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SUMMARY:Clearing the Air in Coeymans: Community Forum on Clean Air vs. Tire Burning
DESCRIPTION:Hold this date for the Coeymans Community Clean Air Forum! \n\n\n\nLafarge/Holcim wants to burn millions of tires every year at their Ravena cement plant opposite the Ravena Coeymans Selkirk middle and high schools on Route 9W.  In 2019\, the Town of Coeymans adopted a Clean Air Law to establish clean air standards for waste burning facilities. The law requires continuous monitoring of 19 serious pollutants\, and places other restrictions on burning by any facility. This law defends the public from emissions containing highly toxic dioxins\, sulfur\, lead particulates\, benzene\, carbon monoxide\, and more. \n\n\n\nOn November 19\, 2020 the new business-backed Town Board held a public hearing on their decision to amend the Town’s Clean Air Law . These amendments would strip the strong pollution protections in the law and pave the way for any business to burn massive amounts of tires and waste.  On November 23\, the Town Board unanimously passed the amendments after only one public hearing and very little notice to town residents struggling in the middle of a pandemic. \n\n\n\nAs a result\, the Town of Coeymans is now the only town within the County of Albany where hazardous waste and tires can be burned in spite of the Albany County Clean Air Law prohibitions. Since the amendments to the clean air law went into effect immediately\, Lafarge/Holcim can now add the burning of tires to the waste it is already burning in the town. \n\n\n\nAmong the issues to be discussed in this community forum\, moderated by WOOC 105.3 FM correspondent Corinne Carey\, include: \n\n\n\nOverview of LaFarge’s history as a polluterThe Albany County Clean Air Law\, Amendments to the Coeymans Clean Air Law\, and the Permissive ReferendumHealth threats of burning tires and waste for fuel vs. coal in cement kiln incineratorsLaFarge’s threats of job loss or even closing the plantCoeymans Town Board misrepresentations to votersWhy the DEC and EPA does not protect us\, using the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes as an exampleThere will be plenty of time for Q&A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPANELISTS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAttorney Carlo A.C. deOliveira is a Ravena resident. He is actively involved in the community’s Ravena Soccer Club Board and volunteers as a coach during the year and most recently with the Coeymans Clean Air Coalition. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Miller is a Selkirk Resident and Regents and AP Biology teacher in the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Schools. He is serving his first term in the Albany County Legislature representing the 36th Legislative District\, Committee Assignments: Conservation\, Sustainability and Green Initiatives\, Health \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJane Williams is the Chair of the National Sierra Club Clean Air Team. She is an environmental policy expert with 30 years of policy and advocacy experience. She has extensive knowledge on incinerators. (Photo: Earth Justice) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoseph Ritchie is an environmental justice advocate and the Executive Director of Saratoga Sites Against Norlite Emissions. He is a student at Syracuse University studying Environmental Policy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator Corinne Carey is a political & public affairs strategist taking on bold public health initiatives backed by sound evidence & human rights. She is a regular correspondent for WOOC 105.3 FM. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsored by the Coeymans Clean Air Coalition and the Hudson Mohawk Environmental Action Network.
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CATEGORIES:Community Event,Panel Discussion
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SUMMARY:Stretched Thin: The Grief of Traumatic Loss with Lisa Good/ Urban Grief
DESCRIPTION:We are individually and collectively being bombarded with grief and traumatic losses. The repetitive losses and cumulative grief in conjunction with the social restrictions associated with COVID-19 have stretched social connections and relationships beyond capacity. \n\n\n\nIn our time together\, we will explore the overlapping aspects of trauma\, and grief and consider ways/next steps to build and reinforce our capacities for individual and collective care in our communities. \n\n\n\nClick here to register for this virtual event! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is part of the “End-of-Life in the Age of Covid” series of virtual conversations every 6 weeks presented by People’s Health Sanctuary.  \n\n\n\nUrban Grief is trauma informed and healing centered 501(c)(3) community-based organization. Urban Grief responds to the traumatic impact of community violence\, death and loss through community education\, crisis response\, victim advocacy and grief support. Urban Grief provides relevant and relatable information about trauma\, grief\, self-care\, resiliency\, and victim services. UG acknowledges the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, along with chronic exposure to traumatic events\, and strives to avoid further re-traumatization. \n\n\n\nLisa Good\, MSW\, is founding the director of Urban Grief\, a trauma-informed community-based organization that educates on the effects of violence and supports those affected through outreach and victim advocacy. She is the former director of SNUG (formerly known as Cure Violence) and has over 25 years of human service experience. She is an experienced speaker and trainer\, facilitating trauma-informed workshops such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, and community events\, and faith-based workshops aimed at creating healing spaces and empowering community members through information about trauma\, grief\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nhttp://lisawgood.com/ \n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT PEOPLE’S HEALTH SANCTUARY\n\n\n\nPeople’s Health Sanctuary‘s goal is to establish a central space to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. We are celebrating a year of organizing around this project\, initiated under the organizing name Health Autonomy Clinic and after listening sessions with our surrounding community\, re-named People’s Health Sanctuary. Our goal is to embrace models of open sharing of health knowledge\, and empower all of the growing collective of community members to seek their independent health goals\, as opposed to the traditional\, hierarchical top-down approach of clinical medical practice. Though caring for our elders\, our children\, or cooking soul-nourishing food for family or friends may not be deemed ‘real’ healthcare\, they know that in fact\, it’s what holds us together and keeps us sane. Our growing network sharing skills to build a space where creative\, joyful health is possible and accessible. \n\n\n\nIn this current crisis\, we are more than even committed to the potential that People’s Health Sanctuary can offer.  Everyone it seems is struggling to keep up with the flood of information about the current crisis\, the ways those in power are forcing us back to a “normal\,” the over-reliance of the economy as a marker of anything lending towards health. And then we have the horrific news from Georgia and Minneapolis\, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd\, a stark reminder of the crisis behind the crisis. COVID has only exacerbated the social oppression and disparities that mark the “normal” so many of the elites want to return to.   \n\n\n\nPeople’s Health Sanctuary is a project of the Media Sanctuary.
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SUMMARY:MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration: Rise Up! The Struggle Continues...
