Upcoming 'activism' Events
Past 'activism' Events
05/05/2021 - All Day
Witness to the Future: 25th Anniversary Screening
Branda Miller's "Witness to the Future" is an experimental documentary video project about individuals who have been transformed from so called “ordinary” citizens into activists who struggle for environmental and social change. Witness to the Future looks at three different groups fighting environmental battles: the downwinders in Hanford, Washington, fighting pollution from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; farmworkers in California's San Joaquin Valley; and rural African-American residents in Louisiana's Cancer Alley.
04/30/2021 - All Day
Echoes from Lock One
“Echoes from Lock One” is an evocative call for environmental and water justice from the...
02/09/2021 - 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Clearing the Air in Coeymans: Community Forum on Clean Air vs. Tire Burning
This event is over, but you can see the video here and the chat window...
01/18/2021 - 11:00 am - 1:30 pm
MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration: Rise Up! The Struggle Continues...
The theme of 2021's twenty-second Capital District MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration was "Rise...
12/11/2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Water Justice: Echoes from Lock One
This event is over but you can find video documentation here! Water Justice Lab in...
11/20/2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Against All Odds with Messiah Rhodes and panel "Incarceration in the Pandemic: Break the Cycle"
Register for this event here! Join us for a screening and discussion of Against All...
11/20/2020 - 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Be The Media! with Messiah Rhodes: Passion to Tell Your Story
Register for this event here! A workshop focuses on learning the journey of Messiah Rhodes...
10/16/2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chris Hedges "The Politics of Cultural Despair"
Chris Hedges will present a new talk examining the cultural and social forces that have...
09/30/2020 - 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
NYS Assembly District 107 Candidate Forum
Join us and the League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County at the free online...
07/23/2020 - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Norlite Town Hall Meeting II: The Sequel
Click here to register for the free virtual Town Hall Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/HUM072320 This time, our...
06/22/2020 - 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Norlite Town Hall Meeting
Join Cohoes Mayor William T. Keeler, longtime Saratoga Sites apartment resident Joe Ritchie, Dr. David Carpenter of the Albany School of Public Health, Dr. David Bond from Bennington College, and former EPA Region 2 administrator Judith Enck for a discussion of toxic incineration at Norlite.
06/16/2020 - 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Virtual Book Talk: Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance w/ organizer Lisa Fithian
The backstory on some of the most creative, game-changing organizing of our time… from workers’ struggles to Occupy Wall Street, from the Battle of Seattle to Extinction Rebellion.
12/04/2019 - 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Be the Media! Workshop: The Art of "Mockumentary" Production with Alex Rivera
Register for the event here! Explore strategies which blur the lines between documentary and fiction,...
04/24/2019 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Be the Media! Media and Activism with Astra Taylor
In an informal conversation about creative process, Taylor will share personal strategies as a filmmaker,...
04/13/2019 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
State of Science Panel with CapSci!
Join us for a panel on science activism and advocacy in the Capital Region...
04/10/2019 - 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Hope in Charm City/ Collar City
In memory of youth victims of violence, a screening of “Charm City” with cinematographer Andre...
04/04/2019 - 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm
"How To Read A Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance" with L.A. Kauffman
In her new book, the mobilizing coordinator of the 2003-2004 Iraq War protests explains what...
03/29/2019 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
"Resiliencia" with Taína Asili
The activist singer-songwriter celebrates her birthday and the release of a new album, Resiliencia, with...
11/14/2018 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Crime and Punishment with Filmmaker Stephen Maing, Manuel Gomez (Private Investigator) plus George Weddington (Justice for Dahmeek)
Join us for a screening and discussion of the riveting documentary Crime + Punishment, a film chronicling the struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City.
10/25/2018 - 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Vusi Mahlasela
The Sanctuary for Independent Media welcomes acclaimed South African artist Vusi Mahlasela back to the...