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SUMMARY:Community Radio Day
DESCRIPTION:Community Radio Days are opportunities for folks to gather around the importance of community radio. Every month a different Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer leads a discussion or exercise\, and anyone is welcome to join. Topics range from how to create grassroots radio\, pursuing a story\, creating a community\, and amplifying lesser heard voices. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer producer or if you just want to be a part of community around the importance of civic journalism\, join us! \n\n\n\nHMM Community Radio Days take place on the first Monday of each month (unless it’s a holiday)\, and we serve some light food and beverages. If you are interested in joining the discussion but are remote\, please email HMM@mediasanctuary.org in advance. \n\n\n\nTimeline:4:00-4:30pm: arrive\, meet our producers\, get some food\, settle in4:30-5:30pm: group discussion around radio (this takes place in our basement in the colder months. If stairs are an accessibility barrier\, please be in touch so we can prepare our accessible level)5:30-6:00pm: wind down\, radio prep6:00pm: HMM goes live on air! Listen to WOOC-LP 105.3FM or streaming at MediaSanctuary.org
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/community-radio-day-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260606T140000
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SUMMARY:Be The Dance Party! feat. Rev. Billy & Stop Shopping Choir
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Sanctuary for our second annual Be The Dance Party!\, an event which emphasized spaces for joy and celebration as acts of resistance. This event is part presentation\, part dance party\, this year featuring Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir\, a radical performance community focused on justice issues.   \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\nBe The Dance Party! begins with a participatory presentation by Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir inside the Sanctuary main space followed by a march around our North Troy block and a dance party in Freedom Square. This is a family-friendly event. \n\n\n\nThe Reverend Billy character isn’t so much a parody of a preacher\, as a preacher motif used to blur the lines between performance and religious experience. “It’s definitely a church service\,” Talen explained but\, he added\, it’s “a political rally\, it’s theater\, it’s all three\, it’s none of them.” Alisa Solomon\, the theater critic at the Village Voice\, said of Reverend Billy’s persona\, “The collar is fake\, the calling is real.” Along with the Church of Stop Shopping\, they have been referred to by academics as “performance activism\,” “carnivalesque protest\,” and “artivists.” \n\n\n\nThe Stop Shopping Choir is a radical performance community based in New York City\, with members coming to the Choir from many different creative and activist backgrounds. They have evolved a very particular sound and performance experience from the synthesis of our lived experience\, and are grounded in the work of Justice and in service to the Earth. They love to Sing together.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-dance-party-rev-billy/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260516T120000
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SUMMARY:Plant Swap 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants\, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for\, or just come on by to say “Hi!” \n\n\n\nWhere: 3337 6th Ave\, Troy\, NY 12180 \n\n\n\nWhat is a plant swap? An opportunity to share plant abundance!  \n\n\n\nHow to participate? Bring your extra plants and/ or saplings to trade for something new\, including perennials\, annuals\, house plants\, and more! You don’t have to bring a plant to participate. \n\n\n\nWhy participate?  It’s an amazing excuse to explore the garden\, soak up the sun\, and meet some new people and plants! \n\n\n\nAnd remember: All the plants that you give and take are free!
