If you were going to give a talk or present a panel at a now canceled event, let us know if you’d like to stream it on our Twitch channel or use it to host a virtual conference! We’re opening the door to let folks do online events. Drop a note to indg@ineeddiversegames.org Or if you want to submit your planned talk as an article, drop our managing editor @tauriqmoosa a note to tauriq@ineeddiversegames.org and cc: indg@ineeddiversegames.org with Talk to Article as the header. If you find out of other alternatives to canceled events, drop us a note or tag us on twitter so we can update this post.

Also, here’s a list of alternatives to canceled events so you can help out vendors and artists that are losing out on sales due to event cancellations:

Published by cypheroftyr

Tanya DePass is the founder and Director of I Need Diverse Games, a non-profit organization based in Chicago, which is dedicated to better diversification of all aspects of gaming. I Need Diverse Games serves the community by supporting marginalized developers attend the Game Developer Conference by participating in the GDC Scholarship program, helps assist attendance at other industry events, and is seeking partnership with organizations and initiatives. Tanya is a lifelong Chicagoan who loves everything about gaming, #INeedDiverseGames spawn point, and wants to make it better and more inclusive for everyone. She founded and was the EIC of Fresh Out of Tokens podcast where games culture was discussed and viewed through a lense of feminism, intersectionality and diversity. Now she’s a co-host on Spawn on Me Podcast. Along with all of that, she’s the Programming Coordinator for OrcaCon, she often speaks on issues of diversity, feminism, race, intersectionality & other topics at multiple conventions throughout the year. Her writing about games and games critique appears in Uncanny Magazine, Polygon, Wiscon Chronicles, Vice Gaming, Paste Games, Mic, and other publications.