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© 2024        •       DEMO Art & Books
2211 16th St.   Sacrmento CA. 95818

COMMUNITY GUIDELINES

Demo Art & Books aims to positively support, contribute to, and highlight the diverse creative communities represented in the Sacramento CA. In particular, artists who are Black, Indigenous, other people of color, queer, trans, and/or disabled. Further, we strive to create a welcoming, engaging, accessible, and supportive environment free of oppressive actions, behaviors, and language and to be a safe space for all vendors, patrons, volunteers, and passersby. 

To work toward this standard, Demo Art & Books prohibits and will not tolerate the following:

  • Prejudiced and/or unwelcome behaviors and actions stemming from institutionalized oppression such as, but not limited to:
    • Racism
    • Sexism
    • Classism
    • Ableism
    • Homophobia
    • Transphobia
    • Zionism
    • Misogyny

  • Theft and/or destruction of money or personal/professional property
  • Distribution and/or exhibition of material that elicits, promotes, or defends hate speech or other forms of institutionalized oppression
  • Non-consensual contact/conduct/harassment that causes participants or attendees to feel distressed or unsafe

In the spirit of collaboratively creating a safer space, we ask that all participants and attendees agree to practice to the following guidelines:
  1. Respect people’s physical and emotional boundaries and ask for consent 
  2. Respect people’s different opinions, beliefs, and perspectives.
  3. Be responsible for your actions, and be aware of the effect they may have on others, regardless of original intent.

Should an issue arise with a attendees, artists or collabortors Demo volunteers and organizers will be available to listen to these concerns and find a solution that is in the best interests of the community and the maintenance of a safe space. Volunteers and organizers reserve the right to ask any attendees who violate this policy to address their behavior or language, or, when no other remedy is available, leave the space.



    PACBI

    Demo Art & Books stands in total solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle against Israeli occupation and genocide. We are committing to the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).

    Thus, we commit to:
    • boycott any cultural product or event funded, commissioned, &/or sponsored by an official Israeli body
    • not collaborate with or take money from Israeli institutions
    • refuse "normalization" efforts seeking to justify Israel's violence or present a false symmetry between oppressed & oppressor
    • advocate for others to similarly divest from Israel, end support for the oppression of Palestinians, & pressure Israel to comply with international law

    PACBI was launched in Ramallah in 2004 and is part of the wider Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement. PACBI guidelines are simple: they ask institutions to refuse support from the state of Israel and reject projects that normalize the occupation of Palestine and dispossession of Palestinians.

    You can read more about PACBI at bdsmovement.net/PACBI. You can also learn more from our friends at Writers Against the War on Gaza.



    Demo Art & Books welcomes any and all inquiries or comments — you can contact us at demoartandbooks.com. 
    Adapted from the Chicago Zine Fest Safer Space Policy , East Bay ABZF & HallowZineFest.