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SUMMARY:Local Voices / Local Media: The Struggle for Clean Air in the Hudson Mohawk Region
DESCRIPTION:You will receive links to the videos prior to the panel\, and then can join in for a conversation with the media makers and local activists. \n\n\n\nIn the Shadows of Norlite\, photo by Catherine Rafferty\n\n\n\nOn Earth Day\, we celebrate our local voices in their eloquent calls for environmental justice and clean air in the Hudson Mohawk region. We focus on local media makers who are creating media as an organizing tool\, whose work shines light on the power of personal voice. \n\n\n\nOur “mini-media festival” features a conversation with local Capital Region media makers Sonja Stark with “Albany Alert\,” Dave Publow with “We Care About Our Kids: Voices of the Victims of Norlite\,” and Catherine Rafferty with “In the Shadow of Norlite\,” along with the powerful voices featured in their films\, Joe Ritchie\, Judith Enck and Barbara Heinzen. \n\n\n\nOur featured local media makers focus their lenses on two grassroots environmental action groups: Lights Out Norlite\, who are raising awareness about the Norlite toxic waste incinerator located in Cohoes\, and Clean Air Coalition Of Greater Ravena-Coeymans\, who are addressing waste incineration and tire burning at the Lafarge/Holcim Ravena cement plant located next to the Ravena Coeymans Selkirk middle and high schools in Coeymans. \n\n\n\nSponsored 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\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\nEVENT SCHEDULE\n\n\n\n7:00-7:10 Opening Welcome/ Thanks & Acknowledgements \n\n\n\n7:10-7:40  Panel 1 Media as an Organizing Tool \n\n\n\n\n7:10 Sonya Stark\n\n\n\n7:20 Dave Publow\n\n\n\n7:30 “In the Shadows of Norlite\,” photojournalism essay by Catherine Rafferty\n\n\n\n\n7:40- 8:10  Panel 2  Power of the Personal Voice \n\n\n\nDiscussion with subjects of the films: Joe Ritchie\, Barbara Heinzen\, Judith Enck \n\n\n\n8:10 Final conversation/ Moving into action! \n\n\n\n8:30pm  End \n\n\n\n\nMEDIA MAKERS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSonja  Stark \n\n\n\nSonja Stark began her freelance DP career in 2005.  Prior to that she was employed as an Emmy award-winning news videographer for the local CBS news affiliate WRGB for over a decade.   She has honed her craft shooting and editing footage in over 72 countries for documentaries about history\, environment\, music and social causes as well as episodic programming about travel for broadcast on cable channels and PBS.  She calls her one-woman business PilotGirl Productions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDave Publow \n\n\n\nDave Publow is an environmental activist\, radio journalist\, printmaker\, and videographer. He is also a resident of Troy\, NY\, one of the many communities directly affected by the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator. His focus is to use the tools at his disposal to spread awareness of environmental injustice\, and to help galvanize the community to find the powers within themselves to meet the challenge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Rafferty \n\n\n\nCatherine Rafferty is a freelance photojournalist and documentary filmmaker from upstate New York whose work explores intimate\, complex themes with concern for social justice. She recently worked in Phoenix\, AZ at The Arizona Republic\, part of the USA Today network\, as a Pulliam Fellow covering the COVID-19 pandemic and calls for racial justice. She’s previously interned at the Times Union in Albany\, NY and The Sanctuary\, where she documented Uptown Summer in the Roots for Resilience solo exhibition. She graduated with a BFA in photojournalism from Rochester Institute of Technology in 2020. Rafferty produces the “Birth Justice” podcast on WOOC 105.3 FM and is currently media mentor to the Water Justice Lab Fellows at The Sanctuary. She’s excited to continue working with the fellows to tell the story of their community and its relationship to the river. \n\n\n\nFEATURING\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. Joe grew up in the shadows of Norlite. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnvironmental Policy Expert Judith Enck founded Beyond Plastics in 2019 to end plastic pollution through education\, advocacy\, and institutional change. Passionate about protecting public health and the environment\, she teaches classes on plastic pollution as a Senior Fellow and visiting faculty member at Bennington College\, and was recently a Visiting Scholar at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University. \n\n\n\nJudith has held top influential positions in state and federal government. Appointed by President Obama\, she served as the Regional Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency\, overseeing environmental protections in NY\, NJ\, eight Indian Nations\, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands – in addition to managing a staff of 800 and a $700M budget. Previously\, Judith served as Deputy Secretary for the Environment in the New York Governor’s Office\, and Policy Advisor to the New York State Attorney General. She was Senior Environmental Associate with the New York Public Interest Research Group\, served as Executive Director for Environmental Advocates of New York and the Non-Profit Resource Center\, and is a past President of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater. Judith appears on a weekly public affairs radio show on a local NPR affiliate\, the Roundtable on WAMC in Albany\, NY. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBarbara Heinzen is a long-term strategist and scenario planner with a successful 35-year practice working with companies and civil society\, usually in non-Western countries in Africa\, Asia and Latin America.  Recent assignments have been with two multi-stakeholder projects concerning the future of energy: one in East Africa and the other in Pennsylvania\, USA.  In 2011\, Barbara Heinzen returned to the USA from central London\, UK after buying 20 acres of land along the Hudson River in upstate New York.  This property is part of the Barbets Duet partnership. Individuals in East Africa\, England and the USA are working with their own land and communities to learn how to manage land for environmental benefit while improving local livelihoods. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here
