Open Mic at BFBT

There are still open performance slots for the Black Flag Black Tie event this Saturday. Anarchists with talent to share can sign up at the CAFF table during Finding Our Roots or at the door at BFBT. First come first serve…

Conference Location

If you need directions to the conference site — Roosevelt University at 430 S. Michigan — you can find them here.

Updated Workshops

We had some last-minute schedule switching, but the workshop schedule we now have is more-or-less final, barring any unforeseen circumstances. We also added a missing workshop description and took out the Ruckus Society workshops, as they weren’t able to make it. You’ll find it all over on the Workshops page.

Workshops, workshops, workshops

The Workshops page has been updated with a near-complete set of workshop descriptions. You’ll find the schedule there too. We’ll have the few missing descriptions plugged in soon.

Call for Volunteers

We are less than 2 weeks away from the 2nd Annual Finding Our Roots conference, and at this time we’d like to make a brief appeal for volunteers. Even if you have not been active in organizing the conference and are not giving a talk, you can help by agreeing to take on a 2 hour volunteer shift to help make the conference a success.

A pretty small group of people (of which I am only peripherally a part) has been involved in organizing it, and there’s a lot of little jobs to be done on the days of the conference and we’re looking for people to help out so the organizers can actually attend some of the workshops. We’re asking people to sign up to provide childcare, work the registration table, and set up food. If you’re planning on attending the conference, please consider helping out for one or two time slots, as you’ll be benefiting from the hard work of the organizing committee.

We need help with the following:

setup
cleanup
registration table
childcare
videography
veg/vegan friendly breakfast & coffee (sat & sun)
snacks

Please let me know if you can pitch in, in what capacity, and what day and time. Contact us here.

We also would encourage folks to promote the conference to friends, comrades, the anarchocurious, etc.

Updated Conference Flyers

Here are updated versions of the FOR conference flyers, now with actual times and locations.

Flyer One Flyer Two

Workshop Schedule

We now have a tentative workshop schedule posted over on the workshops page. This is still subject to change. Workshop descriptions will be coming soon.

Conference Details Update

We should have the complete workshop schedule soon, but in the meantime, here are some additional conference details:

Location
Roosevelt University, 430 S. Michigan Ave (Michigan and Congress)

Schedule
Friday April 18th:

5pm - 12am: Registration and Social at New World Resource Center

Saturday April 19th:

8:30am - 6:30pm: Workshops

7pm-12:30am: Black Flag Black Tie event @ Q Studios, 2328 N. Milwaukee, 3rd Floor

Sunday April 20th:

10am – 6pm: Workshops

Registration
$15, no one turned away

Tabling
Available for groups that are interested. Limited space available, so first come, first serve. Contact us.

Black Flag, Black Tie Flyer

Flyer in PDF Format.

Invite in PDF Format.

15-Minute Uniform Couture Pageant