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Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde "In the Time of the Now"
Taina Asili y la Banda Rebelde perform "In the Time of the Now" for the "Live from Lock One" show at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York on May 23, 2009. La Banda Rebelde is Gaetano Vaccaro (guitar), Sean Muniz (bass), and Kiki Vassilakis (drums).More information:www.TainaAsili.comwww.MediaSanctuary.org
Public Access TV Comes to Albany
In this January 25, 2010 press conference, the City of Albany announces its new franchise contract with Time Warner Cable. The contract provides 2 additional channels for Public, Educational, and Government programming (for a total of 3 channels) and $434,000 over 10 years to fund equipment. This is a success for Albany as New York State has significantly less public access than many other states in the country. However, as no money has been put aside to staff the public access studio, dedicated volunteers will be needed to make the stations succeed.To read more visit http://www.timesunion.com/ASPStories/Story.asp?StoryID=893203
NY Senate Says No to Equal Marriage! The People Protest!
On December 2, 2009 the New York State Senate voted against gay and lesbian people's right to marry. The people turned out in protest the next day in Albany. "What do we want? Marriage equality! When DID we want it? YESTERDAY!"For more information go to Marriage Equality New York's web site http://www.meny.us and click "TAKE ACTION". Find out how your state senator voted, and call them to tell them you support marriage equality!
Dan Wilcox "Memorial Day 1999"
Dan Wilcox reads his poem "Memorial Day 1999" as part of Veterans Day Reflections on Casualties of War, at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York, on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009.
More information:
-Dan Wilcox's blog http://dwlcx.blogspot.com/
- the Albany-based Tom Paine chapter of the Veterans For Peace http://www.vfpchapter10.org/
Resettling Refugees — Community Responses to War Digital Storytelling Project, #2
The Schenectady Unitarian Society's Social Action Council produced this digital story with a local Iraqi refugee who chose to remain anonymous, documenting local antiwar and refugee resettlement efforts and how this refugee came to be in Albany.
Produced as part of The Sanctuary for Independent Media's "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, with support from Nicole Belanger and funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.
To get involved with local refugee resettlement efforts, check out these web sites: Iraqi Refugee Project Coalition, Women Against War, Diocese of Albany Catholic Charities, and Albany Chapter of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.
"Dear Mr. X" — Community Responses to War Digital Storytelling Project, #1
As part of the "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, a group of young Iraqi women refugees living in Albany worked with producers at The Sanctuary for Independent Media to tell their stories.
Produced by Tethkar Ahmad, Wied Jassim, Shahad Jassim, Mais Salih, and Hiba Haitham Alsaffar, with support from the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange, Iraqi Refugee Project, and Branda Miller.
Veterans Day Press Conference in Albany 11-11-09
Artists and activists spoke at a press conference in Albany, NY, on Veterans Day, November 11, 2009, held after the veterans' parade to discuss upcoming antiwar events in the capital region, and to unveil a new billboard on route 787 south, "Soldier Williams 396 Days in Iraq," installed as part of photographer Suzanne Opton's national soldier billboard project.
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