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SUMMARY:Dying with Dignity in New York
DESCRIPTION:In the midst of unprecedented personal\, national and global oppression\, suffering and death\, how do we process loss to maintain hopeful connections?  The People’s Health Sanctuary has offered a 3-part series\, End-of-Life in the Age of Covid featuring conversations about our experiences of death\, end of life care\, and the creation of social and spiritual community during the pandemic. \n\n\n\nAs a result of COVID-19\, far too many New Yorkers have been forced to confront death\, spurring what used to be uncomfortable\, avoidable discussions about life and death issues among family and friends. What death looks like\, when it comes\, is something far too many of us now think about regularly yet many of us remain awkward about discussing.  \n\n\n\nAdvance care planning can help ensure that you get the care that you want at the end of life\, but terminally ill New Yorkers don’t have the full range of options that our neighbors in New Jersey and Vermont\, and 8 other US jurisdictions have: the right to medical aid in dying.  Nearly 20% of people living in the United States have access to this compassionate end-of-life care option\, which allows terminally ill\, mentally capable adults with six months or less to live to ask their doctor for a prescription they can take to avoid needless suffering and die peacefully on their own terms. \n\n\n\nParticipants will discuss what it means to have a “good death\,” explore what advance care planning means and what tools exist to help put those plans in place\, and learn about the option of medical aid in dying. \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\n\n\n\n\nCorinne Carey\, Esq. MODERATOR & presenterSenior State Director for New York & New Jersey\, Compassion & Choices \n\n\n\nCompassion & Choices is the nation’s oldest\, largest and most active nonprofit organization committed to improving care and expanding choice at the end of life. The organization works towards a society where people receive state-of-the-art care and a full range of choices for dying in comfort\, dignity and control. \n\n\n\nCorinne Carey joined Compassion & Choices as a Campaign Director in August 2015. She led the successful campaign for New Jersey’s Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act\, which took effect on August 1\, 2019. \n\n\n\nCorinne joined C&C after nearly a decade with the New York Civil Liberties Union where she served as Deputy Legislative Director. At NYCLU\, she engaged in advocacy around a wide range of civil liberties issues\, concentrating on public health\, medical privacy\, discrimination\, drug law reform\, and reproductive rights issues. She led the campaign to pass a 10-point Women’s Equality Agenda as co-chair of the New York State Women’s Equality Coalition. All 10 points\, including strengthening equal pay laws and codifying Roe v. Wade into state statute\, have become law. \n\n\n\nPrior to her tenure at the NYCLU\, Corinne was a researcher with the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch where she focused on access to public housing for people with criminal records\, punitive and ineffective sex offender registries\, and the treatment of prisoners during Hurricane Katrina. \n\n\n\nCorinne holds a masters degree in American Studies from the University at Buffalo\, and she graduated summa cum laude and first in her class from SUNY Buffalo School of Law in 1998. \n\n\n\nVolunteering as a political & public affairs correspondent for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine\, an evening radio show on WOOC 105.3 FM out of the Sanctuary for Independent Media in the capital region\, Corinne has produced more than 100 stories that can be heard on WOOC’s podcast. She lives in Troy\, New York. \n\n\n\nDonna SmithDiversity and Inclusion Advisor and State Director\, Compassion & Choices \n\n\n\nDonna Smith is an accomplished professional with over twenty years of experience in political consulting\, legislative advocacy\, public affairs\, policy and program management. \n\n\n\nDonna has been employed by Compassion and Choices (C&C) for 7 years.  She is the Diversity and Inclusion Advisor and  State Director  for DC and Maryland.  In this capacity she directs  C&C’s state-based strategy on how to integrate diversity\, equity and inclusion principles into the work\, helping to ensure build culturally competent programming from the outset. led the campaign to pass end of Death with Dignity legislation in both the District of Columbia (the legislation passed in Feb. 2017) and Maryland. \n\n\n\nDonna was the Chief of Policy and Community Programs for eight years at the Maryland Department of Aging. She led a team of program managers that implemented aging statewide programs for the aging and their caregivers.  She was also detailed to work on the White House Conference on Aging in as a public relations specialist. \n\n\n\nA graduate of Tuskegee University and George Washington Law School\, she has one son and resides in Laurel\, Md. \n\n\n\nDr. Mary Applegate \n\n\n\nDr. Mary Applegate is highly regarded nationally for her work in public health education and in maternal & infant health.  She served as a public health physician and medical director in Women’s Health at the New York State Department of Health (DOH) for 14 years\, followed by 15 years at the University at Albany School of Public Health as the Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. Dr. Applegate has been awarded statewide and national leadership awards in the fields of Preventive Medicine and Maternal & Child Health.  Her volunteer work with Compassion & Choices takes her to a different part of the life cycle\, but still emphasizes her belief in individual’s autonomy during this other universal life transition. \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.