DESCRIPTION:The theme of 2021’s twenty-second Capital District MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration was “Rise Up! The Struggle Continues…”  \n\n\n\nThe virtual event is over now\, but you can watch the video here soon.   \n\n\n\nWe saved the Zoom chat window so you can see it here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey speakers were Charles Barron (Assembly member District 60)\, Dr. Ron Daniels (President\, Institute of the Black World 21st Century/IBW21) and Denise Berkley\, Executive Vice President CSEA. \n\n\n\nJerry Ford and Shana Davis were the MC’s\, with a guest appearance by musician Taina Asili.  The event featured local poets D. Colin\, Shania Jackson and Erika Diggs. Participants split up into “Break Out” thematic groups for intensive discussion and report backs! \n\n\n\n\nCommunity – Jerry Ford/ Team H.E.R.O. and Odell Winfield\n\n\n\nLabor – Sean Collins and Mark Emanation\n\n\n\nCulture- Taína Asili\n\n\n\nSystemic Racism – Renee Powell/NAACP\n\n\n\nNational/ International – Larry Wittner\n\n\n\nEnvironmental Justice – Alexis Goldsmith\n\n\n\nJustice Reform – Jamaica Miles/All of Us  and Amani Olugbala/ Troy 4 Black Lives +\n\n\n\nYouth/Education – Debra Garrett + Steve Fiqueroa/ YouthBuild\n\n\n\nEconomic Justice – H. Bosch Jr + Joe Paparone/ Poor People’s Campaign\n\n\n\nHealth Justice – People’s Health Sanctuary with Dr. Xavier Coughlin and Lisa Good/Urban Grief\n\n\n\n\nWould you or your organization like to participate next year? For more information\, call Willie Terry at (518) 369-4978 or (518) 272-2390. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMUSICIANS\n\n\n\nTaína Asili is a New York-based Puerto Rican singer\, filmmaker and activist carrying on the tradition of her ancestors\, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Her music combines powerful vocals carrying themes of hope and liberation with an energetic fusion of Afro-Latin\, reggae and rock. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\nDr. Ron Daniels is founder and president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW21)\, a progressive\, African-centered\, action-oriented resource center dedicated to empowering people of African descent and marginalized communities. As the administrator for the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC)\, IBW21 has emerged as a leading organization within the U.S. and global reparations movements. \n\n\n\nCOMMUNITY\n\n\n\nAssemblymember Charles Barron has been fighting for human rights since 1969\, when he joined the Harlem branch of the Black Panther Party as an 18 year-old\,  A self-described “elected activist\,” he currently represents the 60th District in Brooklyn in the New York State Assembly. Formerly\, he represented Brooklyn’s 42nd District on the New York City Council from 2001 to 2013. \n\n\n\nLABOR\n\n\n\nDenise Berkley is Statewide Executive Vice President for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)\, one of New York State’s largest worker unions. Her labor activism began in 1979\, working as a Mental Health Therapy Aide at the Brooklyn Developmental Center. Two years later she ran for president of her CSEA Local and won. She has worked to ensure working people have the power of a union behind them ever since.  \n\n\n\nMCs\n\n\n\nShana Davis has served as the  President of the Capital District Chapter Coalition of Black Trade Unionist since 2008 and a board member of the Capital District Area Labor Federation. An employee of the NYS Department Taxation & Finance for more than 30 years\, she has been a member of CSEA Tax Local 690 since 1989. She was elected as Treasurer of CSEA Capital Region IV in 2016\, CSEA Capital Region IV Executive Vice-President in 2020\, and the Chairperson of the CSEA Statewide Constitution & ByLaws Committee. \n\n\n\nDeacon Jerry Ford\, a husband\, father and leader; has seen his share of trauma and adversity. He lost his mother and father at a young age. He was raised by a loving aunt\, but found himself in the streets looking for the love he never received from his parents and eventually ended up in prison. After his 3rd prison stint\, he saw himself on a path toward life in prison or death. Finding strength in faith\,  Deacon Ford was able to make a 180 degree turn and now his story of resilience and hope is impacting communities across the nation. He started a nonprofit organization named Team H.E.R.O. standing for Helping Everyone Recognize Opportunities which focuses on youth mentoring\, character and leadership development and linking families to resources. He has been recognized both locally and nationally for his service to the community\, most notably winning  the Maytag Dependable Leader Award. \n\n\n\nPOETS\n\n\n\nD. Colin is a poet\, performer\, visual artist and educator living in Troy\, NY. She is the author of two poetry collections\, Dreaming in Kreyol and Said the Swing to the Hoop\, curates and hosts the weekly open mic Poetic Vibe\, and teaches workshops for schools ahd organizations. D. Colin has been involved with community theater since 2009\, writing and acting. \n\n\n\nShania Jackson is a local 4th grade teacher at School 2. She is the daughter of Eddie Jackson (passed) of Holy Serenity COGIC and Doris Jackson of United Ordained Church of Christ.Shania graduated with a Bachelors in Early Childhood/Childhood Education\, Concentration Black Studies\, Minor in Deaf Studies from SUNY New Paltz in 2018 and will be pursuing her masters shortly. \n\n\n\nGROUP MODERATORS\n\n\n\nOdell Winfield\, a retired Excelsior College faculty member\, is the founder and executive director of The A. J. Williams-Myers African Roots Community Center Library at 43 Gill Street in Kingston. It is a resource stocked with books and other learning materials focusing on the roots of African and African-American history and culture. \n\n\n\nH. Bosch Jr. is Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer of “The Triple E’s: Education\, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment\,” and an “Overcoming Adversity Specialist.” \n\n\n\nLisa Good\, MSW\, is founding the director of Urban Grief\, a trauma-informed community-based organization that educates on the effects of violence and supports those affected through outreach and victim advocacy. The former director of SNUG (formerly known as Cure Violence)\, she has over 25 years of human service experience. She facilitates trauma-informed workshops such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, and community events\, and faith-based workshops aimed at creating healing spaces and empowering community members through information about trauma\, grief\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nDr. Xavier Coughlin\, MD is works as an ER physician at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Samaritan Hospital in Troy. As “People’s Health Sanctuary” Coordinator\, Coughlin is excited to build on the generations of strong communities in the Capital Region and to foster health autonomy as a liberatory practice. \n\n\n\nJamaica Miles\, co-founder of All of Us\, is a seasoned comm. All of Us seeks to break down the subdivisions of Black and Latinx culture to unite and fully empower the greater community. \n\n\n\nDebra Garrett is originally from Brooklyn\, NY\, she is a mother of 4\, a former Council member for district 2 in the city of Troy. Debra is currently completing a dual degree in Health Science at Excelsior College. Debra is a member of the Nation Parents Union\, and she Co- chairs the Advocacy group for NYS Character Parent Council. She is the founder of Shades of Cocoa\, to support parents with education concerns and creating a sisterhood for young black and brown girls.  \n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS\n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital District\n\n\n\nThe Greyhound Strikers Solidarity Committee of the Capital District was created by Albany\, New York-area labor union activists who supported the autumn 1983 Amalgamated Transit Union strike against Greyhound Bus Lines. After the strike ended\, the organization was reconstituted as the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District. \n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital District’s mission is “to promote solidarity and understanding of the labor movement\, through educating and organizing in times of need.” Its founders envisioned an organization that would organize and support strikes\, protest closures of manufacturing plants\, aid unemployed workers\, lobby for political and economic reform\, and organize non-union workers. Their vision continues to guide activities through the present day. \n\n\n\nTeam H.E.R.O./ The Block Center\n\n\n\nWe want to empower communities to improve the quality of life for young people and their families. We develop and implement programs to support youth making the transition from childhood to adulthood. We utilize a relationships first model\, prioritizing human connections rather than focusing on perceived problems; our strategies are long-term and built around the strengths and needs of people who make up the communities we serve. \n\n\n\nOur Programs: The Block Center is a positive youth development program for young people ages 11-17 living in the Troy\, NY area. Founded in 2015 in partnership with the Troy Boys and Girls Club\, the program connects caring adult mentors with young people for educational groups\, character-building activities\, field trips\, and more.Weekly sessions are held every Tuesday from 6:00-8: 00 PM. Learn more at https://theblockcentertroy.com/ \n\n\n\nAll of Us is a Black-led grassroots community organization fighting for Black Liberation and an end to all forms of racism\, oppression and