Safer Spaces

Grid Zine Festival is a safer space, which means we strive to create an environment in which all community members feel welcomed and can participate and connect. Grid Zine Festival or any other Grid Zine Fest events will not tolerate racism, queerphobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, fatphobia/sizeism, classism, threats of violence, or other hate speech. No TERFs; Free Palestine.

Land Acknowledgement

Grid Zine Fest takes place in now-named Salt Lake City, which exists on Ute and Shoshone territories in Utah, in which Goshute, Paiute, and Diné peoples also have territories. We honor the land and those who have stewarded the land, even in the face of systemic adversity. We all live on stolen land.

Accessibility

Grid Zine Fest is dedicated to equity and inclusivity. Our venue will always be ADA accessible and with gender neutral bathrooms.

The sound in our venue can get loud, especially with so many people talking and the echo from the vaulted ceilings of the venue. We recommend and welcome ear protection if you are sensitive to sound.

To accommodate as many zine tablers as possible in the venue, everyone will be seated close, similar to other years. We will keep the aisles as wide as possible to allow easy movement for any mobility aids. 

The organizers are always monitoring respiratory illness rates for Salt Lake and surrounding counties leading up to each fest. We always encourage masking and testing prior to attending our events and will have masks freely available during the fest. The WHO Airborne Risk Indoor Assessment for our venue ranges from >1% risk if you wear a mask or maintain six feet distance from all participants, to 22% in a worse-case scenario of high local infection levels, high temperature and humidity, and the venue at maximum capacity with many infected people among them.

For any accommodations, for any reason, please reach out to us at gridzinefest@gmail.com