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SUMMARY:Tending the Urban Forest
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the Collard City Growers foodscape and how to care for our arboreal family\, with professional arborists from the More Trees Cooperative. \n\n\n\n***As health experts project we will continue to social distance into 2021\, we’ll plan to wear masks.  \n\n\n\nTrees are amazing creatures. Like a fountain of life\, they provide nourishment\, habitat\, shelter\, materials\, flowers\, colors\, and oxygen. They perform essential services like purifying the air and water. And they do it all for free! Trees on the Sanctuary’s campus produce delicious fruits\, provide food for the chickens and protect them from predators\, help offset the heat island effect of pavement\, and look beautiful year round. Trees can thrive and propagate on their own\, but a little loving tending can make the symbiotic relationship even stronger. \n\n\n\nCollard City Growers is a volunteer-run food justice project where we connect arts and culture to growing a wealth of annuals and perennials including vegetables\, medicinal herbs\, natural dye plants\, grains\, and fruit trees. We share our homegrown harvest at neighborhood events that host hundreds of community members and passersby who come in search of nutrient dense food or “the best lettuce [they’ve] ever tasted.” During off-season\, we share our harvest in the form of preserved greens\, sauerkraut\, pickles\, and hot sauce. \n\n\n\n**Snow date: Sunday\, March 14th.**
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LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
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SUMMARY:Black History: Capital Region Youth Rise Up!
DESCRIPTION:Exploring the minds of youth in the Black History that they are part of and continue to create. Learn from the voices and vision of our younger generations\, as they rise up to imagine a more just future! \n\n\n\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \n\n\n\nThis event builds upon last month’s Capital District MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration “Rise Up! The Struggle Continues…” event. Join us as youth share Black History “Influencers” with a focus including having a voice\, women\, film history\, LGBTQ and environmental justice. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresenters include: Erika Diggs\, Asad Benbow\, Team H.E.R.O.\, Shades of Cocoa\, Angelo Domingo\, Water Justice Lab Fellows Shansanique Pollack\, Genesis Cooper\, Gabriella Espada Asad Benbow and Diamond Owens. Event organizing support from Shana Davis\, with Erika Diggs\, Willie Terry\, Jerry Ford\, Debra Garrett\, Melissa Bromley and Branda Miller. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by: TEAM Hero\,  Water Justice Lab\, Troy 4 Black Lives\, NAACP\, Capital District Chapter Coalition of Black Trade Unionist\, The Solidarity Committee of the Capital District and more! \n\n\n\nBios of participants \n\n\n\nGenesis Cooper\, a student at Lansingburgh High School\, is in advanced math and science programs\, and has been a high honors student since elementary school. Genesis is in various school clubs\, and works to help other organizations in her community.Working in WJL\, Genesis hopes to help her community understand more things about their own home that they don’t really know about\, like local economics\, environmental racism\, and local politics. \n\n\n\nGenesis Cooper’s main focus is to help and educate those around her by volunteering her time. She helps run the Justice4Dahmeek organization that was started by her father\, Massiah Cooper. They go around the city and hold events to educate the community on police brutality and inequality in America. Genesis is a Water Justice Lab fellow at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, a collaboration with Riverkeeper. She has also volunteered her time at the Sanctuary\, and has been an Uptown Summer leader for the summers of 2019 and 2020. In 2019\, she ran the face painting table at the Spirit of the Suffragettes concert series and community resource fair at Freedom Square. She is thinking about attending Howard University and possibly becoming a teacher. Genesis has interests in many subjects including science and hope to educate the youth on many different topics about the world around them. \n\n\n\nAngelo Domingo is a senior student at Lansingburgh High School. He takes multiple advanced classes and has been on high honor roll for all of high school. Angelo participates in various school clubs and other programs outside of school. Angelo is very passionate about social justice and works frequently on projects with The Sanctuary For Independent Media to spread awareness about social issues. Ever since Angelo was in the Uptown Summer youth program in summer of 2018\, he’s been passionate about raising issues in social awareness. Angelo made a 3 part radio series on slumlords to raise awareness in his community. He even made a survey to hear personal experiences from the community. His time as an Uptown Summer