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/plant-swap-2026/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260515T213000
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SUMMARY:West African Rock: Natu Camara in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an energetic live music experience with Natu Camara who blends West African rock and soul into her music. Guinean singer and songwriter Natu Camara connects with her audiences during mesmerizing performances\, infused with commentary about her life experiences and her unwavering commitment to social justice.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\nNatu Camara‘s blend of rock\, soul and singer-songwriter tunes are infused with rhythms from Guinea and West Africa more generally. The stories she tells are personal ones that invite listeners in her experiences. The result is that Natu builds a unique bond with her audience\, and transports them into her world. Commentary includes the struggles of personal loss\,the challenge of finding herself along in a strange city. Natu Camara is full or originality and musical ideas\, and performed several songs from her upcoming album\, the most notable transported listeners back to her youth while pending time with grandmother in her village. Palatable in the new songs is the sense longing\, of distance and time from this world traveler. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHailing from Conakry\, Guinea\, West Africa\, Natu Camara is a globally celebrated singer and cultural force whose electrifying fusion of Afro-rock\, soul\, and pop has captivated audiences across continents. With a voice that soars between vulnerability and strength\, Natu delivers performances that are both deeply personal and universally unifying.  \n\n\n\nRooted in the rich musical traditions of Guinea and shaped by a global journey\, Natu bridges ancestral rhythms with contemporary energy\, creating a sound that is bold\, rhythmic\, and emotionally charged. Her recent single “Cinko Mina” a collaboration with legendary guitarist Sekou ‘Diamond Fingers’ Diabaté\, honors Guinea’s musical heritage while pushing it forward with fresh intensity. The release has been praised by BBC Radio\, building anticipation for her forthcoming album.  \n\n\n\nBut Natu is more than a powerhouse performer. Through her humanitarian work with the Dimedi Foundation\, she champions education and mentorship for young girls in Guinea. Her music carries messages of resilience\, gender equality\, and human rights\, and light around the world making every concert not just a show\, but a shared experience of purpose and celebration. \n\n\n\nAt The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, audiences will experience Natu the way she is meant to be heard: raw\, radiant\, and transformational. Expect driving rhythms\, soaring vocals\, and songs that move both body and spirit. This is more than a concert\, it’s an invitation to connect\, uplift\, and be part of somethingspecial.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/natu-camara/
CATEGORIES:African Music,Performance
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SUMMARY:The Gift of Seed
DESCRIPTION:Growing Gardens & Cultures of Care Beyond Consumption\n\n\n\nJoin Fruition Seeds at the Sanctuary for Independent Media for a special seed gifting and exchange event. Receive an abundance of seeds to sow in your community as we cultivate gift culture together. \n\n\n\n\nRegister \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nAll flourishing is mutual\, as Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us\, and seeds brilliantly embody this generosity\, creativity and care. Together\, let’s practice receiving hundreds of varieties of regionally adapted seeds as gifts\, cultivating gift culture as well as community\, nourishing all generations to come! Come ready to reflect\, connect and honor your gifts as well as we all learn to amplify the gifts of community together. Expect puppets! And lots of seeds! And to come alive as we explore living in ways both old and new. Bring a friend and your hunger to sow more fruitful futures for your family\, friends\, neighbors and strangers as we become good ancestors together 💛 \n\n\n\nIf you’d love to bring seeds to gift Troy’s Seed Library\, we love you and come 20 minutes early to add them to the cornucopia! \n\n\n\nFAQ:  \n\n\n\nCan I drop in for just part of the gathering? Think of this as a movie or theater experience: come a few minutes early\, settle in & savor ‘til the end\, it’s sooooo worth it! And if you have to arrive late\, ohhhh you will be welcomed ~ \n\n\n\nAbout Fruition Seeds\n\n\n\nFruition Seeds grows and gifts regionally adapted seeds as well as stories\, songs and experiences to cultivate cultures of caring gift economy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n​Petra grew up gifting seeds grown in her father’s garden in the Finger Lakes of New York. After co-founding Fruition Seeds and selling seeds for 12 years\, she’s returned to gifting seeds and is so honored to share them with you. She is a foraging farmer\, friend\, neighbor\, and auntie as well as mother of many millions of seeds to whom she is also the grateful granddaughter.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-gift-of-seed/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T140000
