A poster for a Clothes Repair Workshop run by Queer Shed Dún Laoghaire Rathdown.
At the top of the image the title in black lettering reads Clothes Repair Workshop. Below the title are the location, date and time in two ovals outlined in a broken blue line, which read: “location TBC” and “Sunday 14 Dec 14:00-17:00”.
Below this is a larger box containing the text: “Queer Shed DLR invites you to practical skill-share focused on basic clothing repair and community gathering. Whether you've been sewing all your life or never held a needle - we would love to have you with us!”
At the bottom of the image are the words “register on eventbrite”. The logo for Queer Shed Dún Laoghaire Rathdown is shown in the bottom right corner. The background of the image is coloured yellow with dots. There are several yellow clothes shapes visible in the background outlined in broken yellow lines.
Tuesday 23rd Dec
The Cutlery Drawer - Grief Circle
A virtual non judgemental space to grief and process feelings hosted on Zoom. There will be a black only space hosted by Love, Builder of Worlds. 19:00 GMT
Wednesday 14th Jan
Anusha - Weights Listening Party
Musician Anusha will be hosting a listening party for her latest single Weights on Bandcamp. 19:30 GMT
Image Description
Anusha in a blue hue, with twists. She’s looking away camera in a white vest and thick chains and a white rose around her neck. At the top right corner it says weights, anusha
Resources:
Free open source file transfer:
tonyantony300
Free Adobe Photoshop Alternative (the queer shed poster was made on Photopea):
If you’re interested in self-description for inclusive meetings check out Vocal Eyes helpful article:
Early beta stage open source video editor:
A pdf toolkit alternative to Adobe :
A tool to help you plan meet ups:
Finally if you missed the virtual market event last weekend you can read the speech Love, Builder of Worlds shared here:
Love, Builder of Worlds
Please consider supporting these urgent and ongoing mutual aid needs, updates are regularly posted on their gofundmes. Funds raised through their gfms do not reflect their current finances and have been exhausted on these ongoing expenses of healthcare, rent, utilities, and food. Please help them however you can to survive under the weight of several systems working against them :
Image Description
A poster for a mutual aid request, with a purple starry night background. It reads: URGENT AND ONGOING MUTUAL AID NEED
A Black queer disabled person is in need of survival funds while receiving breast cancer treatment. They have had no luck job searching and their applications for government aid have been stalled or denied so far. All safe hands are urgently needed on deck! Funds sent will go towards helping them pay rent (most urgent need at the moment), get groceries, medical expenses like cancer treatment, and general upkeep. Please send any amount you can to help a Black disabled MaGe survive!
Their pay links : Cashapp: genevievejupiter, PayPal/Venmo: nubulagalaxie, Gofundme for stage 2 triple negative breast cancer treatment and support ---> and a QR code is shown.
Image Description
A poster for a mutual aid request, with a pink background, bordered by pink flowers. It reads:URGENT AND ONGOING MUTUAL AID NEED
A Black Haitian family of 6 are in urgent need of community support. They were without power for several weeks, which caused their apartment to be condemned for mold and water damage.
Their mother is disabled and recovering from long COVID while trying to care/provide for the entire family. All safe hands are urgently needed on deck! Funds sent will go towards helping them rebuild, pay rent, catch up on utility bills, get groceries, childcare, medical expenses, and general upkeep. Please send any amount you can to help this Black family survive!
Mother's pay links : Venmo: designs47, PayPal: jude4799, Gofundme for long COVID recovery, surgery, and other medical needs ---> and a QR code is shown.