Organize Inclusive Events (+conferences)! A Workshop and Book launch

Part book launch/ part free, virtual interactive workshop, learn more about how to organize inclusive events (and conferences)!

Free, virtual event with human CART captioning in English

Have you ever wanted to organize a public event? Do you dream of hosting a battle of the bands, film screenings, concerts, poetry readings, art shows, teach-ins, lectures, seed exchanges, zine workshops, and panels? What about a conference? Maybe you already have experience doing this work but you have noticed that inequities from the society-at-large are replicated at your events, despite best intentions. 

Join us for a free, virtual workshop/ book launch which will begin by celebrating the launch of Alex D. Ketchum's new book How to Organize Inclusive Events and Conferences. 

This 90-minute event will include a workshop that will provide event and conference organizers of all levels with the tools to make their events accessible, sustainable, and rooted in social justice principles. Whether you are new to organizing or highly experienced, this book will provide frameworks and practical tips to create inclusive events. No matter the kind of event or conference you are interested in organizing, whether large or small, online, in-person, hybrid, synchronous, or asynchronous, this book includes what you need to know. From the smallest details (such as what to have in your bag on the day of the gathering) to large topics (such as choosing a location, selecting presenters, funding, designing publicity materials, working with community partners, etc.) 

Schedule:
6:30 Introductions. Opening remarks by Elly Blue of Microcosm Publishing and discussion of the background of this book's publication process

6:40: Ketchum gives overview of the book, why she wrote the book, about the book, and organization

6:47-7:40: Interactive Workshop Begins

7:40-8:00: final questions and wrapping up

About the speakers:

Dr. Alex Ketchum (she/her) is an Associate Professor at McGill University's Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF). She is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada: College of New Scholars. Ketchum is the Director of the Just Feminist Tech and Scholarship Lab. She is the author of several books including Engage in Public Scholarship!: A Guidebook on Feminist and Accessible Communication, Ingredients for Revolution: A History of American Feminist Restaurants, Cafes, and Coffeehouses, How to Organize Inclusive Events and Conferences, and the forthcoming "Digital Queers, and High Tech Gays: A History of LGBTQ+ Cyber Activism." She is also co-editor of the anthology: Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food with Recipes. For more, check out alexketchum.ca.

Elly Blue is the Vice President of Microcosm Publishing, where she manages day to day operations. In the last 30 years, she has organized bicycle rides, protests, conferences, street fairs, speaking tours, and sometimes her own daily life. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner, dog, and fleet of cargo bikes.

This event is co-sponsored by Microcosm Publishing and Disrupting Disruptions: The Feminist and Accessible Publishing, Communications and Tech Speaker and Workshop Series.