with Brooke Bridges, sponsored by Air Justice Lab Join the PHS Community Apothecary and Air Justice Lab for a workshop where participants will learn how to use herbs to promote lung health and leave with a blend of herbs to take home. To protect all participants, registration and masking are required for this workshop. Please […]
Join Air Justice Lab at Context Collective for a workshop on building your own air purification system using a box fan, air filter, duct tape, and cardboard. High quality masks/respirators (such as N95s) are required and provided for all attendees. There will also be air purifiers in the space. If a participant needs to unmask, […]
Taína Asili will share the story of her two-decade journey as a singer and activist creating music for social change. Through songs and personal narrative, she will reflect on the challenges she has faced and the lessons she’s learned making art in service of love and liberation. Workshop participants will explore how art can be a […]
Join us for Taína Asili’s interdisciplinary production of Fever Pitch, uniting decades of her original work into a one-hour spectacle designed to ignite climate justice action on local, national, and global scales. This tapestry of sound, movement, and imagery is a celebration, a ritual, and a bold vision for a just and sustainable world. *Tickets […]
What to Do When Interacting with ICE Agents Join members of the Capital Region Sanctuary Coalition to learn about how to assert your legal rights, be informed of your options, and feel prepared during an interaction with Immigration Customs and Enforcement. All are welcome.This event is not a replacement for legal advice.
Looking for a meaningful way to stay involved with the Sanctuary at your own pace? Join us every third Wednesday from 5–7PM for our monthly volunteer day. RSVP by sending an email to [email protected] We’ll start with light refreshments and a tour (plus a little campus clean up) and get an in-depth introduction to a […]
Drop in to Collard City Growers where we have activities for families and garden tasks for our adult volunteers. Community Work & Play Days take place on the 3rd Friday of each month, during the regular CCG Open Garden Hours which take place every Friday from 4:00 - 7:00 pm, from May through October. Join […]
For the remainder of the year, People’s Health Sanctuary will host monthly Healing Days at the Sanctuary main space, offering community acupuncture, herbal remedies from the Community Apothecary, a nourishing one pot meal, and a place to connect. All offerings will be donation based/sliding scale, so pay whatever you can— and bring a friend! PHS will […]
Join Barry Rubinow, the director of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them," for a Be The Media! workshop on recording someone's story for documentary filmmaking. Rubinow emphasizes that everybody has a story, and this workshop will explore discovering what that story is. “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them" is a documentary film about locally-based jazz […]
Join us for a screening of “Tarik Shah: Don’t Play Like Them,” a documentary film about locally-based jazz musician Tarik Shah who was incarcerated for almost 15 years on terrorist accusations, and panel discussion around the lasting impact of the war on terror. The event will conclude with a musical performance with Tarik Shah on […]
A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX’s Bhawin Suchak Join us for a workshop reflecting on the practical work of filmmaking and considering its impact on the histories and communities it engages. Participants are invited into the world of artist Suneil Sanzgiri’s new film “An Impossible Address,” in parallel to the work of […]
Join us for a film screening of Golden Jubilee, a film in a series of works about memory, diaspora, and decoloniality, with filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri. This event is a iEAR Presents! and EMPAC Collaboration 4:30pm: Decolonial Practices in Film Workshop: A Cross-Generational Dialogue with Suneil Sanzgiri and Youth FX What is liberation when so much […]
Join Riverkeeper and NATURE Lab along with our community science volunteers, fellows, family and friends to celebrate the sixth season of Water Justice Lab. Activities include researcher and youth fellow presentations and a community meal followed by a 7pm film screening of The Story of Plastic and panel. Schedule: 7pm: "The Story of Plastic" Screening […]
A Big Gay Market is a designated intentional and affirmative space for LGBTQI+ individuals and their allies, especially for those in our community that have intersecting marginalized identities, to join together in queer and trans joy for a cause! This market features 30 vendors and participatory LIVE community quilt making provided by our beneficiary, Project […]
Looking for a meaningful way to stay involved with the Sanctuary at your own pace? Join us every third Wednesday from 5–7PM for our monthly volunteer day. RSVP by sending an email to [email protected] We’ll start with light refreshments and a tour (plus a little campus clean up) and get an in-depth introduction to a […]
Air Justice Lab presents Mask Jewelry Workshop with The Crafty Queer! Whether you're an avid mask wearer or are interested in masking again, join us for this off campus workshop to bejewel your mask. Masking in public spaces helps make them more accessible and safer for everyone! Make a statement piece with your personal protection […]
Join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration, an event for the whole family! This FREE event celebrates our neighborhood, bringing us together over food, music, activities, and messages of justice and peace. The event will end at Freedom Square where we will light candles around the evergreen tree, sharing […]
In this workshop, participants will gently explore memories through creative practices as a way to navigate grief and loss with the guidance of Sarah Blesener and Jenny Stratton, both artists and educators. To bind anew: this is an act of love. Limited spots available. Registration with a $10 refundable deposit is required to hold your […]
Join us for a hybrid session to learn about the importance of the Black archive and how you can contribute to the collection for The Black Experience in the Adirondacks, a 2027 new permanent, interactive exhibition at the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Curator Charles Clark III will be at the Sanctuary […]
A community reading of “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” and collecting for the Black Experience in the Adirondacks Join us in creating Black history archives in a community reading, discussion, and collection. Together we will collectively read Frederick Douglass’ What to the Slave is the Fourth of July before a conversation […]
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