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SUMMARY:Everybody Has a Story To Tell Radio Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Sanctuary for a session of recording community stories in audio form. Our radio program Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is a volunteer created news program which platforms stories related to our local community. Everybody Has a Story to Tell is a opportunity for HMM producers to support others in the recording of their own stories.  \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\nThis radio format is Inspired by Storycorp whose mission is “to help us believe in each other by illuminating the humanity and possibility in us all — one story at a time.” There is no better time than now to come to the Sanctuary with a partner to record your story to be included in a community audio archive.  \n\n\n\nBring someone important in your life (family member\, neighbor\, mentor…) to this workshop where you will be guided upon how to conduct an interview\, offered question suggestions\, and then you will be given the opportunity to be paired with volunteer producer to do a radio recording or to record your interview at a later time on your own.  \n\n\n\nAlthough we hope to air these stories on our radio program\, that part is not obligatory.  We also invite you to join us for a community brunch right before the workshop.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/everybody-has-a-story-wksp/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260425T120000
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SUMMARY:Community Brunch
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Community Brunch\, an opportunity to sit together over food to celebrate each other. This event is for regular contributors and attenders of Sanctuary events as well as for folks who have never been to the Sanctuary. Together we will eat in community with the opportunity for a campus tour during the last half our of the event.  \n\n\n\nStick around for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine radio workshop Everybody Has a Story to Tell following the brunch.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/community-brunch/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260422T190000
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SUMMARY:"River of Grass" Film Screening & Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of River of Grass\, a documentary film which is described as “An ode to the Florida Everglades\, told through the prescient writings of Marjory Stoneman Douglas\, and those who today call the region home.” This film screening will be followed by a Q&A\, and the filmmakers will also offer a Be The Media! workshop before the screening at 5pm.  \n\n\n\nThis event is a collaboration with the RPI’s iEAR Presents series\, supported by the Department of Arts and the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences\, and is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\nFilm Synopsis\n\n\n\nRIVER OF GRASS is a present-day reimagining of environmentalist Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s celebrated book\, “The Everglades: River of Grass\,” (1947)\, which forever changed the public’s understanding of the area from worthless swamps to an essential source of freshwater\, enabling the ecosystem to endure\, just barely\, today. In the wake of a hurricane\, Douglas visits filmmaker Sasha Wortzel in a dream\, catalyzing a prismatic journey across the Everglades with Miccosukee educator and activist Betty Osceola. Interweaving Douglas’s writing\, personal narration\, present-day verité\, and archival footage\, RIVER OF GRASS reveals how this country’s origin story haunts and inextricably shapes contemporary American life\, while asking how we might weather coming storms better together. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSasha Wortzel is an award-winning filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist using video\, installation\, sculpture\, and sound to explore how past and present are inextricably linked through resonant spaces and their hauntings. Raised in Southwest Florida and based in New York\, Wortzel specifically attends to sites and stories systematically erased or ignored from these regions’ histories. RIVER OF GRASS (2025) is her first feature documentary. The film won the Pare Lorentz Award from IDA\, Hot Docs Joan VanDuzer Special Jury Prize – International Feature Documentary\, and Mead Audience Award\, among others. The film received institutional support from Sundance\, Ford Foundation\, Sandbox Films\, Knight Foundation\, Doc Society\, Field of Vision\, and Chicken & Egg Pictures.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/river-of-grass/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260411T210000
