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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Our 3-year anniversary is January 20 + we need your help!

Community,

On January 20, 2010, I created the @poczineproject Twitter account and organized a couple of events. That was the start of an experiment in activism and community through materiality that grew into last year’s 14-city Race Riot! tour and the developing Legacy Series.

POCZP is still a 100% DIY, volunteer operation. We are finally at a stage where we can begin collaborating with interns. We are evaluating funding models aligned with our core values and discussing what sustainability for the project will look like after 2013. 

It’s pretty incredible how quickly time can fly when you’re pouring your heart and soul into something you believe in. It doesn’t feel like three years — more like the blink of an eye. And there’s still so much more to be done.

So here’s what we’re asking:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BE INCLUDED IN OUR 2012 RACE RIOT! TOUR ZINE

We want to hear from you! Tell us what you think about the POC Zine Project (Submit here or to daniela@dcapmedia.com).

What about the project speaks to you?

What would you like to see us do in the future? 

If you attended one of our events, describe your experience.

If any of the touring members inspire you in some way, share your experience.

These are just some topics you can write about, but we want to leave it open. 

DEADLINE: February 28, 2013

MORE WAYS TO HELP

1) Support the 2013 Race Riot! tour by contacting us here (or at daniela@dcapmedia.com) and let us know if you’re interested in helping us organize a tour date in your town. We will be traveling through the Southwest (starting in Atlanta) and up the West Coast (ending in Seattle). Final dates TBA soon.

2) Be an intern and/or volunteer. We can offer school credit and accept applications from people who aren’t presently in school. Telecommuting options are available.

3) Make a donation and support our efforts. All funds go toward upcoming event costs and our original zine series. DONATE link via PayPal: http://bit.ly/SHdmyh

Thank you, to all of you who have messaged us in different ways over the years with your zine submissions, questions and offers of support.

A huge thank you to those who have donated their time and resources in both digital and physical realms. You know who you are.

Love and Solidarity,

Daniela

Founder, POC Zine Project

Race Riot! Tour Recap: Brooklyn! @ Death By Audio on Oct 7, 2012 

Ten days have passed since our Race Riot! tour finale event at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. Our last tour date had the most amount of people in attendance, and zine partner sales were higher than any other stop on our tour, so thank you NYC for your love and support!

We’re going to do a zine and art book about our first tour experience, (details coming soon) so for now, here are some beautiful moments from October 7, 2012:

- Cristy C. Road gets the crowd at Death By Audio to sing “Tell It to My Heart” by Taylor Dayne before she begins reading from Spit and Passion

Photo by Mimi Thi Nguyen

- POC Zine Project’s Race Riot! Tour attendees at Death by Audio on Oct 7, 2012

- Mimi Thi Nguyen reads at Death By Audio

- Leshaun lovell (l) Share roman (m) and Jade Fair (r) at POCZP’s Race Riot! Tour stop at Death By Audio on Oct 7

- DJ Shomi Noise holding her zines Building Up Emotional Muscles #1-3 at Death By Audio on Oct 7

- Shady Hawkins perform at Death By Audio

Photo by Mary Christmas

- Mimi (l), Cristy (m) and Suzy X (r) from the band Shady Hawkins chill on stage 

- Joan Chen came all the way from the west coast and brought Bay Area poc zines for the archive! <3 Thanks, Joan!

- Back of crowd during Anna Vo’s reading at Death By Audio

Photo by Mimi Thi Nguyen

- Osa Atoe, creator of the Shotgun Seamstress series (out now on Mend My Dress Press), reads at Death By Audio

- Aye Nako performs at Death By Audio

Photo by thetenderestheart

- Part of POC Zine Project’s Race Riot! Mall at Death By Audio

Photo by Mimi Thi Nguyen

MEMORIES FROM THE EVENT

By Daniela

The venue was PACKED and at a certain point (about halfway through the show) we had to ask everyone who was sitting to stand up so that a horde of folks waiting in line outside could get in. Like all of our other tour stops, the door cover was sliding scale/pay what you can with no one turned away for lack of funds.

Although DBA had a cash bar, people kept it together and the energy overall was amazing. Around 9pm, after I had made sure the projector was working, we kicked things off.

 Jamie Varriale Vélez, our local guest reader, did an amazing job and was super brave (she read first). Race Riot! crew Osa, Anna Vo, Mimi Thi Nguyen and Cristy C. Road followed. I played MC, worked at the Race Riot! mall, dealt with problems as they came up and took some of the photos you see in this post.

