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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

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

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

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

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

hey! i run the black feminist manifesto and i know you contacted me asking if you could have some copies of my zine, well i have some! i'm gonna be at the DC tour stop tomorrow, and I can give you some copies then! just tell me who to meet and where, and how many you want :) xoxo — Asked by sluteverbabe

Hi <3 Of COURSE we would still love some copies of the Black Feminist Manifesto! :) Thank you for checking in.

Here is the FB invite for tonight’s event and we’re also pasting the info here:

St. Stephen & the Incarnation Episcopal Church

1525 Newton Street NW, Washington, DC

6-10pm

+ Mary Christ (local toughs - marychrist.bandcamp.com)

and Hand Grenade Job (hysterical realism - facebook.com/handgrenadejob)

+ POC zine tabling, sales and swap (allies welcome!)

ALL AGES!

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Please bring 6-10 copies of your zine for the archive. There’s a possibility we may be running late due to traffic so plan on arriving at 6pm, the start time. We’ll be setting up the Race Riot! mall (tabling area).

Looking forward to meeting 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.

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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

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

posted 05 October, 2012
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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

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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

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

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

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

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

posted 29 September, 2012
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Hey, I'm in Chicago. What time is the event going to be around? I would love to help — Asked by irazanl-deactivated20130113

Hi there! We’ve been sharing all tour information on this post.

The Chicago event is from 7pm-midnight. You can find additional details on the Facebook invite.

Thanks for offering to help. At this time we have enough volunteers so just show up and enjoy! <3

What would also help, if you are able to, is to pay the full cover $ for the show and to purchase zines from the panelists. This helps us to offset the cost of this DIY, 100% volunteer tour.

posted 29 September, 2012
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Thank you all so much for coming to little Athens yesterday! We don't always get to interact with awesome stuff coming out of the cities since we're small and out of the way, so it was a treat to have this happening in our own corner of the world. It was really powerful to hear so many personal stories, and I was moved that everyone felt comfortable sharing them. I was especially affected by MiMi's story of her first break-up with punk, and Cristy's art and talks about food. Thanks again-Darcy — Asked by darcyoh

Hi darcyoh,

We appreciate your support! Here’s our recap for Athens, OH if you haven’t read it already <3

We want to continue working with Ohio University to help create safe spaces for students of color and allies to have honest and productive conversations about race, class, gender, etc. Stay in touch!

posted 29 September, 2012
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I would love to attend one of your events on the Race Riot Tour. Are these events open for white allies? I've heard great things about the tour and readings, plus there are a few zines that I'd like to pick up. I just don't want to assume and intrude. — Asked by Anonymous

Hi Anon,

Yes - our Race Riot! tour events are all open to white allies. Thank you for being so considerate and double-checking.

If you haven’t already, please read our FAQ for white allies before attending any of the events. We appreciate your support.

posted 29 September, 2012
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Race Riot! Tour Recap: Athens! @ Ohio University + potluck on Sept 27, 2012

ISN’T THIS PAINTING AMAZING???

Just needed to start off this recap with an image of someone thinking about “the precious.” We encountered this glorious piece at a potluck organized by Cindy Crabb after the Ohio University panel. But now we’re going backwards, so let’s start at the beginning.

Osa, undaunted by the previous day’s five hour drive, drove us yesterday from Pittsburgh to Athens. It started raining a lot and the roads were precarious but she handled it all like a pro.

Here’s a cute shot of Anna and Mimi having fun at a gas station in West Virginia.

We took fancy, “good camera” pictures at Ohio University, so here is the only phone shot we have from campus: Mimi in motion.

Big thanks again to Julie White, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at Ohio University, for helping us make this panel happen. The sponsors for our event were:

HTC Journalism

Political Science

University College

Women’s and Gender Studies

African American Studies

We would like to continue supporting Ohio University in their efforts to create experiences and spaces that support students of color and allies.

After speaking on campus, we were starving so we took off to find food. We stopped at a diner that had amazing french fries. This photo is before the food came so we look pretty wiped.

We felt a lot better after we had eaten. Woo!

Cindy Crabb organized a potluck dinner and reading for us at her partner Miguel’s place (where we found the amazing painting), so we departed to read and eat some more <3

Here’s Cindy holding one of her zines! She’s rad.

We set up our “Race Riot! Mall” at the potluck. Here’s Anna Vo’s set up.

Cindy Crabb’s partner Miguel’s house has a large extra room that they use as a community cafe and art space. It is decorated with tons of zines, show posters and more DIY beautiful artifacts.

Here’s a cute pic of Mimi chillin’ on the floor, preparing to read at the potluck.

Anna Vo reading first:

Osa reading second:

Cristy reading third:

Mimi reading last:

We appreciate everyone who showed up for the potluck!

We spent the rest of the evening having a Race Riot! sleepover (Daniela’s dream come true) that consisted of wine, discussion, laughs, massages and plenty of zzzzz for the long drive ahead <3

BIG THANKS to Cindy Crabb and her partner Miguel for helping us organize our Athens, OH events and for hosting us overnight.

Here’s a photo of Miguel chillin’ in the morning and some beautiful chilies in his window.

Our time in Athens was truly “the precious.” ;) :D

Next stop: Detroit, where we’re doing a show at the Trumbleplex! If you’re in the area today 7-11pm, come through!

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

STAY INFORMED

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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

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

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

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

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

posted 28 September, 2012
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Notes from the road: Ways to support the Race Riot! Tour

From Daniela:

Hi y’all <3 We’re on our way to Athens, OH to speak at Ohio University and then after that we’ll be in Detroit. Thanks so much for all the positive messages and feedback on the past three tour dates in NYC, Philly and Pittsburgh! We’re having a lot of fun reading your responses from the road, thanks to the magic of mifi.