youth member inspired him to keep pursuing activism and making his voice heard to help improve the lives of others. \n\n\n\nAngelo Domingo is currently working with the NYCLU Student Ambassador Program tackling issues for youth including comprehensive sex education and the school to prison pipeline. Angelo Is currently planning on going to college to pursue a degree in musical theater with hopes to minor in a field where he can work on tackling the social issues that he so deeply cares about. \n\n\n\nGabby Espada is a ninth grader at Lansingburgh High School. She is in advanced science and top of her math class as well. Gabby enjoys hands-on activities in science\, and she’s a very social and outgoing person. She strives for the best and is an extremely determined teen. Gabby likes having her voice heard and making a change. She does as much as possible in school such as: drama club\, soccer\, volleyball\, track and field\, basketball\, student council\, and tutoring. Gabby is a determined teen ready to take on anything that comes her way. \n\n\n\nGabby Espada is is a Water Justice Lab fellow at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, a collaboration with Riverkeeper.  She has been involved in many movements including: Justice for Dahmeek\, suicide prevention movements\, and Dance for Donations\, She’s also worked with kids and animals. Gabby attends the STEP program at R.P.I. and takes architecture and coding there. In Dance for Donations she danced and taught others dances for donations for leukemia. She has experience working with people of all ages. \n\n\n\nDiamond Owens is a young poet\, and a member of TEAM H.E.R.O.  \n\n\n\nShansanique Pollack is currently attending Lansingburgh High School and just graduated 9th grade year with high honors. She is also involved in her school’s advanced programs including advanced science\, advanced math\, and both Pre AP history and ELA.  As a WJL Fellow\, Shansanique is excited to deal with science that could also help the community learn more about what’s around them and help educate the community on what it can do to improve. \n\n\n\nThroughout her life\, Shansanique has always tried to improve the lives around me in any way possible and to help spread useful information. When she’s older Shansanique wants to be able to use her career to help people in any way possible. Shansanique is a Water Justice Lab fellow at The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, a collaboration with Riverkeeper. She’s hoping to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology for college and go into computer science\, hopefully using computers in new and exciting ways to change communities and people for the better. \n\n\n\nEstreja Turner is an Afro/Latino 12th grader of Shaker High School.  In 2017 Estreja was a part of the Black Student Union and in 2018-2019 she was a member of the Key Club. Estreja started liturgical dancing at 3 years old. She joined the Art In Motion Dance Academy (AMDA) in 2009 where she participated in Hip-Hop classes for a couple of years in 2011 Estreja moved into other dance genres i.e. Ballet\, Modern\, Jazz\, Tap\, Contemporary\, Musical Theatre and Technique. Estreja has been dancing competitively for a number of years. Estreja has been a Teacher Assistant AMDA for 5 years. Along with dancing Estreja has been an active in the community doing Get Out the Vote campaigns\, Literature Drops for the 2010 and 2020 US Census\, Black History Month Movie programs with the Capital District Chapter CBTU\, a member of the CBTU National & Regional Youth Conferences and Conventions since 2012. Estreja participated in the 2019 & 2020 Capital Region Human Rights Summer Synopsis Program and also volunteers at Life Church Albany working with children. Estreja will be attending college in the fall majoring in Dance and minoring in Psychology. Estreja’s dream is to work with young people to help them learn to use dance as a way of communicating. Estreja feels like often young people do not always know how to articulate their thoughts and emotions and that Dance Therapy is another form of effective communication for children. \n\n\n\nErika Dulcinia Diggs is a writer\, actress\, and production assistant. Erika has been a producer for the Media Sanctuary for Independent Media for two years now. Before her time at the Sanctuary\, she grew up in a small town. Erika is a mixed-race woman who never grew up seeing color\, being from an Italian and Caribbean background she was able to see different perspectives. Erika was not truly aware of the harsh injustices that happened to people of color on the daily. She wanted to find a way to help\, back in 2019 she stumbled into a young woman who told her she would be a perfect fit for the Sanctuary. Throughout the duration of her time here she learned how to engineer\, produce\, and edit interviews. Some of her biggest accomplishments are through her social justice work within the community with Homer Bosh Jr. She is a co moderator for this wonderful Black History: Capital Region Youth Rise Up Celebration because with everything that has