culture
"Public Space" Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir perform "Public Space" at their Declaration of the Occupation on April 20, 2012 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY. These wild activists work with communities on four continents defending land, life and imagination from reckless development and the extractive imperatives of global capital. www.mediasanctuary.org www.revbilly.org www.occupytogether.org
Food: A Love Affair
Pastor Willie Bacote of the Missing Link Street Ministry talks about the relationship between food and building community. Missing Link runs the Feed-a-Kid program, providing free meals every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for children ages 3 to 15, at 3370 6th Avenue in north central Troy, New York.Video by Ellie Markovitch, with thanks to Branda Miller. Music: "God is Good" by Regina Bell For donations or more information please visit http://www.missinglinkstreetministry.com
Don't Forget Us: Iraqi Children
(Photo by Tyler Boudreau)Claudia Lefko, of the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange, with Iraqi artist Thamer Dawood, held a day of art, eating, and socializing at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY as part of an effort to build ties with Iraqi families who have recently immigrated to the United States and settled in the Albany area.Congratulations to the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange, honored as finalist
for the 2008 ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize!For more information:Iraqi Children's Art Exchange
www.IraqiChildrensArt.orgThe Iraqi Refugee project is a coalition of Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace, Women Against War, and Women's Association for Family Affairs. They are working with Iraqi refugees in the Capital District to share their soties, reunite refugees with local family members, raise funds to support their material needs, and work with the Iraqi Student Project to bring students to the area and help them to attend local college. For more information:Iraqi Refugee project, www.womenagainstwar.org
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