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SUMMARY:Seeds of Power: Films by Indigenous Women
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of two short documentary films made by Indigenous filmmakers\, Katsitsionni Fox and Michelle Schenandoah. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion about the sources of power that have inspired and strengthened their communities and inspired them to make their films. \n\n\n\nThis program is made possible through a partnership with MDOCS Co-Creation Initiative at Skidmore College. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKanenon:we – Original Seeds  features three Haudenosaunee women who are stepping back into their sacred responsibility as seed keepers. They honor the work of our ancestors by regenerating\, rematriating and protecting sacred seeds offering a powerful view of what is possible in Indigenous communities working towards food sovereignty. 2025 RT: 26 mins  \n\n\n\nTRAILER OF KANENON:WE ORIGINAL SEEDS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRematriation has centered the voice of 9 Indigneous women in a short video series that shares stories of resilience\, leadership\, spirituality and healing. Led by an all women team\, directors and producers\, Katsitsionni Fox (Mohawk) and Michelle Schenandoah (Oneida)\, cinematographer\, Marie Cecile Dietlin\, and multiple editors including Rematriation’s New Media Creator\, Afton P. Lewis. \n\n\n\nWe will be showing the short film on Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida)\, a Grammy winner and humanitarian who had over 40 music awards and 24 recordings. She captured hearts around the world and is an ambassador for peace\, and human and Earth rights.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/indigenous-films-series/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260409T200000
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SUMMARY:Air Justice Lab Virtual Celebration
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to attend this virtual celebration of the Air Justice Lab\, NATURE Lab’s community air monitoring project. There will be a panel representing air quality activists\, community members and clean air coalitions across the Capital Region. Come learn about all things air quality in the Capital Region and what the Air Justice Lab has accomplished so far. More information to follow. \n\n\n\nMore details to come! \n\n\n\n\nRegister for this Virtual Event
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/air-justice-lab-finale/
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260404T160000
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SUMMARY:Ear Seed Training
DESCRIPTION:in collaboration with Albany Community Acupuncture and Pachakuti Collective\n\n\n\nLearn how to treat yourself and your community with simple\, effective NADA protocol for: pain management\, digestive balance\, stress relief\, addiction recovery\, sleep support\, and more. $0-$40 suggested donation. The workshop includes: \n\n\n\n\nkit with 40 seeds\, applicator\, ear map\n\n\n\ninstruction on point location and seed application\n\n\n\nhistory of ear seeds/NADA in healing justice and community medicine\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimple. Powerful. Balancing. Help anyone feel better right away. Accessible for everyone to learn and practice. Join us for 2 hours of historical and practical education on ear seeds and how you can heal yourself and others with this tiny seed\, the vacarria plant. It is so powerful at removing stagnation and relieving pain in any body system that in Pinyin it is called Wang Bu Liu Xing – “even the emperor cannot stop us.” Learn more below! \n\n\n\nAccess: The workshop will be held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch (info@mediasanctuary.org) in case we can accommodate your participation in another way. \n\n\n\n\n\nBackground information\n\n\n\nAuricular acupuncture and ear seeds stimulate the vagus nerve – our primary pathway to a parasympathetic “rest and digest” state. It is ideal for use in group settings and has been proven effective internationally for addiction\, withdrawal\, emotional regulation\, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). \n\n\n\nThis simple 5 needle protocol was developed first in the 1970s in Hong Kong\, then adopted in the Bronx by the Black Panthers and the Young Lords to treat addiction. In recent decades\, Acupuncturists Without Borders and many other on-the-ground justice medicine initiatives primarily employ this protocol for quick\, powerful and accessible community medicine. \n\n\n\nFacilitator Bios\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\njei laura is a Qariwarmi community herbalist\, Usui Reiki practitioner\, and story weaver of the Andean and Irish Diaspora oriented in healing and climate justice. They are a community steward of Pachakuti Collective\, an Indigenous/Queer/Trans/Gender Expansive collective dedicated to stewarding liberated and healing relations between humans and our other than human kin. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlbany Community Acupuncture was founded by Gina Mauro L.Ac (pictured far left) after her time doing relief work through Acupuncturists Without Borders in Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in September 2024. \n\n\n\nBorn and raised in the Albany area\, Gina has always felt a strong call to serve the Capital Region community in a meaningful way. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTayna Rivera Gonzalez is queer and indigenous multidisciplinary artist and healing practitioner guided by ancestors\, healing justice lineages\, and the land. Their focus always comes back to embodiment\, grounding\, and how we can learn so much about healing from our human and non-human kin. They like to explore body movement through dance and somatic healing and offer reiki\, somatic meditations\, ear seeds\, and ear acupuncture in the tradition of the Young Lords and Black Panthers. They express deep gratitude and reverence to all of their past and future teachers and are a Co-Steward of Pachakuti Collective
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/ear-seed-training/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T184500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260403T200000
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SUMMARY:“Here Comes the Sun” Book Talk with Bill McKibben
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben will be at the Sanctuary to share his hope for our future in Here Comes the Sun\, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific\, economic\, and political future. Join us for this book talk\, Q&A\, and book signing with McKibben\, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis. McKibben will also be our special guest for a fundraiser dinner! This dinner will be an intimate gourmet vegan meal by extraordinary chef Intaba Liff-Anderson. \n\n\n\n\nRegister for Book Talk HERE\n\n\n\nRegister for Fundraiser Dinner & Book Talk HERE\n\n\n\n\nHere Comes the Sun is a book about a last chance for the climate and a fresh chance for civilization by Bill McKibben\, an author\, environmentalist\, and activist. In 1988 he wrote The End of Nature\, the first book for a common audience about global warming. McKibben comes to the Sanctuary for a talk on his latest book\, followed by a Q&A and book sale. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur climate\, and our democracy\, are melting down. But Bill McKibben\, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis\, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any energy source in history—if we can keep accelerating the pace\, we have a chance. \n\n\n\nHere Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and wind—and the desperate fight of the fossil fuel industry and their politicians to hold this new power at bay. From the everyday citizens who installed solar panels equal to a third of Pakistan’s electric grid in a year to the world’s sixth-largest economy—California—nearly halving its use of natural gas in the last two years\, Bill McKibben traces the arrival of plentiful\, inexpensive solar energy. And he shows how solar power is more than just a path out of the climate crisis: it is a chance to reorder the world on saner and more humane grounds. You can’t hoard solar energy or hold it in reserves—it’s available to all. \n\n\n\nThere’s no guarantee we can make this change in time\, but there is a hope—in McKibben’s eyes\, our best hope for a new civilization: one that looks up to the sun\, every day\, as the star that fuels our world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBill McKibben is founder of Third Act\, which organizes people over the age of 60 for action on climate and justice. \n\n\n\nHis 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change\, and has appeared in 24 languages. He’s gone on to write 20 books\, and his work appears regularly in periodicals from the New Yorker to Rolling Stone. He serves as the Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College\, as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, and he has won the Gandhi Peace Prize as well as honorary degrees from 20 colleges and universities. He was awarded the Right Livelihood Award\, sometimes called the alternative Nobel\, in the Swedish Parliament. Foreign Policy named him to its inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers. \n\n\n\nMcKibben helped found 350.org\, the first global grassroots climate campaign\, which has organized