POC Zine Project

12/06/2025

Spotted: folks paying cash❤️ sliding scale $12-15 for Imagine Water Works' A Q***r / Trans Guide to Storms zine (2023) at our shared / IWW table at at today.

You can read a free digital version of the zine at: www.imaginewaterworks.org ✨The zine was produced by Black, q***r & trans, and Indigenous folks from Louisiana and New Orleans.

+Get a free copy of What Is Mutual Aid zine made by Ida of for IWW here in print today, or read it for free at www.imaginewaterworks.org

+Get a free copy of the latest edition of the New Orleans Community Resource Guide (produced by IWW) at our table here today & access a free digital version of the guide at: www.imaginewaterworks.org

I love tabling for POC Zine Project and collaborator at New Orleans Bookfair.

Since 2015 I have been in community with Imagine Water Works co-founder here in New Orleans & am honored to produce the IWW newsletter and support their community outreach and partnerships.

Since 2010 POCZP has remained my experiment in art, activism, and community through materiality. work helps me fund POC Zine Project initiatives and to pay my bills, so this table is a reflection of all three important things I am a part of.

Sign up for my newsletter: http://www.dcapmedia.com & for Imagine Water Works' newsletter (I work on both in New Orleans): http://imaginewaterworks.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u

12/01/2025

👋🏽Hello from the land of multidisciplinary, multi-hyphenate reskilling & upskilling!

✨This Saturday 12/6 I am tabling at the New Orleans Bookfair as DCAP Media / POC Zine Project. 😎❤️🕺🏻 Also repping the amazing local nonprofit Imagine Water Works 🌊 If you're in town, come through & say hi and buy some of my artsy stuff + pick up an IWW New Orleans Community Resource Guide! 💋

✨ICYMI: I am also the new lead bartender at Mélange on Frenchmen, the ✨only✨ THC and "Cali Sober" lounge in all of New Orleans right now!

Come visit me at Melange on Thu, Fri, or Sat 7-1AM on one of the most famous streets in the world for live entertainment, so I can craft you a delightful & sumptuous THC or zero-proof cocktail.

New Orleans Bookfair info: https://www.instagram.com/nolabookfair

Melange featured in High Times Magazine:
"DC Wants to Kill H**p Drinks. New Orleans Just Built a THC Nightclub. Welcome to the Rebellion."
https://hightimes.com/news/louisiana/melange-by-cali-sober-at-bamboulas/

Follow Melange on IG: https://www.instagram.com/melangeonfrenchmen

✨Last but not least, I was recently a guest speaker at Loyola University for their journalism & media program. I recorded the panel's conversation and will be sharing a podcast version & highlights as a blog post via my newsletter next week; subscribe for alerts: www.dcapmedia.com

10/22/2025

On Monday, October 20, a federal judge ordered the DoDEA to immediately restore the 600+ books & zines it scrubbed from more than 100 Defense Department K-12 public schools that serve 67,000 children of military personnel – and to cease from removing more.

The judge ruled to protect student freedoms to “inquire, to study and to evaluate, to gain new maturity and understanding.”

06/17/2025

Today I hosted the zine-making station at the Grantmakers in Health Conference session at Imagine Water Works’ The Imagination Farm in New Orleans.

While chatting with leaders and decisionmakers in health and philanthropy, I made & shared a hybrid speculative fiction/FAQ mini zine about The Imagination Farm called The Green Beings (read it in the photos), & explained my cultural production and collaborations as POC Zine Project (2010-present).

I was happy to help represent Imagine Water Works at this event, as they are one of the few nonprofits I trust. They tangibly make a difference, vs waste a lot of money while giving lip service to change, which unfortunately is something that many nonprofits tend to do.

While speaking with funders about zines as a thirds space, intersectional praxis for reimagining change management theory and integrative practices, I shared anonymous stories from my 10+ years of experience helping organizations & institutions incorporate zine-making & zine publishing into public-facing programming and internal professional development workshops.

I have helped many orgs create a safe space for diffusing challenging but necessary conversations in ways that support productive communication and problem-solving that supports retention and organizational growth.

That’s fancy verbiage to say that I make magic with zines in ways that continue to tangibly bless people & organizations long after I’m no longer involved. It’s one of my gifts & skills that I’ve been cultivating foDaniela Capistrano. - Daniela Capistrano