happened this past year\, we still must remember that it is okay to bring light to our influential black leaders who fought for us to have a voice. \n\n\n\nAsad Benbow is a 17 year old filmmaker from Troy\, NY. He is a student at YouthFx. He mainly creates satires because that is what he is most interested in. \n\n\n\nHi my name is Justin Gilmore ll. I am 15. I’m a sophomore at Troy High School. Some hobbies I have is playing football and playing the keyboard. When I grow up I want to be in the NFL or have a good music career. I’m a member of Team HERO. \n\n\n\nMy name is Diamond Owens. I am an active member of my community. I am a college student. I am dedicated to bringing my peers and the adults around us together. I’m a member of Team HERO. \n\n\n\nMy name is Olivia Ford\, I’m a 6 year old first grader. I’m very energetic and have a love for soft and cuddly teddy bears and blankets. I love dancing\, singing and exploring all types of talents.I once won runner up for lil Miss Uncle Sam(received my first trophy too). I have two big brothers who look after me. I love giving back to my community by volunteering with my parents. \n\n\n\nMy name is Jeriyah Ford\, I’m a 14 year old 9th grader. I enjoy playing basketball\,video games music and making tik tok videos. \n\n\n\n“Black History Influencers” include: \n\n\n\nBlack History Environmental Justice Influencers \n\n\n\nLeah Thomas is an intersectional environmental activist and eco-communicator based in Southern California. She’s passionate about advocating for and exploring the relationship between social justice and environmentalism. You can follow her work on instagram @GreenGirlLeah.\n\n\n\nDr. Robert Bullard is the Father of Environmental Justice. He has been a leading campaigner against environmental racism\, as well as the foremost scholar of the problem\, and of the Environmental Justice Movement which sprung up in the United States in the 1980s.\n\n\n\nJohn H. Francis III (born 1946) John Francis is an American environmentalist nicknamed The Planetwalker. John Francis stopped travelling in cars and began walking wherever he went during the 1970s\, often travelling vast distances with a backpack and banjo.\n\n\n\nRue Mapp is the Founder and CEO of Outdoor Afro\, a national not-for-profit organization with offices in Oakland\, CA\, and Washington\, D.C. Rue oversees a carefully selected and trained national volunteer leadership team of nearly 90 men and women who represent 30 states around the US\, and shares opportunities to build a broader community and leadership in nature.\n\n\n\nBlack History Black Women “Influencers” \n\n\n\nCongresswoman Cori Bush is a registered nurse\, community activist\, organizer\, single mother\, and ordained pastor for the people of St. Louis. Congresswoman Bush is serving her first term as the representative of Missouri’s 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. She is the first Black woman and first nurse to represent Missouri; the first woman to represent Missouri’s 1st Congressional District; and the first activist from the movement fighting for Black lives elected to the United States Congress.\n\n\n\nSimone Leigh is a celebrated contemporary sculptor. Working in a variety of media that includes ceramic\, video\, installation\, and bronze\, her work explores issues of identity and race\, beauty\, and feminism. Her artworks frequently incorporate materials and forms traditionally associated with African art and the African diaspora\, while her performance-related installations often blend historical precedent with personal stories.\n\n\n\nBlack History Filmmaker Influencers \n\n\n\nRaymond Lawrence “Boots” Riley (born April 1\, 1971)\, is an American film director\, producer\, screenwriter\, rapper\, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (released July 2018)\, which he also wrote.\n\n\n\nBlack History LGBTQ Influencers \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGladys Bentley A gender-bending blues performer who became 1920s Harlem royalty. \n\n\n\nBayrad Rusin was an American civil rights activist\,a former adviser toMartin Luther King Jr. and a staunch advocate of gay rights\,\n\n\n\nMarsha P. Johnson was an activist\, self-identified drag queen\, performer\, and survivor. She was a prominent figure in the Stonewall uprising of 1969. Marsha went by “Black Marsha” before settling on Marsha P. Johnson. The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind\,” which is what Marsha would say in response to questions about her gender. Marsha P. Johnson stood at the center of New York City’s gay liberation movement for nearly 25 years. Her body was found in the Hudson River in 1992.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/black-history-capital-region-youth-rise-up/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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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.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/clearing-the-air-in-coeymans-community-forum-on-clean-air-vs-tire-burning/
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.
