Join Air Justice Lab at Context Collective for a workshop on building your own air purification system using a box fan, air filter, duct tape, and cardboard. High quality masks/respirators (such as N95s) are required and provided for all attendees. There will also be air purifiers in the space. If a participant needs to unmask, […]
Taína Asili shares the story of her two-decade journey as a singer and activist creating music for social change. Through songs and personal narrative, she reflects on the challenges she has faced and the lessons she’s learned making art in service of love and liberation. Participants will explore how art can be a powerful tool for […]
Join us for Taína Asili’s interdisciplinary production of Fever Pitch, uniting decades of her original work into a one-hour spectacle designed to ignite climate justice action on local, national, and global scales. This tapestry of sound, movement, and imagery is a celebration, a ritual, and a bold vision for a just and sustainable world. *Tickets […]
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 […]
What to Do When Interacting with ICE Agents Join members of the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition to learn about how to assert your legal rights, be informed of your options, and feel prepared during an interaction with Immigration Customs and Enforcement. All are welcome.This event is not a replacement for legal advice.
Lead by Ángela Bartlett with Azuré Keahi In this workshop we will use small looms to weave bookmarks integrating plant fibers found in our local landscape. Participants have the option of bringing strands they'd like to weave into their project or share with others (Think of it as a fiber potluck!). Fibers that are a […]
Looking for a meaningful way to stay involved with the Sanctuary at your own pace? Join us every third Wednesday from 5–7PM for our monthly volunteer day. RSVP by sending an email to [email protected] We’ll start with light refreshments and a tour (plus a little campus clean up) and get an in-depth introduction to a […]
Drop in to Collard City Growers where we have activities for families and garden tasks for our adult volunteers. Community Work & Play Days take place on the 3rd Friday of each month, during the regular CCG Open Garden Hours which take place every Friday from 4:00 - 7:00 pm, from May through October. Join […]
For the remainder of the year, People’s Health Sanctuary will host monthly Healing Days at the Sanctuary main space, offering community acupuncture, herbal remedies from the Community Apothecary, 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 […]
Robot Workshop with FSD.Temp For this follow up to the MYOB (Make Your Own Brick) workshop, bring a brick or just watch and chat as a low-cost, low-impact robot places bricks to create a wall and planter in the NATURE Lab yard. Bricks have shaped the industrial and visual language of Troy for centuries, while […]
Join Barry Rubinow, the director of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them," for a Be The Media! workshop on recording someone's story for documentary filmmaking. Rubinow emphasizes that everybody has a story, and this workshop will explore discovering what that story is. “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them" is a documentary film about locally-based jazz […]
Join us for a screening of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them,” a documentary film about locally-based jazz musician Tarik Shah who was incarcerated for almost 15 years on terrorist accusations, and panel discussion around the lasting impact of the war on terror. The event will conclude with a musical performance with Tarik Shah on […]
A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX’s Bhawin Suchak Join us for a workshop reflecting on the practical work of filmmaking and considering its impact on the histories and communities it engages. Participants are invited into the world of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film “An Impossible Address,” in parallel to the work of […]
Join us for a film screening of Golden Jubilee, a film in a series of works about memory, diaspora, and decoloniality, with filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri. This event is a iEAR Presents! and EMPAC Collaboration 4:30pm: Decolonial Practices in Film Workshop: A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX What is liberation when so much […]