We’re still getting tons of positive feedback for Aye Nako and Shady Hawkins, the two fierce bands that held down the second half of the evening.

Jordan Alam tabled on behalf of the Barnard Zine Library (longtime ally entity), sharing some of the POC and feminist zines available in their collection. Thanks, Jordan and Jenna Freedman! <3

BIG THANKS to Cristy C. Road for coordinating our finale event logistics, Death By Audio for allowing us to use the venue and all the DBA folks who handled sound and door needs.

I’m probably forgetting to thank a million people but we’ll get it together for the zine and art book that we’re doing for the tour. 

We’ll have more candids and quotes from tour members and attendees in the weeks to come.

Thanks again, you reading this right now, for your interest and support. This is an experiment in community and activism through materiality. If you took any photos or video of this event and are willing to share so we can add it to our documentation, please email daniela@dcapmedia.com. <3

***ANNOUNCEMENT***

If you’re interested in developing your digital media and community organizing skills by interning for POC Zine Project, email daniela@dcapmedia.com.

We can provide college credit or, if you’re not enrolled at an accredited university, professional mentorship. Meatspace internships will take place at DCAP Media HQ in NYC. Telecommuting/remote production internships are also available.

IMPORTANT THINGS

1) We’re doing a zine about this tour, so if you were part of any of the events, let us know if you want to contribute by emailing daniela@dcapmedia.com.

2) We’re doing a national conference in 2014. 

3) We’re doing a west coast tour in 2013.

4) If you want to be a part of any upcoming POCZP events, let us know.

5) We love you.

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

POC Zine Project’s mission is to make zines by people of color easy to find, distribute and share - community and activism through materiality. We took the Race Riot! tour through 12 cities from Sept 24 - Oct 7, 2012.

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All tour dates: http://bit.ly/PeEgaR

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

Oct 7: Death By Audio - Brooklyn

Oct 6: University of Maryland + Brickhaus - College Park and Baltimore

Oct 5: St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church - Washington, D.C.

Oct 4: University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Oct 3: Skylab - Columbus

Oct 2: Rachael’s Cafe - Bloomington

Oct 1: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign + UCIMC - Champaign

Sept 30: multikulti - Chicago

Sept 29: University of Michigan + 3rd Death Star - Ann Arbor

Sept 28: The Trumbullplex - Detroit

Sept 27: Ohio University + evening potluck with Cindy Crabb - Athens

Sept 26: Mr. Roboto Project - Pittsburgh

Sept 25: The Wooden Shoe - Philly

Sept 24: 538 Johnson - NYC - Brooklyn

Sept 14 - Wellesley College pre-Race Riot! tour panel

All photos should be credited to Daniela Capistrano/POC Zine Project unless otherwise noted. Please be sure to credit and link to poczineproject.tumblr.com if you reblog individual pics. Tx! <3

Race Riot! Tour Recap: Chicago! @ multikulti on Sept 30, 2012 

Our Chicago tour date was especially significant because it marked the part of the tour where our friend and MMATRR original panelist, Mariam Bastani from Maximumrocknroll, joined us for events through Oct 4. She was previously touring with her band Permanent Ruin, which is why she missed the first half of Race Riot!.

Mariam in the sun, on our way to take a walk before heading to multikulti, our venue in Chicago.

Daniela Capistrano (left) and Mariam Bastani (right) cuddle up. Daniela had connected with Mariam in San Francisco a few weeks before the tour to visit MRR headquarters and pick up issues for the tour.

Mimi, Cristy, Anna and Mariam joking around at our host Mireya’s home in Chicago. Osa was on the phone but we’ll post cute pics of her and Mariam later.

Mimi and Mireya together. Mireya hosted us when we came out for Chicago Zine Fest earlier this year.

We left Mireya a note and a present from Anna (her new zine) … ;)

We love Chicago! We took a few hours before the show to walk around, drop by Quimby’s and more.

Spotted: Fag School at Quimby’s <3

We also spotted the issue of Original Plumbing with Wyatt on the cover, haaaaay <3

Browsing the hundreds of zines …

Osa photobombs Daniela as we enter multikulti.

Delicious issues of MRR, on display with Mariam sellin’ them at multikulti! Woo!

Mimi is super happy that Mariam is finally on tour with us! Mariam is super happy to be holding a copy of Osa’s new book! Lots of feelings.

Mariam tabling at the Race Riot! mall. 