exploitation. We are committed to a strategy that prioritizes the voices of the marginalized in localities across the Greater Capital Region of New York\, building toward change within New York State as a whole. All Of Us makes space for conversations that unite people across differences\, invests in the leadership development of local communities\, especially of its youth\, and works in coalition with other groups and organizations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrban Grief is trauma informed and healing centered 501(c)(3) community-based organization. Urban Grief responds to the traumatic impact of community violence\, death and loss through community education\, crisis response\, victim advocacy and grief support. Urban Grief provides relevant and relatable information about trauma\, grief\, self-care\, resiliency\, and victim services. UG acknowledges the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, along with chronic exposure to traumatic events\, and strives to avoid further re-traumatization. \n\n\n\nNATURE Lab People’s Health Sanctuary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing NATURE LAB Urban Environmental Center\, a collective of care workers and organizers are working to establish a central space in Troy to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. Though caring for our elders\, our children\, or cooking soul-nourishing food for family or friends may not be deemed ‘real’ healthcare\, we know that in fact\, it’s what holds us together and keeps us sane. Let’s bring our skills together to build a space where creative\, joyful health is possible and accessible! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by:\n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital DistrictTeam H.E.R.O/ The Block CenterSave the Pine BushCapital District Coalition Against IslamaphobiaUnderground Railroad Education CenterPoor People’s CampaignTroy 4 Black LivesAll of UsWater Justice Lab
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SUMMARY:Water Justice: Echoes from Lock One
DESCRIPTION:Register for either/both days of this event here! \n\n\n\nWater Justice Lab in North Troy\, NY hosts “confluence” virtual gatherings with youth environmental justice advocates throughout communities in the Hudson River Watershed. \n\n\n\nThe opening evening features a land acknowledgement of the Stockbridge Munsee Community by Heather Bruegl\, before the premiere of the water justice documentary “Echoes from Lock One\,” a participatory youth production.  \n\n\n\nThe screening is followed by followed by an open dialogue\, “What is Water and Environmental Justice?\,” facilitated by environmental justice mentors  Heather Bruegl and youth educator Meghan Marohn\, with participating youth groups\, Water Justice Lab (Troy\, NY)\, Kingston YMCA Farm Project (Kingston\, NY) and Groundwork Hudson Valley (Yonkers\, NY).  The evening will end with a collective performance of “Stay Woke” with Jayohcee\, and a special visit from hip hop artist Xiuhtezcatl!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEchoes From Lock One – Trailer from Catherine Rafferty on Vimeo. \n\n\n\nAbout Echoes from Lock One \n\n\n\nNorth Troy teens spent five weeks with Media Sanctuary creating a multimedia documentary on water justice and the legacy of the Erie Canal in one of NY’s most economically challenged and environmentally devastated neighborhoods. \n\n\n\nEnvironmental Justice Mentor \n\n\n\nHeather Bruegl is the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community. The mission of the Cultural Affairs Department is to protect\, preserve and tell the history of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of the Mohican Indians. We do this through the archives at the Arvid E. Miller Memorial Library and Museum\, protection of our ancestral lands through Historic Preservation\, and revitalization of our Language. She is a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin\, is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. Inspired by a trip to Wounded Knee\, South Dakota\, a passion for Native American History was born. She has spoken for numerous groups including the University of Michigan\, College of the Menominee Nation\, Shawano County Historical Society\, the Kenosha Civil War Museum\, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans\, and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She has spoken at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017. Heather also opened up and spoke at the Women’s March Anniversary in Lansing\, Michigan in January 2018. She also spoke at the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington\, DC in January of 2019. Summer 2019\, she spoke at the Crazy Horse Memorial and Museum in Custer\, South Dakota for their Talking Circle Series. She has also become the ‘’accidental activist’’ and speaks to different groups about intergenerational racism and trauma and helps to bring awareness to our environment\, the fight for clean water and other issues in the Native community. A curiosity of her own heritage lead her to Wisconsin\, where she has researched the history of the Native American tribes in the area. In addition to that she also currently travels and speaks on Native American history\, including policy and activism.\n\n\n\nHip Hop Artists \n\n\n\nXiuhtezcatl!  Martinez\, Earth Guardians Youth Director Xiuhtezcatl Martinez\, (his first name pronounced ‘Shoe-Tez-Caht’) recently turned 18. He’s an indigenous climate activist\, hip-hop artist\, and powerful voice on the front lines of a global youth-led environmental movement.\n\n\n\nRecently named TIMES Next 100\, Xiuhtezcatl has felt called to change the narrative on what it means to be an activist since an early age. Still a teenager\, X has spoken multiple times a the UN\, addressing the General Assembly and spoken on panels with the likes of Bernie Sanders\, Van Jones\, Shailene Woodley\, Bill Mckibbens and Pharrell Williams. \n\n\n\nXiuhtezcatl has a unique talent for connecting people through popular culture and sharing the message of his indigenous roots to better serve the planet and reimagine the future for his generation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJayohcee\, also known as Corey Jocko is an hip hop artist\, activist\, and a First Nations Mohawk Warrior. Jayohcee is featured in Echoes from Lock One teaching youth how to write and perform a song through hip hop “for their multimedia documentary and performing his Standing Rock song\, “Stay Woke.\n\n\n\nPARTICIPATING YOUTH GROUPS \n\n\n\nWater Justice Lab\n\n\n\nThe Water Justice Lab fellows are taking a leadership role organizing and leading the Water Justice Confluence. This youth science mentorship program is a project of Media Sanctuary’s NATURE (North Troy Art Technology and Urban Research in Ecology) Lab Environmental Education Center and Riverkeeper. The project will establish a water quality sampling lab\, educate diverse communities about water literacy and water civics (water issues and how to make a difference)\, develop the advocacy capacity of the North Troy area\, and strengthen a network of environmental justice advocates focused on water issues in the Hudson River Watershed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Kingston YMCA Farm Project\n\n\n\nThe Kingston YMCA Farm Project’s mission is to educate\, nourish and connect the Kingston community with our urban farm. Our vision is to use the farm as a way to engage young people in the magical and empowering process that is food production. Children and youth are involved in all aspects of food production and farm care: seeding\, transplanting\, watering\, weeding\, harvesting\, and ultimately preparing and eating. We have farm stands on Tuesdays and Wednesdays\, where we make our produce as accessible as possible to our community. Participants learn how to turn the vegetables they grow into healthy snacks and dishes. \n\n\n\nWe are committed to racial and economic justice and we are working to create a more equitable food system for all. As we do this\, we find different ways for our youth to make change in our community. We have recently started having a Book Club this summer. Since then\, we have read Stamped the Remix by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi; as well as How to be an Anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi. The crew has also done things such as sent letters to elected officials\, installed a Say Their Names memorial\, painted two utility boxes with antiracist messages\, initiated a county-wide Sojourner Truth Day\, and more. \n\n\n\nThe Kingston YMCA Summer Youth Crew wrote and created a video called Truth Talk.  Truth Talk focuses on what they learned about our history and how to be an anti-racist agent of change. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGroundwork Hudson Valley creates sustainable environmental change in urban neighborhoods through community-based partnerships that promote equity\, youth leadership\, and economic opportunity. \n\n\n\nThe Green Team program hires local teenagers enrolled in the Yonkers Public School system for environmental jobs – for many\, their first real job. The program focuses on leadership\, group dynamics\, and a variety of conservation and construction skills. This hard work is tempered with amazing adventures\, like hiking\, camping\, and swimming. \n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtu.be/fxNvLj9u5Qw\n\n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT WATER JUSTICE LAB \n\n\n\nOrganized and hosted by Water Justice Lab\, a new project of Media Sanctuary’s NATURE (North Troy Art Technology and Urban Research in Ecology) Lab Environmental Education Center and Riverkeeper. The project will establish a water quality sampling lab\, educate diverse communities about water literacy and water civics (water issues and how to make a difference)\, develop the advocacy capacity of the North Troy area\, and strengthen a network of environmental justice advocates focused on water issues in the Hudson River Watershed.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/water-justice-echoes-from-lock-one/
