Suggestions for Response to the Brooklyn Zine Fest
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Edit:I’ve brought up and expanded the list of places to donate proceeds and/or volunteer. If you are at the fest, please consider these locations!   In response to an email I received, I want to make clear that the choices below are suggestions – different folks were asking me for options on how to respond, and […]

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White Out: Erasure of the Black Lives Matter Panel and People of Color from the Brooklyn Zine Fest
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My name is Jordan Alam and I was formerly the panel coordinator for the Brooklyn Zine Fest. I had to quit my position because the main organizers chose to remove a panel on Black Lives Matter zines, which communicated to me that black and brown voices were not valued in the space. Below is my […]

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