Setting up our multimedia elements inside multikulti. We used the projector inside the venue - ours takes a licking and keeps on ticking but we gave it a break this time.

“Multikulti is a multicultural community center located in the heart of Chicago that serves the public as a non profit venue for creative arts, social activism, and multimedia production. It is a loft space, with an eclectic collection of art and worldly artifacts that provides a warm ambiance for guests and an atmosphere that is positively inspiring.”

Monika was our event coordinator for Chicago and took really good care of us <3 Here’s a photo of her with Mimi that we can’t stop talking about because it’s just, well, look at it.

The bands that played last night were:

Breathing Light (black romantic punx): http://thebreathinglight.tumblr.com/

Tras De Nada (badass xicano anarcho-punk hardcore):  http://trasdenada.bandcamp.com/

Distract (in-yr-face fast melodic punk with female vox - and all female members!)

Dj Masisi (jukelicious dance musik)

Here was the schedule:

Zine Readings from 7:30-8:45

Distract at 9

Tras De Nada at 10

Breathing Light 10:30

Scenes from the reading:

Cristy C. Road, feelin’ fine

Osa Atoe

Anna Vo!!!

Mimi Thi Nguyen

Mariam Bastani

Some of the attendees. At least 100 folks were there, possibly more <3

Some of the Race Riot! tour folks tabling throughout the night.

Attendees checking out the Race Riot! mall.

Mariam loves the Race Riot! mall concept ;)

An attendee checking out and purchasing some of the SlushPilePress zines.

Mariam! Mariam! Mariam! We’re so glad you’re with us now! <3

Zinester Dave Roche came! Osa has known him for 12 years and Anna has known him for about 10. Dave made a zine called On Subbing, which is about his experiences being a special education teacher. He was so kind and supportive last night!

An attendee who wanted to remain anonymous but also wanted to share all the zines she got at the Race Riot! mall.

Folks from MOONROOT tabled last night!!! WE LOVE THEM! Sine (not pictured here) in Baltimore is helping us organize our Oct 6 date in Bmore.

Check it out y’all. We’re pretty psyched about this.

Race Riot! tour member Anna Vo (left) met up with her band mate Eleanor (right) last night. Their band is called Ann Burden. Super cute pic.

Ed Perkins from Black Dot!!! <3 Support them y’all.

Mimi and Daniela, founder of POC Zine Project.

Message from Daniela:

I had a great time at our event last night in Chicago. Big thanks to Monika once again and the folks at multikulti who helped make our Sept 30 tour date a success. That being said, I wanted to share that I had some weird experiences with a few cis guys taking up way too much space and making me feel uncomfortable. I dealt with it 1:1 but want to ask everyone who attends our events to please keep in mind that being sexually aggressive in a hostile manner, especially with people you do not know, is not OK.

Please treat me, the tour members and women in general with the respect you would want for yourself! Thanks!

We’ll be doing a panel and Q&A at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign from 4-5:30pm later today. After that we’re doing an evening show at UCIMC (Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center)!

We ended our previous post with these three thoughts and want to share them again:

1) We’re doing a zine about this tour, so if you were part of any of the events, let us know if you want to contribute.

2) We’re doing a national conference in 2014.

3) We love you.

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

POC Zine Project’s mission is to make zines by people of color easy to find, distribute and share - community and activism through materiality. We are touring through 12 cities from Sept 24 - Oct 7.

STAY INFORMED

poczineproject.tumblr.com

facebook.com/poczineproject

twitter.com/poczineproject

All tour dates: http://bit.ly/PeEgaR

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

Oct 7: Death By Audio - Brooklyn

Oct 6: University of Maryland + Brickhaus - College Park and Baltimore

Oct 5: St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church - Washington, D.C.

Oct 4: University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Oct 3: Skylab - Columbus

Oct 2: Rachael’s Cafe - Bloomington

Oct 1: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign + UCIMC - Champaign

Sept 30: multikulti - Chicago

Sept 29: University of Michigan + 3rd Death Star - Ann Arbor

Sept 28: The Trumbullplex - Detroit

Sept 27: Ohio University + evening potluck with Cindy Crabb - Athens

Sept 26: Mr. Roboto Project - Pittsburgh

Sept 25: The Wooden Shoe - Philly

Sept 24: 538 Johnson - NYC - Brooklyn

Sept 14 - Wellesley College pre-Race Riot! tour panel

Race Riot! Tour Recap: Detroit! @ The Trumbullplex on Sept 28, 2012 

By Daniela Capistrano

Weeks ago, when Osa emailed me to confirm that “we’re going to do our Detroit event at The Trumbullplex,” the first thing that popped into my head was the movie Mad Max. TRUMBLE.PLEX. I rolled the word around in my head for days, imagining what the space would be like.