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SUMMARY:People’s Health Sanctuary presents: End-of-Life in the Age of Covid
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of unprecedented personal\, national and global oppression\, suffering and death\, how do we process loss to maintain hopeful connections? End-of-Life in the Age of Covid features conversations about our experiences of death\, end of life care\, and the creation of social and spiritual community during the pandemic. How do we honor the memory and voices of the dying? How can our grief inform and inspire us to create a new world that is inclusive\, and responsive to the needs of marginalized populations most hard hit by Covid?  \n\n\n\nJoin us for an initial conversation to process our personal and collective grief and loss. \n\n\n\nModerator: Corinne Carey \n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\n\n\nMarne Lucas\, artist and end of life doulaUrban Grief\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBIOS \n\n\n\nCorinne Carey is a political & public affairs strategist taking on bold public health initiatives backed by sound evidence & human rights. Carey is the campaign director of Compassion & Choices New York. Compassion & Choices improves care\, expands options and empowers everyone to chart their end-of-life journey. \n\n\n\nCompassion & Choices’ award-winning video features the groundbreaking filmmaker Hammer urging New York lawmakers to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act. “My cancer is incurable … I will reach a very debilitated state\,” she says in the video\, in which she notes that she suffered through more than 100 chemo treatments for ovarian cancer over 12 years before entering hospice in late 2018. “I would so much like to be able to manage my own death by choosing the time and the person I’d like to have with me so that I can die in comfort and with compassion and not in pain and morphine-drugged.” Hammer died on March 16\, 2019\, at age 79 in her Manhattan home without access to this gently dying option. In February\, Oscars in Memoriam honored her for her legacy as an experimental filmmaker. Watch the entire award-winning video of Barbara Hammer urging New York lawmakers to pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act. \n\n\n\nCorinne Carey is a radio producer with Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC 105.3 FM.  \n\n\n\nMarne LucasMarne is an artist and end of life doula. As a multidisciplinary artist her work investigates social justice related projects such as Bardo ∞ Project\, an ongoing exploration of creativity as a form of spiritual end of life care\, and video installations using infrared imaging technology to reference surveillance culture and the fragility of human existence. She is in-training at Parker Jewish Institute to be an INELDA certified end-of-life doula\, and currently serves as a client board member at URAM\, a Harlem United health agency. \n\n\n\nUrban Grief \n\n\n\nLisa Good\, MSW\, is founding the director of Urban Grief\, a trauma-informed community-based organization that educates on the effects of violence and supports those affected through outreach and victim advocacy. She is the former director of SNUG (formerly known as Cure Violence) and has over 25 years of human service experience. She is an experienced speaker and trainer\, facilitating trauma-informed workshops such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, and community events\, and faith-based workshops aimed at creating healing spaces and empowering community members through information about trauma\, grief\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nhttp://lisawgood.com/ \n\n\n\nUrban Grief is trauma informed and healing centered 501(c)(3) community-based organization. Urban Grief responds to the traumatic impact of community violence\, death and loss through community education\, crisis response\, victim advocacy and grief support. Urban Grief provides relevant and relatable information about trauma\, grief\, self-care\, resiliency\, and victim services. UG acknowledges the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, along with chronic exposure to traumatic events\, and strives to avoid further re-traumatization. \n\n\n\nEnd-of-Life in the Age of COVID organizing team \n\n\n\nDr. Xavier Coughlin\, Kathy High\, Corinne Carey\, Nancy Weber\, Branda Miller \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE’S HEALTH SANCTUARY\n\n\n\nThe People’s Health Sanctuary‘s goal is to establish a central space to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. We are celebrating a year of organizing around this project\, initiated under the organizing name Health Autonomy Clinic and after listening sessions with our surrounding community\, re-named People’s Health Sanctuary. Our goal is to embrace models of open sharing of health knowledge\, and empower all of the growing collective of community members to seek their independent health goals\, as opposed to the traditional\, hierarchical top-down approach of clinical medical practice. Though caring for our elders\, our children\, or cooking soul-nourishing food for family or friends may not be deemed ‘real’ healthcare\, they know that in fact\, it’s what holds us together and keeps us sane. Our growing network sharing skills to build a space where creative\, joyful health is possible and accessible. \n\n\n\nIn this current crisis\, we are more than even committed to the potential that People’s Health Sanctuary can offer.  Everyone it seems is struggling to keep up with the flood of information about the current crisis\, the ways those in power are forcing us back to a “normal\,” the over-reliance of the economy as a marker of anything lending towards health.  And then we have the horrific news from Georgia and Minneapolis\, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd\, a stark reminder of the crisis behind the crisis. COVID has only exacerbated the social oppression and disparities that mark the “normal” so many of the elites want to return to.  
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/peoples-health-sanctuary-presents-end-of-life-in-the-age-of-covid/
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T190000
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SUMMARY:“Against all Odds” with Filmmaker Messiah Rhodes and Panel Discussion "Incarceration in the Pandemic: Connecting the Dots"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening and discussion of Against All Odds with filmmaker Messiah Rhodes followed by the panel with local incarceration activists Nicole Cook-Reed\, Thomas Kearney\, and Roni Minter. Against All Odds is a personal and also important social story about recidivism\, our criminal justice system and the effects on so many generations. It’s also a story of women surviving this broken system and ways we can support them. \n\n\n\nFollowing the screening (7:00-8:00) will be a panel (8:00-9:00)\, “Incarceration in the Pandemic: Connecting the Dots\,” featuring local activists in Troy & Capital Region and NY State doing incarceration work\, with focus on understanding what Defund the Police means\, empowerment and access to services: Thomas Kearney\, RAPP [Release Aging People from Prison and the HALT Solitary (confinement) campaign; Roni Minter\, Sistas Healing Old Wounds\, Inc. and Freedom Unshackled; and Nicole Cook-Reed\, Freedom Unshackled. \n\n\n\nSponsored by iEAR Presents!\, YOUTH FX\, Team HERO\, The Coalition for Voter Education and Registration in County Jail\, and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Film:\n\n\n\nMessiah Rhodes was just a kid when his mom\, Juanique Rhodes\, went to jail. Over the years\, she was incarcerated four times. In Against All Odds\, a two-episode documentary series produced in partnership with AJ+\, Messiah looks at issues that prevent women\, like his mom\, from breaking the cycle of incarceration.  \n\n\n\nJuanique and Messiah’s story isn’t unique. 1.9 million women are released from US jails and prisons each year\, according to the Prison Policy Initiative. When they get out\, they encounter numerous systemic obstacles preventing them from entering and thriving in society. There is no centralized support system for formerly incarcerated women\, and without a place to live\, with no family backing\, limited education and employment opportunities\, they are more likely to reoffend\, and get trapped in the US criminal justice system. 77 percent of women are rearrested within nine years of being released from prison.  \n\n\n\nAbout the Filmmaker:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI was born in Far Rockaway\, Queens\, and did not have an easy childhood. Separated from my parents at 4\, I was homeless and on my own by 16 when I discovered my passion for writing and filmmaking\, which has gotten me through some of life’s toughest times. I began my career in the film industry at 17 doing grip and electric work\, which helped me get out of the shelter and gave me independence. \n\n\n\nSince then\, I’ve built a steady foundation in independent video journalism\, filming and editing footage from the origins of Occupy Wall Street to the Black Lives Matter movement. I’ve worked for companies such as BET\, VICE Media\, and Democracy Now!