protests on every continent\, including Antarctica\, for climate action. He played a leading role in launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL\, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign\, which has become the biggest anti-corporate campaign in history\, with endowments worth more than $40 trillion stepping back from oil\, gas and coal. He stepped down as board chair of 350 in 2015\, and left the board and stepped down from his volunteer role as senior adviser in 2020\, accepting emeritus status. He lives in the mountains above Lake Champlain with his wife\, the writer Sue Halpern\, where he spends as much time as possible outdoors. In 2014\, biologists credited his career by naming a new species of woodland gnat—Megophthalmidia mckibbeni–in his honor.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/bill-mckibben-here-comes-the-sun/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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SUMMARY:Pruning & Grafting for Tree Lovers! 2026
DESCRIPTION:Join the tree lovers of the More Trees Arborist Collective for a workshop in the urban forest at Freedom Square! Learn to identify common opportunist species of urban trees\, discuss the different techniques and objectives of pruning\, when to remove trees\, when to plant trees\, and help the crew manage the Sanctuary’s fledgling reforestation projects! We’ll finish with a grafting demo in Collard City Growers! \n\n\n\n*This event is rain or shine! Participants are encouraged to bring their own pruning shears\, as we will have a limited number available. \n\n\n\n\nRegister
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/pruning-grafting-2026/
LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T140000
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SUMMARY:Community Acupuncture Clinic
DESCRIPTION:with Gina Mauro\, L.Ac of Albany Community Acupuncture (ACA)\n\n\n\nAlbany Community Acupuncture (ACA) is proud to offer a weekly clinic at People’s Health Sanctuary\, rooted in the belief that healthcare is a community responsibility—not a privilege. \n\n\n\nWhen: Wednesdays\, 10:00am–2:00pm (beginning January 21\, 2026)Where: NATURE Lab – 3319 6th Ave\, Troy NYCost: Sliding scale $10–$40Access: Walk-ins welcome or register here. \n\n\n\nCommunity acupuncture is a people-powered healthcare model designed to remove financial and structural barriers to healing. Treatments take place in a shared space\, allowing care to be offered affordably while fostering connection\, dignity\, and collective rest. Each person receives individualized acupuncture within a calm\, supportive community setting. \n\n\n\nThis clinic exists to support those impacted by stress\, trauma\, burnout\, chronic pain\, illness\, and systemic inequity—especially people who are uninsured\, underinsured\, or historically excluded from wellness spaces. Acupuncture has been shown to help regulate the nervous system\, ease pain\, support emotional resilience\, improve sleep\, and reduce craving and addiction\, promote overall well-being. \n\n\n\nGina Mauro\, L.Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist committed to healthcare as a form of activism and collective liberation. Her work challenges profit-driven wellness models by offering acupuncture that is accessible\, community-centered\, and rooted in dignity rather than extraction. \n\n\n\nLearn more about Albany Community Acupuncture at albanycommunityacupuncture.org.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/community-acupuncture-clinic/2026-03-25/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T190000
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SUMMARY:Spring Herbal Series: Herbal Salve Making
DESCRIPTION:Taught by Rebecca Hein\n\n\n\nLearn to make herbal infused oils and salves! Herbs can be applied topically\, as oils or salves\, to support skin\, muscle and joins\, paint relief\, and used as first aid. We will discuss how to prepare an herb for oil extraction and demonstrate how to transform an infused oil into a healing salve. We will make an herbal salve together in class and each participant will receive a container to take home. \n\n\n\nLimited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nAccess: The workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch (info@mediasanctuary.org) in case we can accommodate your participation in another way. \n\n\n\nAbout the facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRebecca Hein is a community herbalist and urban farmer. Founder and owner of Underground Alchemy\, she has been making herbal remedies grown on what were vacant lots in Albany’s South End since 2011. Her work is driven by a desire to connect people and plants\, support community health and empowerment\, and position herbalism in the struggle for accessible healthcare. \n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease. 
