Past Events

Join us at Christ Church United Methodist in Troy where we're co-sponsoring a talk and book signing by Doug Blackmon, New York Times bestselling author of "Slavery By Another Name" at 7 PM on Tuesday, September 9!

Filled with archival photographs, "Slavery by Another Name" is the true account of the re-enslavement of African Americans from the end of the Civil War until World War II.

Contrary to public understanding, emancipation did not end slavery for hundreds of thousands of people in the southern U.S. African Americans were arrested for minor offenses, often for no offense at all, and sentenced to hard labor in coal mines, lumber camps, farms, and mills across the South. Most were never released from deplorable working and living conditions.

Both June 14 (Saturday night) screenings of SITTIN' ON A MILLION -- the much-anticipated independent documentary about Mame Faye, Troy's most famous madam -- have sold out.

A matinee screening has been added for Sunday June 15 at 1pm. Admission to this event is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income/senior citizen).

Advance reservations are not needed.

There will be no live music, but the filmmakers will be present for a Q&A.

For more information, visit www.MameFaye.com or call (518) 331-2831.

So the cost of a gallon of gas has reached $4.00. Yet our nation is
consuming imported oil and natural gas at a steadily increasing
rate. Meanwhile, we may now have passed through the pivotal point of
"Peak Oil," leaving the world with an inexorably diminishing supply of
oil in the face on continuously growing demand.

When we look to our leaders for solutions, the best they can come up
with is a "Gas Tax Holiday"!! The folks at the CoRE Project think it's time
for an "Energy Reality Check." There is mounting evidence that high
energy prices are here to stay and that still higher prices are on the
way. Prices for gasoline are already $8/gal in Ireland and $12 in
England.

Retired University of New Hampshire professor Clifford Wirth will be
in Troy for the evening of Wednesday, June 11, to present his analysis
of just how serious is the predicament that we are facing. Following
his presentation, Prof. Wirth will join a panel of local policy makers

Internationally-celebrated filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will speak at a screening of her new film "The Lost Generation" at The Sanctuary for Independent Media (3361 6th Avenue in north Troy) on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 7 PM. Admission is by donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income). Call (518) 272-2390, email info@MediaSanctuary.org, or visit www.MediaSanctuary.org for directions and more information.

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is the first non-American journalist to be awarded the prestigious Livingston Award and the youngest recipient of the One World Media broadcast journalist of the year award in the United Kingdom.