Even in these tough times there's lots to celebrate--so stop by the Sanctuary's Raise The Roof! fifth birthday party on Saturday and help us do it!
Our party features a video screening to honor our fifth anniversary of making independent media in Troy! We're pretty proud of the young filmmakers in our Youth Media Sanctuary program and we're taking advantage of this occasion to sneak preview their new mini-documentary, "North Troy Through the Eyes of Youth." We'll also screen a premiere of Natia Shim's digital story from the Trojan Herstories digital storytelling workshop. One of our Youth Media Sanctuary producers, Antonio Pabon, will share a taste of music with his band "Take This Lightly."
Need more reasons to celebrate? How about the holiday season! Bring an appetizer or desert to share, your favorite Sanctuary memories, and a friend.
We'll have some munchies and refreshments, plus a recipe swap-- including quesadillas, quince pie and even a chocolate fountain.
And most important, this is a time share thanks with all the volunteers who have made the Sanctuary grow and thrive!
One country's terrorist is another country's revolutionary...
The award-winning documentary "Freeing Silvia Baraldini" is a profound inquiry into the life of an Italian woman who became an American radical. Silvia spent 24 years in prison following her conviction of helping to free Black Panther, Assata Shakur from prison. Filmmakers Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas unlock a chapter in U.S. radical politics that has been until now, sequestered by the U.S. government.
Click here to see a trailer for "Freeing Silvia Baraldini" and find out more about the film!
Questions about this workshop? Contact Victoria Kereszi, email: vkereszi@gmail.com. For more info, or to learn about scholarship opportunities, e-mail workshops@MediaSanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390.
Who knows the challenges your communities face better than you?!?! Set the record straight and participate in Trojan HerStories!
Saturday AND Sunday, December 11 and 12 (childcare provided). 1-5pm both days
In this 2-day workshop you and your community group members will create a 3-5 minute Digital Story about women's work in your community.
For more info, or find out about scholarship opportunities, e-mail workshops@MediaSanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390
Learn everything you need to know about planning, shooting, editing and marketing the documentary you’ve been dreaming about, from a filmmaker who has done it.
Meet award winning photographer Samantha Box for a artist reception of "Invisible: The Crisis of LGBT Youth Homelessness" and a hip hop concert by S.K.A.T.E. (Stop Killing All The Entertainment), as we examine the crisis LBGTQ youth face in our society and celebrate reclaiming hip hop with anti-violence, anti-homophobia and anti-sexism messages.
Join youth groups from around the region in a community potluck, info exchange and LGBTQ Human Rights Vigil before this event, and an open discusssion afterwards!
Author and activist Dr. Helen Caldicott will appear at 8 PM on Saturday, November 13, 2010 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media to talk about the past, present and future of anti-nuclear activism. She is a pediatrician and an anti-nuclear activist, who opposes both nuclear weapons and nuclear power.
Helen Caldicott will be introduced by Lawrence Wittner, longtime historian at SUNY Albany who has written extensively about the impact of the worldwide nuclear disarmament movement upon nuclear weapons policies.
Riot Grrrl roared into the spotlight in 1991: an uncompromising movement of pissed-off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet. Young women everywhere were realizing that the equality they’d been promised was still elusive, and a newly resurgent right wing was turning feminism into the ultimate dirty word. In response, thousands of riot grrrls published zines, founded local groups, and organized national conventions, while fiercely prophetic punk bands such as Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Huggy Bear, and Bikini Kill helped spread the word across the US and to Canada, Europe, and beyond.
Girls to the Front, the first-ever history of Riot Grrrl, is a lyrical, punk-infused narrative about a group of extraordinary young women coming of age angrily, collectively, and publicly. A dynamic chronicle not just of a movement but of an era, this is the story of a time when America thought young people were apathetic and feminism was dead, but a generation of noisy girls rose up to prove everybody wrong.
For more info, or find out about scholarship opportunities, e-mail workshops@MediaSanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390
Participants will work as a team to create 3D prototypes using Second Life’s building tools and real time collaborative environment to re-imagine the direct urban environment of The Sanctuary in North Central Troy. We will create a 3-D model of the block of 6th Ave. between Glen and 101st St.
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Author and activist 
Riot Grrrl roared into the spotlight in 1991: an uncompromising movement of pissed-off girls with no patience for sexism and no intention of keeping quiet. Young women everywhere were realizing that the equality they’d been promised was still elusive, and a newly resurgent right wing was turning feminism into the ultimate dirty word. In response, thousands of riot grrrls published zines, founded local groups, and organized national conventions, while fiercely prophetic punk bands such as Bratmobile, Heavens to Betsy, Huggy Bear, and Bikini Kill helped spread the word across the US and to Canada, Europe, and beyond.
Second Life’s building tools and real time collaborative environment to re-imagine the direct urban environment of The Sanctuary in North Central Troy. 
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