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/stretched-thin-the-grief-of-traumatic-loss-with-lisa-good-urban-grief/
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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:Memorial Altar: “Emerging from Darkness”
DESCRIPTION:An installation to honor personal\, community\, national and global loss\n\n\n\nWe welcome you to visit Freedom Square\, at the corner of 101st St. (where 6th Ave. turns into 5th Ave.) in socially distanced and masked groups of 10 or less\, any time(s) between 1/17-1/20\, to add the names of your beloved dead and/or leave offerings on the Altar in their honor. Please come with your hearts open\, make sure to wear your mask and let’s love each other via this community Altar space. This too is a form of resistance and protest!! \n\n\n\nCheck out this latest television story! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we continue working to create the more just and equitable world we know is possible\, we recognize the deep need to grieve collectively.  Join us  as we transform Freedom Square to create a community space to express grief\, loss\, generosity and resilience. This participatory installation began in conjunction with our MLK day event “Rise Up: The Struggle Continues…”  and the Nationwide Covid Memorial (1/19/21 at 5:30 pm) for those who have died of Covid\, and is being continued because of popular demand. Community participants continue to visit the altar\, leave messages\, honor loved ones\, and share gifts of food (wrapped for safety) and clothing. \n\n\n\nThe installation includes an Altar for our Ancestors Known and Unknown and for all those who have died longing for justice and freedom.  Stop by to Say their Names\, Share their/your Stories\, Honor your Ancestors/Beloved Dead. Remember to visit in socially distanced and masked groups of 10 or less\,  to add the names of your beloved dead and/or leave offerings on the Altar in their honor.* \n\n\n\n*Altars are sacred spaces formed with intention. A few ideas of what to place on an Altar include: \n\n\n\n      Prayers & wishes      Natural materials (rocks\, leaves\, flowers\, water\, dirt from your motherland)      Pictures (copies are suggested to minimize loss of original precious mementos)      Art\, poetry\, songs\, letters (consider weather-proofing or bring messages and names to write on our flags)      Some BIPOC cultures offer food/ fruits/bread/liquor/tobacco\n\n\n\n(Please individually wrap offerings for safety. Recognizing the reality/impact of addiction\, please leave only small amounts of alcohol.) \n\n\n\nWe would deeply appreciate support of this community altar! \n\n\n\nContact us if you’d like to volunteer or contribute in any way. \n\n\n\nPlease recognize that as you come in and out the area of Freedom Square\, know that many of our neighbors have and continue to experience over-policing and gun violence and might even feel a sense of shame or dissonance from such a visible community holding space. We ask that each of you respect the right of our neighbors to stop and stare\, to ask questions and engage or simply walk by. Regardless\, this is a vibrant and beautiful community\, so please come with your hearts open\, make sure to wear your mask and let us love on each other via this community altar space. This too is a form of resistance and protest! In the honoring is the healing. \n\n\n\n*For many of us\, these times have been challenging\, reminding us of loved ones who are absent and reinforcing experiences of social and economic marginality amidst a culture of consumption.  This was particularly true in 2020\, a year of unbearable loss amplified by COVID\, the state sanctioned killings of Black bodies globally\, the climate crisis and most recently\, insurrection in our Capitol. Let us make space and honor our right to grieve collectively. \n\n\n\nAltar for the Ancestors\, original creation by Nancy Weber. \n\n\n\nCo-created by the People’s Health Sanctuary program of NATURE Lab\, Media Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Urban Grief\, Troy 4 Black Lives\, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Capital District\, NAACP\, North Central Little League\, Team H.E.R.O.\, Troy Bike Rescue and NATURE Lab’s People’s Health Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nCheck out this tv story\, 2/22/21https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2021/02/21/freedom-square-installation-bringing-community-together
URL:https://archive.mediasanctuary.org/event/memorial-altar-emerging-from-darkness/
LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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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/
CATEGORIES:Performance,Screening
LOCATION: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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201116T200000
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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T210000
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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