We’ve received some messages from folks asking how they can help support the tour, so we’re sharing this post today to clarify a few points and offer some ways to help that would make a big difference for us through Oct 7.

Point #1: This tour is 100% volunteer and DIY.

We do not have a sponsor and we didn’t want one to begin with. We are all donating our time and have spent our own funds on this tour.

Point #2: The university gigs help pay for tour member travel costs ONLY.

We’re speaking at six universities as part of this tour and each academic space is paying us varying amounts after the tour is over. Those funds will go to reimburse tour members who have paid for flights and other costs to be a part of this tour. Mariam came from SF, Anna came all the way from Australia, etc.

Additionally, what that means right now is that everything, including gas money, is coming out of our pockets when door covers don’t cut it.

And since we aren’t turning anyone away for lack of funds, and gas each day for the tour vehicle is 60-100 dollars, every donation dollar counts for a lot.

Point #3: Money isn’t the only way to support the tour.

We are looking for overnight hosts in each city, so if you have room for 6 rad folks or can split us up between friends, let us know! We’re great company ;)

We love to eat (and we need to for survival purposes)! If you can offer to bring us meals or snacks at events, or open up your home to provide a meal, we will eat whatever you offer. We love to eat (did I say that already?)!!! If you are down to bring us food, just give us a heads up so we know who to look for.

If you want to offer a place to stay and/or food, at this point it’s faster to email me: daniela@dcapmedia.com and I will respond from the road on behalf of the group.

$$$$ Thoughts

Gas money continues to be a major focus so if you are interested in making a donation to help with that, the two options for doing that are:

1) PayPal us funds by using the email daniela@dcapmedia.com

2) Bring cash to any of the events (we’ll thank you with hugs and a tour poster and buttons!)

Thanks again to everyone who has asked how to help us while we’re on the road! <3 We can’t wait to hit up all these cities and connect with awesome poc and allies!

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

Sept 26: Mr. Roboto Project - Pittsburgh

posted 27 September, 2012
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Race Riot! Tour Recap: Pittsburgh! @ The Mr. Roboto Project on Sept 26, 2012

It was a five hour drive from Philly to Pittsburgh, but Osa made it go by quickly by driving the entire way and playing a bunch of music. We arrive ahead of schedule and- just for fun - drove up an enormous hill in Pittsburgh that made us feel like we were in San Francisco.

POC Zine Project founder Daniela Capistrano at the top of the hill on Winebiddle Street.

We drove down the hill, singing “Total Eclipse of the Heart” in unison until we arrived at Meghan’s home.

This is Mimi (left) and Anna (right) after we just finished having an amazing vegan meal cooked by Meghan, who is one of our Pittsburgh volunteers & allies.

Meghan (who you’ll see further down in this post) and her partner were refinishing their floors but that didn’t prevent Meghan from being a gracious host. She brewed us big pots of tea. We sat on the porch and talked about the rest of the tour, getting tattoos, relationships, gender complexities, travel and more. <3

We soon realized it was time to head to the venue, The Mr. Roboto Project, an all ages, Do It Yourself (DIY), non-profit volunteer run cooperative venue and show space in Pittsburgh, PA.

Meghan (pictured below on the left) gave additional support by covering the door to handle donations AND played drums in her band at the end of the night! Awesome! Osa and Anna are being silly in this pic.

Margaret from City Paper dropped by just to give us copies of the paper that had our write-up in it. We really appreciate her support!

We started setting up our merch table. We arranged special places for our zine partners for this tour, SlushPilePress, For the Birds Collective, Maximumrocknroll and the free poc zine giveaways from IOH Collective.

Jude Vachon from Carnegie Library tabled at our event last night as well. Jude has been a terrific ally for both of our Pittsburgh tour dates. Read Jude’s interview with Daniela Capistrano about POC Zine Project.

An attendee at The Mr. Roboto Project took photos and we’ll share those (probably much better) ones at a later date.

For now, here are some shots of the readers, in the order that they presented: Osa, Anna, Cristy and Mimi. We used our projector and it was pretty dark, so enjoy the mysterious quality of these fuzzy images.

Osa read “Black Punk Scene That Never Happened” from Shotgun Seamstress issue #2, which is part of the compilation you can get now from Mend My Dress Press. You can also read issue #2 here for free.

We’ll be uploading our first VIDEO (of many) very soon, which will feature Anna reading in Pittsburgh. For now, here’s a peak of her in action at Mr. Roboto.

She read excerpts from THE SWAN THE VULTURE.

During Cristy’s portion, she read excerpts from her upcoming book SPIT AND PASSION and joked that our merch table was the “Race Riot! mall” for all your shopping needs.

Mimi recommended Punkademics during her reading.

Attendees asked a lot of questions, which we love. It’s why we’re on tour - to encourage discussion and share ideas.

Here’s a photo of one of the attendees, Bekezela Mguni (left), and Osa (right). We are taking at least one photo of an attendee at every event because we want to document who we’re meeting! <3

We want to end this post by giving a very special THANK YOU to Heather Manning, who helped us with booking (along with Meghan) our event in Pittsburgh. Heather had to work and couldn’t attend last night. We can’t wait to see her on Oct 4!

Meghan also gave us beds and a lovely couch to sleep on last night, which we really appreciated. <3

Next stop: Athens, Ohio, where we’re doing our first of five academic tour events at Ohio University! If you’re in the area today from 4-6pm, come through!

ABOUT POC ZINE PROJECT

STAY INFORMED

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

TOUR RECAPS ARCHIVE

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

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

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