\, and produced video for the New York City Department of Homeless Services. At my most recent job as an Associate Producer at VICELAND\, I pitched and hosted award-winning short documentaries that aired on VICELAND’s cable channel. I am creating video content that highlights marginalized voices\, stories\, and ideas\, and my work is socially conscious\, entertaining\, and enlightening. \n\n\n\nAbout the Panelists:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas Kearney is Capital Region Organizer for RAPP (Release Aging People in Prison Campaign). He is a formerly incarcerated individual who served almost 17 years in New York State DOCCS. Initially released in 2011\, four separate technical parole violations kept him ensnared in the system until December\, 2017. Thomas first began work attempting to affect the system in 2018 as Community Leader in the Albany Chapter of Vocal-NY. It was in rallying to end the racist War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration that he found RAPP. With RAPP\, he’s organized the Capital Region’s impacted families around RAPP’s Legislative Initiatives Of Elder Parole\, Fair & Timely Parole\, and a transformation of the Parole Board Commissioners to include Social Workers\, Mental Health professionals and other who have knowledge that individual personal transformation is real. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicole Cook-Reed from Freedom Unshackled. “My name is Nicole Cook-Reed\, and I am formerly incarcerated having served 10 straight years in prison. I am passionate about advocating for the systemic injustices of the currently and formerly incarcerated. I have drastically transformed my life for the better\, but it was not as a result of the criminal justice system; and I would like to continue to work to help change that. As we can’t truly expect to stop recidivism\, and the rapid rates of incarceration\, if the system isn’t designed to do so. Because of my own personal experiences\, and what I have built on my own in society; I have the platform to promote change\, and have made it part of my life’s mission into doing so.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRoni Minter from Sistas Healing Old Wounds\, Inc. and Freedom Unshackled. “I’m a formerly incarcerated and I feel that there’s a need for systemic change within the criminal justice system. My focus has always been on the forgotten population of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. I live my life in the Fight for Justice; especially for those of us that were touched by the criminal system. I am also the founder of Sistas Healing Old Wounds\, Inc.\, based in Albany New York. We work to address policies and procedures that impact incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women. \n\n\n\nI believe in the motto of ‘Do No Harm’ so it’s past time to right the Harm that was done through the criminal justice system under harsh laws that fuel mass incarceration and over sentencing\, especially in respect to Black men and women.” \n\n\n\nListen to an interview with Roni Minter by EP Press for Hudson Mohawk Magazine: \n\n\n\nMediaSanctuary · HALT solitary with Roni Minter
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/against-all-odds-with-filmmaker-messiah-rhodes-and-panel-discussion-incarceration-in-the-pandemic-connecting-the-dots/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T180000
DTSTAMP:20220317T062026Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop with Messiah Rhodes: Passion to Tell Your Story
DESCRIPTION:A workshop focuses on learning the journey of Messiah Rhodes and being inspired to tell their own stories!  From traditional documentary to visions of the future\, Messiah is a filmmaker/prophet of our time: he will share from why Indy Media is important! The workshop will begin with Messiah’s growth as an independent media maker from his early work to his virtual reality documentary production today. Messiah will then focus on the workshop participants\, with primary attention to youth and POC media makers\, in a Q&A responding to their needs.  \n\n\n\nIn collaboration with TEAM Hero and Youth FX! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBe The Media! workshops teach multimedia skills to community members in order to develop urgently needed independent local voices. Our goal is to empower the public through independent media making\, supplying them with the tools to tell their own stories through different mediums of media including video\, radio and journalism.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-messiah-rhodes-passion-to-tell-your-story/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T200000
DTSTAMP:20220317T061652Z
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SUMMARY:The Story of Plastic With Filmmaker Deia Schlosberg and Special Guest Judith Enck - [CANCELED/COVID]
DESCRIPTION:Due to COVID rates and concern for community safety\, this event has been CANCELED.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA searing expose uncovering the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and the false solution of plastic recycling and how the oil and gas industry has successfully manipulated the narrative around it.  \n\n\n\nPreceded by a workshop and a community potluck. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Beyond Plastic.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-story-of-plastic-with-filmmaker-deia-schlosberg-and-special-guest-judith-enck/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T000000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201120T235959
DTSTAMP:20210418T225054Z
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SUMMARY:Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory Sound Walk
DESCRIPTION:Unearthing to Rewild\, Remember\, Look Forward\n\n\n\nWhat kind of biodiversity can lawn ecosystems support? This fall\, Lawn Lab offers a meditative audio tour for slowing down and tuning in to the urban rewilding taking place at the lawn next door to Media Sanctuary’s Collard City Growers. \n\n\n\nThe twenty minute audio tour guides you through simple activities for engaging with Lawn Lab’s six experimental plots before they go dormant for the winter. What was here before? What might be here in the future? How should humans—you\, me\, this community?—shape the urban habitat \n\n\n\n??????? \n\n\n\nOur FALL AUDIO TOUR for the 3333 Sixth Avenue plots is live! Break the (phyto)social distance before the plants sleep for the winter. Learn more here. For additional info\, contact artist Ellie Irons at When you complete the tour\, please send your plant portraits\, mailing address\, and any comments to ellieirons@gmail.com. \n\n\n\nABOUT \n\n\n\nThe Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory is an ongoing art-science experiment now in its third season. A project of the NEXT EPOCH SEED LIBRARY\, it involves re-wilding interventions in institutional and residential lawns from seeds lying dormant in the soil. From plant-based sculptures and community science workshops to novel approaches to data collection and presentation\, the project offers multiple entry points through which to consider lawn habitats and their impacts on the communities—human and nonhuman—who live in and among them. \n\n\n\nSeason 1 (2018) took place in institutional and residential lawns throughout the city of Troy\, NY. Season 2 (2019) took place at Wheaton College in Massachusetts and Seton Hall University in New Jersey. The 2020 season was planned for plots at RPI\, The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, and Radix Sustainability Center. It has been scaled back due to the pandemic\, to six plots in a lawn near The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Central Troy. \n\n\n\nFollow project progress at #lawnredisturbancelaboratory. City Lab wrote about the project in September 2019: Uncovering the Seeds of a Post-Lawn Future. In August 2020\, Media+Environment’s “Mediating Art and Science” Stream published Ellie’s article about the project’s first season: The Next Epoch Seed Library’s Lawn Lab: A Public Experiment in Collaboration with Seeds\, Time\, and Weeds. Also in August 2020\, Ellie presented the project with a 5 minute lightening talk for the Ecological Society of America’s annual conference. \n\n\n\nEllie Irons is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn and Troy\, New York. She works in a variety of media\, from video to workshops to re-wilding experiments\, to reveal how human and more-than-human lives intertwine with other earth systems. Her recent work focuses on plants\, people and urban ecosystems in the so-called Anthropocene. She is a cofounder of the Next Epoch Seed Library and the Environmental Performance Agency. Irons received her BA from Scripps College in Los Angeles and her MFA from Hunter College\, CUNY in New York. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute\, where she is researching the intersection of socially engaged art\, community science\, and urban ecology as a means for envisioning and enacting multispecies solidarity in the face of climate chaos.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/lawn-redisturbance-laboratory-sound-walk/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T210000
DTSTAMP:20220806T220934Z
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SUMMARY:Chris Hedges on "The Politics of Cultural Despair"
DESCRIPTION:Author\, activist and dissident Chris Hedges speaks at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on October 16\, 2020.  In this talk he examines the cultural and social forces that have given rise to extremism in the United States. He explores the myriad of factors that led to the proliferation of neo-fascist militias\, extremist organizations\, demagogic leaders\, vast social divides defined by hate\, a hyper nationalism and virulent racism as well as a mass media that has descended into burlesque and fans the flames of social disintegration.  Meghan Marohn moderates a Q&A following the talk.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/chris-hedges-on-the-politics-of-cultural-despair/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T210000