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/spring-herbal-series-herbal-salve-making/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T170000
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SUMMARY:"Run\, Hide\, Fight" a Youth Storytelling Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free storytelling workshop at the Sanctuary\, using a short PBS documentary Run\, Hide\, Fight: Growing up Under the Gun to prompt conversations around storytelling and humanity in a workshop led by storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist\, D. Colin. Young people of all ages are welcome with their families\, the story telling workshop is designed for middle to high school aged youth but there will be age appropriate activities for younger children.This event is made possible through the partnership with WMHT Public Media. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nFollowing the documentary\, Run\, Hide\, Fight: Growing up under the gun\, join D. Colin for a storytelling workshop exploring the power of personal stories in building connection\, sharing our humanity\, and leaving an impact. Using creativity\, our lived experiences and the film\, we’ll share intentional time discussing what safety means and how we can use our voices to inspire change. HEAR D. COLIN’S INTERVIEW ABOUT THE WORKSHOP.  \n\n\n\n\nGun violence is the leading cause of death for American children and teens. Run\, Hide\, Fight: Growing Up Under the Gun is a new 30-minute documentary about how gun violence affects young Americans\, from PBS News Student Reporting Labs in collaboration with 14 student journalists from five U.S. cities: Philadelphia\, Oakland\, Washington D.C.\, Nashville\, and East Lansing\, Michigan. The documentary profiles how the same young people that have survived these traumatic events are leading the fight for a safer future. \n\n\n\nHEAR MARA DROGAN OF WMHT PUBLIC MEDIA SPEAK ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD. Colin is a multidisciplinary artist of Haitian descent whose creative practice spans poetry\, visual art\, and theater. Originally from Connecticut\, she has called New York’s Capital Region home since 2007. With a background in English and Africana Studies\, she is a teaching artist and curator who creates and facilitates spaces for creativity\, storytelling\, and healing. \n\n\n\nD. Colin has received numerous accolades\, including the 2022 Excellence in Arts & Letters Award from UAlbany and the title of Resourceful Woman in the Arts in 2019. Deeply inspired by Nina Simone’s belief that “an artist’s duty is to reflect the times\,” she often says\, “if the art didn’t move you\, then I didn’t do my job.” \n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is made possible through a partnership with WMHT and PBS.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/run-hide-fight/
CATEGORIES:Screening,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260315T140000
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SUMMARY:Spring Herbal Series: Cultivating an Herbal First Aid Garden
DESCRIPTION:Taught by Heidi Woolever\n\n\n\nIn this all levels workshop local gardener and herbalist Heidi Woolever will discuss cultivating\, connecting with\, and utilizing a variety of first aid plants in your garden. We will be covering calendula\, echinacea\, yarrow\, chamomile\, comfrey\, tulsi\, and catnip\, and oregano.* Learn all about growing your own apothecary! \n\n\n\nThis workshop is part of the Community Apothecary’s Spring Herbal series at the People’s Health Sanctuary. This season we are focusing on HERBAL FIRST AID\, with workshops including Salve-making\, Cultivating an herbal first aid garden\, and Creating an herbal first aid kit. \n\n\n\n*Discussion on foraging for first aid plants is outside the scope of this workshop. Limited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your place. Donations recommended on a sliding scale of $0 – 30; no one will be turned away for lack of funds \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nAccess: The workshop series is held on the second floor of the NATURE Lab building\, which is currently only accessible by a flight of stairs. If stairs will present a barrier to attending the workshop please get in touch (info@mediasanctuary.org) in case we can accommodate your participation in another way. \n\n\n\nAbout the facilitator\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHeidi Woolever is a high school agriculture teacher\, retired farmer and longtime student of herbalism. Raised mostly on Onondagan land (Syracuse)\, she currently resides on Mohican land (Troy) where she deeply values being part of a vibrant community.  \n\n\n\n\n\nThis series is facilitated by herbalists affiliated with the People’s Health Sanctuary Community Apothecary who are volunteering their time and sharing information for educational purposes. None of the remedies shared in these workshops are intended to diagnose or treat any disease. 
