How to Organize Inclusive Events Zine by Microcosm Publishing
“If you’ve attended even a few events, you know that they are often exclusive affairs, prioritizing the majority and those in power. But what about everyone else? This manual trains event organizers, promoters, and venues to create a welcoming, safe atmosphere at in-person and virtual events. Starting with pre-planning and walking you through to the day of the event, this is your guide to ensuring your event is accessible to and excellent for your target participants, regardless of gender, sexuality, race, disability, income level, or language. Any music, art, or community space theoretically wants to make the world a better place. And now they can learn how!” - Microcosm Publishing
8.5” x 5.5”
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Portland (and Cleveland!)'s most colorful, authentic, and empowering publishing house and distributor, Microcosm Publishing & Distribution is a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around them. Microcosm emphasizes skill-building, showing hidden histories, and fostering creativity through challenging conventional publishing wisdom with books and zines about DIY skills, food, bicycling, gender, self-care, and social justice. Microcosm was started by Joe Biel in a bedroom closet as a distro and record label in 1996 and is now among the oldest independent book publishing houses in Portland, OR. Microcosm focuses on relating the experiences of what it is like to be a marginalized person and strives to be recognized for spirit, creativity, and value. All books are printed in the U.S., and the company doubles the industry average in number of women authors and prioritizes hiring of special needs employees. Microcosm constantly poses the question “How can we remove barriers to success for marginalized people in our industry?” In 2022, Microcosm was named Publishers Weekly's Fastest Growing Publisher.