DTSTAMP:20220311T212107Z
CREATED:20211217T165628Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Town Hall Meeting with "Let the People Decide" Filmmaker Gavin Guerra
DESCRIPTION:The struggle over voting rights is headline news but\, as this film shows\, the fight goes back generations as strategies to suppress the vote have evolved over the decades. As the election nears\, join us for a virtual Town Hall with community leaders and Let the People Decide director Gavin Guerra. The “Let the People Decide Town Hall” will bring together community leaders working to get the vote out\, with people who want to learn more about the voting process. The theme: Vote like our lives depend on it! Co-sponsored by NAACP Troy Branch…
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/virtual-town-hall-meeting-with-let-the-people-decide-filmmaker-gavin-guerra/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200925T170000
DTSTAMP:20220311T211319Z
CREATED:20211217T173531Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Virtual Workshop with Filmmaker Gavin Guerra: Archival Media and Political Documentary
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this virtual Be The Media ! workshop in which you will learn about crafting a narrative through dialogue\, and the art of editing with archival footage.  Gavin will share his experience as a first time director\, and how relying on his instincts were key.  Join in a discussion with the filmmaker about creating a framework for a documentary designed for impact! Sponsored by iEAR Presents! and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-virtual-workshop-with-filmmaker-gavin-guerra-archival-media-and-political-documentary/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200821T170000
DTSTAMP:20220312T211812Z
CREATED:20200821T195400Z
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SUMMARY:Black August: People’s Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Black August originated in California prisons in the 1970s as a month of reflection and a time to honor political prisoners\, freedom fighters\, and martyrs of the Black freedom struggle. In 2020\, Black August came in the wake of Black Lives Matters protests against police brutality and racism sparked by the murder of George Jackson. While Black Americans observe Black August\, they are also bracing for the months and years ahead. \n\n\n\nTroy 4 Black Lives will emcee\, bringing historical context to the day’s events. Luz Marquez-Benbow from I Am Negrx led a teach-in on the history of Black August. Amani O+ and Genesis Cooper will bring the healing powers of art and music. Our many partners will offer resources for COVID-19 safety\, water justice\, blood pressure checks\, herbal remedies\, kids arts activities\, census form guidance\, protest safety and much more. We are especially grateful to Urban Grief for offering emergency counseling to those impacted by ongoing gun violence in our communities.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by People’s Health Sanctuary\, a project of NATURE Lab at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, Troy 4 Black Lives\, I am Negrx\, Urban Grief\, Troy Central Little League\, SNUG\, NAACP Troy\, Troy Bike Rescue\, Street Medics and more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the People’s Health Sanctuary\n\n\n\nAs part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing NATURE Lab\, the People’s Health Sanctuary’s goal is to establish a central space to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. This project has been created in direct response to the NATURE Lab Environmental Education Center Community Design Think Tank\, which identified the critical need for self-care and resources for care in the community. \n\n\n\nThe People’s Health Sanctuary is focused on the care we share\, need and desire. So many of us give care to loved ones\, children\, those suffering in our lives\, those we want to be well\, in our work lives\, at home\, in ourselves and beyond. Though caring for our elders\, our children\, or cooking soul-nourishing food for family or friends may not be deemed ‘real’ healthcare\, they know that in fact\, it’s what holds us together and keeps us sane.n a time where self-care can become co-opted by messages of consumerism; we want to create a space that truly nourishes ourselves and each other.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’ll offer an array of health modalities you can experience and a space where you can share care as well\, if you choose. We’ll also offer free blood pressure screenings and train you on how to take your own blood pressure! \n\n\n\nLed by JJ Luceno and Dr. Frank Coughlin\, out growing network sharing skills to build a space where creative\, joyful health is possible and accessible.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/black-august-peoples-clinic/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T063000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T200000
DTSTAMP:20220311T235851Z
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SUMMARY:Norlite Town Hall Meeting II: The Sequel
DESCRIPTION:For our second Norlite Town Hall\, our panelists will include Jane Williams from the National Sierra Club Clean Air Team; Sean Mahar\, chief of staff for NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos; and Joe Ritchie\, longtime Cohoes resident in the Saratoga Sites apartment complex. This meeting will focus on Norlite\, Senate bill 7880B / Assembly bill 9952B\, and the Albany Clean Air Law\, Local Law B. Sponsored by Assemblymember John McDonald and State Senator Neil Breslin\, the bill was passed unanimously in the NYS Legislature. However\, it is unclear if Governor Cuomo will sign or veto the bill. This will be discussed\, along with questions from participants.The Albany County Legislature is considering a county Clean Air Law\, Local Law B. There is a public hearing on Zoom for the proposed county law on the evening of Tuesday\, July 28. Will the Albany County Legislature stand up for clean air? The Norlite incinerator in Cohoes has been burning toxic waste for decades. What are the environmental and health impacts of the operations in Cohoes\, Colonie\, Green Island\, Watervliet\, Troy\, and the entire region? Join a distinguished panel of guests for an online discussion of this important issue. There will be adequate time for questions and answers. The moderator is Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Corinne Carey. This event is co-sponsored by NATURE Lab\, Lights Out Norlite\, and the Hudson Mohawk Environmental Action Network.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/norlite-town-hall-meeting-ii-the-sequel/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200625T220000
DTSTAMP:20230213T201251Z
CREATED:20200625T171356Z
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop: Sage Against the Machine - Listening to Indigenous Voices and Spiritual Pedagogy
DESCRIPTION:Explore with the filmmakers how media can have impact keeping Indigenous voices front and center. This “Be The Media!” virtual workshop features indigenous filmmakers Jade Begay from NDN Collective; Ecuadorian media maker Leo Cerda from HAKHU Project; and The Condor and the Eagle protagonist Bryan Parras. The presenters were joined by filmmaker Clément Guerra\, Director of The Condor and the Eagle\, and Branda Miller\, Arts & Education Coordinator at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Together they will explore how media highlighting Indigenous voices can impact a shift from witnessing environmental destruction to practical actions for sustainable community based initiatives. This virtual workshop kicks off a following full week of action beginning on June 21st with daily screenings of The Condor and the Eagle\, using media as an impact tool. The Condor and the Eagle Impact Campaign\, connecting media artists\, indigenous voices and environmental groups across the country. In The Condor and the Eagle\, Indigenous leaders embark on a trans-continental\, liberating journey to shine a light on Climate Change. This Be The Media! workshop will take place following a screening of The Condor and the Eagle. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nCo-Sponsored by iEAR Presents! and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. \n\n\n\n[RESCHEDULED FROM APRIL 2020] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBiographies of Workshop Participants\n\n\n\nClément Guerra\n\n\n\nClément Guerra \n\n\n\nClément is currently the European Director of Survival Media Agency and have been producing high-quality visual media for climate and social justice movements. Along with Sophie Guerra\, Clément Guerra has been working on The Condor and The Eagle for the past four years. The vision for this project is driven by the necessity to shift from witnessing environmental destruction to actively taking part in solution-based strategies. We hope to share clear and practical actions that people can take to support this shift after watching this film. By contributing to this project\, you will help bring these impacted communities together for strategic events and actions. \n\n\n\nWhile the Amazon rainforest has been on fire for a month\, UN climate scientists are predicting unprecedented global catastrophe. “The Condor & The Eagle” features Indigenous leaders\, from the global North and the global South deploying an unparalleled joint and coordinated global response. Facing this overwhelming current political climate\, a great many people are looking for answers that are adapted to today’s urgency. Our film and campaign show tangible actions “anybody” can take\, inviting white and privileged people to follow the call from Indigenous communities. \n\n\n\nFour Indigenous environmental leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian Boreal forests to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. The Condor & The Eagle documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey\, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another. \n\n\n\nMost of our work focuses on America energy hotspots that are the tar sands in Alberta and Houston industries. As Fossil Fuel developments get out of control (largest-ever open pit tar sands mine is quietly making its way through a government review – dramatic impacts of climate change on Houston and the Gulf)\, some of the most bio diverse places in South America are being sold to oil companies (Sarayaku\, Sapara\, Yasuni\, Rio Tigre\, etc.). The urgency is real and our film and campaign will make sure that these large-scale destructive projects are made public and lift up the voices of resistance from North and South America. \n\n\n\nBryan Parras\n\n\n\nBryan Parras \n\n\n\nBryan Parras is one of the Gulf Coast’s most dynamic environmental justice organizers fighting along the entire central and eastern United States. Bryan grew up in a community on the east side of Houston\, Texas\, near one of largest concentrations of petrochemical plants\, refineries and storage tanks in the world. \n\n\n\nBryan is deeply involved in the documentation of environmental racism experienced by marginalized communities from Houston and throughout the greater Gulf Coast region. Bryan has maintained his indigenous roots by core values that have survived over 500 years of suppression. Bryan hopes to learn more about his indigenous roots by reconnecting with other indigenous communities and practices. \n\n\n\nIn 2016\, Bryan helped organize the Peace & Dignity Journey along the Gulf Coast\, connecting New Orleans with Houston and for the first time opening up the Gulf Coast to the continental journey awakening old trails and trade routes from South to North. Bryan continues to help lead the rising environmental justice movement and is currently helping people in Houston and the Gulf Coast fight for a just Recovery after Hurricane Harvey. For Harvey’s one-year anniversary Bryan organized a People’s Tribunal with a coalition of housing\, immigration\, labor and environmental organizations. \n\n\n\nJade Begay \n\n\n\nJade Begay\n\n\n\nJade Begay\, (Diné and Tesuque Pueblo)\, is a filmmaker and Creative Director\, leading NDN Collective’s multimedia content development through strategic narrative development and creative content design. In May 2015\, Jade completed the Environmental Leadership MA program at Naropa University which trains students\, like Jade\, in how to lead organizational and community transformation towards an environmentally and socially just and sustainable society. Currently Jade works on a wide range of issues from Women’s and reproductive rights to Climate Change to racial justice and to nuclear guardianship. Jade is also a facilitator and trainer in diversity and inclusion work. At the foundation of Jade’s work is her life’s purpose to support First Nation communities in restoring ecological balance and protecting their cultures. Her camera\, her communications skills\, and her passion for justice are her tools for amplifying Indigenous and marginalized people’s voices and movements. \n\n\n\nLeo Cerda \n\n\n\nLeo Cerda\n\n\n\n\nLeo Cerda\, Executive Director\, Hakawati is a member of the Kichwa community of Serena in the Ecuadorian Amazon. As a climate activist and indigenous rights defender he focuses on efforts to build a more just and sustainable society. Like many indigenous people at a young age he had no choice but to learn about the struggles of his people and started working with local grassroots organizations to create awareness about the environmental and cultural impacts caused by the oil industry. He is the Founder of the HAKHU Project\, a young organization that supports community-based economic initiatives as a way to fight against exploitative oil and mining development in the Ecuadorian Amazon. He currently serves and works with many organizations locally and internationally bridging indigenous community initiatives and international support. \n\n\n\n\nHeather Bruegl \n\n\n\nHeather Bruegl\n\n\n\nA curiosity of her own heritage lead Heather Bruegl to Wisconsin\, where she has researched the history of the Native American tribes in the area. While Heather calls Michigan home\, she has recently moved to Wisconsin and is now the Director of Cultural Affairs for the Stockbridge Munsee Community. \n\n\n\nIn addition to that she also currently travels and speaks on Native American history\, including policy and activism.a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin\, is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. Inspired by a trip to Wounded Knee\, South Dakota\, a passion for Native American History was born. She has spoken for numerous groups including the University of Michigan\, College of the Menominee Nation\, Shawano County Historical Society\, the Kenosha Civil War Museum\, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans\, and the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. She has spoken at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for Indigenous Peoples Day 2017. Heather also opened up and spoke at the Women’s March Anniversary in Lansing\, Michigan in January 2018. She also spoke at the first ever Indigenous Peoples March in Washington\, DC in January of 2019. Summer 2019\, she spoke at the Crazy Horse Memorial and Museum in Custer\, South Dakota for their Talking Circle Series. She has also become the ‘’accidental activist’’ and speaks to different groups about intergenerational racism and trauma and helps to bring awareness to our environment\, the fight for clean water and other issues in the Native community. \n\n\n\nBranda Miller\n\n\n\nBranda Miller \n\n\n\nBranda Miller is a media artist and educator\, dedicated to art\, ecology and community interdisciplinary arts. She is the Arts and Education Coordinator at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, where she has developed numerous media literacy/community arts/youth media and creative place-making projects. She is a Professor of Media Arts at Rensselaer\, teaching courses in documentary\, art\, community and technology\, and independent art production. Miller is an Emmy award-winning editor who worked in the media industry of L.A. and N.Y.C.\, and whose media art works have been screened\, exhibited and broadcast nationally and internationally. Branda Miller has three decades of experience in participatory design and praxis\, and a history of transdisciplinary collaborations created to stimulate cultural animation\, build community\, and create dialogue around freedom of expression and environmental justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBe The Media! workshops teach multimedia skills to community members in order to develop urgently needed independent local voices. Our goal is to empower the public through independent media making\, supplying them with the tools to tell their own stories through different mediums of media including video\, radio and journalism.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-with-clement-and-sophie-guerra-and-bryan-parras-sage-against-the-machine-listening-to-indigenous-voices-and-spiritual-pedagogy/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:"The Condor and the Eagle\," Virtual Screening with Filmmaker Clément Guerra and Bryan Parras
DESCRIPTION:Join filmmaker Clément Guerra and Indigenous media makers in an online HD screening of “The Condor and the Eagle\,” followed by a Be The Media! workshop: “Indigenous Voices: Media for Environmental Organizing.” During this time of COVID and a health crisis disproportionately impacting Indigenous communities\, how can independent media work build solidarity in the pandemic and in the increasingly critical struggle against Climate Change?  \n\n\n\nIn The Condor and The Eagle\, four Indigenous environmental leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure from the Canadian Boreal forests to deep into the heart of the Amazonian jungle to unite the peoples of North and South America and deepen the meaning of “Climate Justice”. The Condor and The Eagle documentary offers a glimpse into a developing spiritual renaissance as the film four protagonists learn from each other’s long legacy of resistance to colonialism and its extractive economy. Their path through the jungle takes them on an unexpectedly challenging and liberating journey\, which will forever change their attachment to the Earth and one another.  \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by iEAR Presents! and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. [RESCHEDULED FROM APRIL COVID CANCELATION] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout “The Condor and the Eagle”\n\n\n\nEnergy companies are actively planning to triple Canadian tar sands (world’s largest industrial project) production in the coming years\, which would mean “game over” for climate change. Such an increase in production is possible if the planned pipelines are actually built and permitted in the US and Canada. Our four protagonists live alongside the pipeline routes. The Condor & The Eagle brings to light the major role played by Indigenous women in the build-up of the Environmental Justice Movement. \n\n\n\nOur film documents the stories of four well-known Native environmental spokespeople who are at the forefront of a perspective shift in the identity of their people\, from forgotten voices to powerful and influential leaders. They have struggled with feelings of isolation their entire lives and are now discovering the power of their shared voices to bring change to the entire world. With the continuous expansion of pipeline projects throughout the Americas these Indigenous women and men represent the last remaining landholders who refuse to sacrifice their territories to transnational oil companies. Their unification in New York first and later in Paris are among many similar and burgeoning initiatives\, mostly led by Indigenous women\, that have inspired people around the world to rise for the protection of the earth and give life to the climate justice movement. \n\n\n\nMelina Laboucan-Massimo and Bryan Parras’s lands were devastated by the oil industry and it has remained an acceptable secret\, with no coverage from the media\, and limited support from their governments. Even as her people were dying in the Alberta tar sands\, Melina’s sister was recently murdered: violence against the Earth\, begets violence against women. This tragic event set into motion her quest for justice\, which will lead her half way across the globe. Bryan has always lived in the energy capital of the world\, Houston. He grew up uprooted from his Indigenous origins until the day he met with other Indigenous people who vowed to bring back respect for the land and ancient cultures. So begins his journey to rediscover his true self\, the meaning of being Indigenous. \n\n\n\nFilmed in the verdant jungles of the Amazon (Ecuador and Peru)\, the brightly colored cultures of the Pan American First Nations communities (Vancouver\, Alberta) and the United States Indian tribes (Oklahoma)\, viewers glimpse extraordinary beauty in the places\, faces and regalia of traditional people. The Indigenous heartfelt pursuit for self- discovery\, self- reclamation\, and a way of life\, is chronicled as they build alliances around the world (in Peru\, Ecuador\, Paris\, Washington and New York) because to them a crime against Mother Earth is a crime against humanity. \n\n\n\nWe follow our protagonists as they develop a resistance strategy that matches the level of their opponents – taking their effort to South America\, Europe and beyond. Their task is to make local battles an International concern and finally expose criminal corporations responsible for serious crimes. Our film promotes an intercultural dialogue by showing how non-Indigenous and Indigenous people come together. \n\n\n\nStill from The Condor and the Eagle (Sophie Guerra and Clément Guerra\, 2019\, 82 min)\n\n\n\nSophie and Clément Guerra Bios\n\n\n\nWe are Sophie and Clément Guerra. Most of our work focuses on America energy hotspots that are the tar sands in Alberta and Houston industries. Clément is currently the European Director of Survival Media Agency and have been producing high-quality visual media for climate and social justice movements. We have been working on The Condor and The Eagle for the past four years. \n\n\n\nAs Fossil Fuel developments get out of control (largest-ever open pit tar sands mine is quietly making its way through a government review – dramatic impacts of climate change on Houston and the Gulf)\, some of the most bio diverse places in South America are being sold to oil companies (Sarayaku\, Sapara\, Yasuni\, Rio Tigre\, etc.). The urgency is real and our film and campaign will make sure that these large-scale destructive projects are made public and lift up the voices of resistance from North and South America. \n\n\n\nWhile the Amazon rainforest has been on fire for a month\, UN climate scientists are predicting unprecedented global catastrophe. The Condor and The Eagle features Indigenous leaders\, from the global North and the global South deploying an unparalleled joint and coordinated global response. Facing this overwhelming current political climate\, a great many people are looking for answers that are adapted to today’s urgency. Our film and campaign show tangible actions “anybody” can take\, inviting white and privileged people to follow the call from Indigenous communities. Our vision for this project is driven by the necessity to shift from witnessing environmental destruction to actively taking part in solution-based strategies. We hope to share clear and practical actions that people can take to support this shift after watching this film.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-condor-and-the-eagle-with-filmmakers-clement-and-sophie-guerra-and-bryan-parras/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening,Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200622T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200622T200000
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SUMMARY:Norlite Town Hall Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Norlite incinerator in Cohoes has been burning toxic waste for decades. What is the health impact of their operations on the surrounding communities throughout the NY Capital Region\, southwestern Vermont\, northwestern Massachusetts\, and beyond? Join Cohoes Mayor William T. Keeler\, longtime Saratoga Sites apartment resident Joe Ritchie\, Dr. David Carpenter of the Albany School of Public Health\, Dr. David Bond from Bennington College\, and former EPA Region 2 administrator Judith Enck for an online discussion of this important issue. There will be adequate time for questions and answers. The moderator is Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent Corinne Carey. This event is co-sponsored by Lights Out Norlite and the Hudson Mohawk Environmental Action Network.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/norlite-town-hall-meeting/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200616T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200616T220000
DTSTAMP:20220311T231619Z
CREATED:20220311T231253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220311T231619Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Book Talk with Organizer and Author Lisa Fithian "Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce\, Loving Resistance"
DESCRIPTION:For decades\, Lisa Fithian’s work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the frontlines of change. Described by Mother Jones as “the nation’s best-known protest consultant\,” Fithian has supported countless movements including the Battle of Seattle in 1999\, rebuilding and defending communities following Hurricane Katrina\, Occupy Wall Street\, and the uprisings at Standing Rock and in Ferguson. For anyone who wants to become more active in resistance or is just feeling overwhelmed or hopeless\, Shut It Down offers strategies and actions you can take right now to promote justice and incite change in your own community. It is a veteran activist’s guide to direct action and strategic civil disobedience as the most radical and rapid means to social change\, with a special strategy session for action in the midst of the social distancing and the pandemic.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/virtual-book-talk-with-organizer-and-author-lisa-fithian-shut-it-down-stories-from-a-fierce-loving-resistance/
CATEGORIES:Speaker
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T200000
DTSTAMP:20220313T000420Z
CREATED:20200602T215200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220313T000420Z
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SUMMARY:Health Autonomy Clinic: Addressing Social Disparities and the Crisis
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Health Autonomy Clinic focused on social disparities and the crisis\, ways that POC communities/oppressed/marginalized communities are being affected\, and programs and resources caring for essential workers\, incarcerated and the detained.  \n\n\n\nThe goal of “Addressing Social Disparities and the Crisis” is to counter the narrative that “everyone is in this together” and to highlight how this crisis is unmasking already existing social disparities. The session also focuses on how the crisis is being used to augment structural violence with the use of “essential workers\,” and how the crisis is affecting communities of color\, undocumented\, economically marginalized\, and indigenous communities. We will touch upon the way institutionalized healthcare training is being affected and how that affects historically marginalized communities. Some basic questions will include how narratives around “chronic disease” can often gloss over structural violence\, and the way the rhetoric around “essential workers” hides a more true “disposable” worker narrative. In addition\, we will showcase how communities have organized themselves to address such issues and organize for broader support.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/health-autonomy-clinic-addressing-social-disparities-and-the-crisis/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Panel Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200602T200000
DTSTAMP:20220317T061332Z
CREATED:20211116T174437Z
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SUMMARY:Health Autonomy Clinic [CANCELED/COVID]
DESCRIPTION:Due to COVID rates and concern for community safety\, this event has been CANCELED.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealth Autonomy Clinic workshop on sexual health.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/health-autonomy-clinic-canceled-covid/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop
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