My imagination is usually pretty awesome, but this time it couldn’t hold a candle to the incredible reality that was the venue, the organizers and the attendees.

I loved our time in Detroit and I will be coming back soon to build with some of the folks I met last night. It’s my birthday today and I want to go for a swim before we head to Ann Arbor, so I’m going to mostly let these photos tell the story and will simply caption the bands and key folks. Enjoy!

J. Rae, our contact at The Trumbullplex, helps us set up.

Free store/giveaway haven in front of the venue

Cristy C. Road and Osa Atoe check out the zine library.

The space was huge! We had plenty of room to set up our Race Riot! mall.

This note in the bathroom cracked me up.

Cristy and J. Rae cuddle for a pic.

Kytara, one of our volunteers, showed up in this lovely scarf. Anna Vo is behind her, photobomb style.

Self portrait: excited and nervous. Mimi deviously photobombs from behind.

Osa read first. This is a really blurry pic but the relaxed and confident vibe is accurate. We have hit our stride on this tour.

Anna Vo!!!

Mimi Thi Nguyen

Cristy C. Road was our finale reader <3 She had everyone laughing (and thinking).

After the reading portion, there was some tabling and good times before the bands went on.

The first artist: Pancho Villa’s Skull. Incredible performance! I recorded a clip and will put it online when I have access to more secure Internet.

After that, the CRAYCRAYS ended the night with several songs that had me dancing around like I ate too much candy. This is why the photos are so shitty (sorry!).

Imagine you’re dancing around too ^_^

Big thanks to everyone who helped us organize this event and to the great crowd that showed up, asked questions, cheered the bands and made us feel welcome in Detroit!

At the end of the show, Anna Vo surprised me by calling for everyone to sing me Happy Birthday. As I stood there, bathed in the warm glow of the house lights and surrounded by friends and allies, I was reminded of something that my mother once told me: we create our own reality. Some things are out of our control but we create our own reality.

Before I founded the POC Zine Project in 2010, I was simply reading zines by Mimi, Cristy and Osa (I just met Anna this week! <3) and imagining what it would be like to collaborate with them. Now, I am touring with them and get to watch them in action everyday until Oct 7. I’m in the front row at all the shows, basking in their brilliance and strength, and sharing information about what POC Zine Project is up to next year and beyond.

My reality is fucking awesome and I made it that way. It took me years to have the courage to do this, but it’s here now and it’s transforming my life, and in the process, the lives of others.

I hope that if you’re reading this and thinking about a dream that seems far fetched, that you’ll take the leap and go for it anyway. Because life is fragile, things change all the time, and you never know how sending one email can transform your life. Let me know how I can help you achieve your dream!

Take the risk and pursue your goals. Ask for help. Support others. Make art, write, document your events - these are all steps in your own and our collective liberation.

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Next stop: Ann Arbor, MI, where we’re doing a daytime event at the University of Michigan AND an evening celebration at The 3rd Death Star! We go hard for you, so come through y’all <3

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

POC Zine Project’s mission is to make zines by people of color easy to find, distribute and share - community and activism through materiality. We are touring through 12 cities from Sept 24 - Oct 7.

STAY INFORMED

poczineproject.tumblr.com

facebook.com/poczineproject

twitter.com/poczineproject

All tour dates: http://bit.ly/PeEgaR

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

Oct 7: Death By Audio - Brooklyn

Oct 6: University of Maryland + Brickhaus - College Park and Baltimore

Oct 5: St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church - Washington, D.C.

Oct 4: University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Oct 3: Skylab - Columbus

Oct 2: Rachael’s Cafe - Bloomington

Oct 1: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign + UCIMC - Champaign

Sept 30: multikulti - Chicago

Sept 29: University of Michigan + 3rd Death Star - Ann Arbor

Sept 28: The Trumbullplex - Detroit

Sept 27: Ohio University + evening potluck with Cindy Crabb - Athens

Sept 26: Mr. Roboto Project - Pittsburgh

Sept 25: The Wooden Shoe - Philly

Sept 24: 538 Johnson - NYC - Brooklyn

Sept 14 - Wellesley College pre-Race Riot! tour panel