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/spring-herbal-series-herbal-first-aid-garden/
LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260306T160000
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SUMMARY:PHS Healing Day
DESCRIPTION:This winter and spring\, the People’s Health Sanctuary will continue hosting Healing Days at the Sanctuary main space and other venues in the region. A variety of healing modalities will be on offer\, ranging from community acupuncture and energy work to herbal remedies from the Community Apothecary. You’ll also find a nourishing one pot meal\, and a place to connect. All offerings will be donation based/sliding scale\, so pay whatever you can— and bring a friend! PHS will continue to donate 50% of all Healing Day donations to the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition (CRSC).  \n\n\n\nSanctuary Main Space: Feb 20th\, March 6th\, and April 17th.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/phs-healing-day-4/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:open hours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T160000
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SUMMARY:Frederick Douglass and the Power of the Black Archives
DESCRIPTION:A community reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” and collecting for the Black Experience in the Adirondacks\n\n\n\nJoin us in creating Black history archives in a community reading\, discussion\, and collection. Together we will collectively read Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave is the Fourth of July before a conversation on storytelling and the importance of recorded Black history\, featuring speakers from the Underground Railroad Education Center and the Adirondack Experience museum. You will also have the opportunity to contribute memorabilia to the soon-to-be permanent exhibition The Black Experience in the Adirondacks at the Adirondack Experience museum. There will be a hybrid event on February 18 to give insight into the collection in Gathering Stories: Black Experiences in the Adirondacks. \n\n\n\n\n\nFrederick Douglass’ legacy demonstrates the importance of archives. Using speeches\, photography\, and print media\, this man who was born into slavery became one of the most important figures in Black history. Douglass gave speaking tours\, was the most photographed man in America during the 19th century\, and wrote books and published The North Star press. We know so much about him and his experience because of his archive\, and participants will leave a legacy of their own with archive opportunities during this event.  \n\n\n\nAttendees will collectively read Frederick Douglass’ abolitionist speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” (which will be recorded and archived in audio and video form followed by a panel discussion which will include the Underground Railroad Education Center as well as Charles Clark III\, the Project Curator for the exhibition The Black Experience in the Adirondacks. The community will then have the opportunity to contribute memorability connected to the Black experience in the Adirondacks to an upcoming exhibition. \n\n\n\n\n\nA portrait of Frederick Douglass created in 1879\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLacey Wilson\, Teen Museum Studies Program Manager of Underground Railroad Education CenterLacey was born in Washington DC and has spent 10 years in public history\, leading tours\, managing sites\, and engaging with oral histories and local communities. Today\, she plans and implements a museum studies program for teenagers at the Underground Railroad Education Center in addition to sitting on the advocacy and nominations committees with the National Council of Public History. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul & Mary Liz Stewart\, Co-Founders of Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC)UREC is a non-profit organization which grew out of a research project on the Underground Railroad in the Capital Region by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart. Their work uncovered the voices and stories of people written out of this history. Together\, these voices provide a different accounting of Underground Railroad activism and change the American narrative. \n\n\n\n\n\nSince its incorporation in 2003\, Underground Railroad Education Center has created a strong program of education and research that celebrates and preserves the story of the Underground Railroad in Albany and the Capital Region and its relationship with us today. URHPCR has identified the key primary and secondary figures and their activities\, and has developed a general outline of the local history of the movement. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharles Clark III\, curator of The Black Experience in the Adirondacks  Charles employs a Pan-Africanist methodology\, enriched by material cultural approach\, to transform exhibition making in museums. His work addresses ethno cultural erasure and brings to light marginalized narratives within art history. His approach not only enhances the representation of diverse voices but also redefines the role of museums as spaces for critical dialogue and cultural exploration. \n\n\n\n\n\nIn 2027\, the Adirondack Experience\, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake\, will open The Black Experience in the Adirondacks\, a new permanent\, interactive exhibition. This exhibition will comprehensively explore the history of Black people in the region\, from their important and well-documented role in the settlement and development of the Adirondacks to current efforts ensuring an inclusive community and enriching the region’s recreational opportunities.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/frederick-douglass-and-archives/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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SUMMARY:PHS Healing Day
DESCRIPTION:This winter and spring\, the People’s Health Sanctuary will continue hosting Healing Days at the Sanctuary main space and other venues in the region. A variety of healing modalities will be on offer\, ranging from community acupuncture and energy work to herbal remedies from the Community Apothecary. You’ll also find a nourishing one pot meal\, and a place to connect. All offerings will be donation based/sliding scale\, so pay whatever you can— and bring a friend! PHS will continue to donate 50% of all Healing Day donations to the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition (CRSC). The February 20th Healing Day will also include a Seed Swap with Collard City Growers and Soul Fire Farm. \n\n\n\nSanctuary Main Space: Feb 20th\, March 6th\, and April 17th.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/phs-healing-day-3/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:open hours
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