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    Annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration 2025

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    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 […]

  • To Bind Anew: Creative tools for grief, memory, and mending

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    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 […]

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    Gathering Stories: Black Experiences in the Adirondacks

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    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 […]

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    Frederick Douglass and the Power of the Black Archives

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    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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    “Run, Hide, Fight” a Youth Storytelling Workshop

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    Join us for a free storytelling workshop at the Sanctuary, using a short PBS documentary Run, Hide, Fight: Growing up Under the Gun to prompt conversations around storytelling and humanity in a workshop led by storyteller and multi-disciplinary artist, D. Colin. Young people of all ages are welcome with their families, the story telling workshop […]

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  • Grower Workshop

    Pruning & Grafting for Tree Lovers! 2026

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    Freedom Square 35 5th Ave, Troy, NY, United States

    Join the tree lovers of the More Trees Arborist Collective for a workshop in the urban forest at Freedom Square! Learn to identify common opportunist species of urban trees, discuss the different techniques and objectives of pruning, when to remove trees, when to plant trees, and help the crew manage the Sanctuary’s fledgling reforestation projects! We’ll finish […]

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    “Here Comes the Sun” Book Talk with Bill McKibben

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben will be at the Sanctuary to share his hope for our future in Here Comes the Sun, a call to harness the power of the sun and rewrite our scientific, economic, and political future. Join us for this book talk, Q&A, and book signing with McKibben, one of the first to […]

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    Be the Media! Workshop: Ethical Media from an Indigenous Perspective

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join Indigenous filmmakers Katsitsionni Fox and Michelle Schenandoah for a Be The Media! workshop focused on their process and telling the stories from the inside. With a history of dominant groups telling the story of underrepresented groups, how can a filmmaker work with a community to tell stories vs. telling stories which are not ones […]

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    Be the Media! Workshop: Community Collaboration and Reciprocity

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join Sasha Wortzel, director and producer of River of Grass, for a hybrid Be The Media! workshop. Wortzel will reference the work For those of us who live at the shoreline which traces the filmmaking process behind feature documentary River of Grass (2025) and will focus on community collaboration and reciprocity. How might cinema help us to grieve, dream, […]

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    Community Brunch

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join us for a Community Brunch, an opportunity to sit together over food to celebrate each other. This event is for regular contributors and attenders of Sanctuary events as well as for folks who have never been to the Sanctuary. Together we will eat in community with the opportunity for a campus tour during the […]

  • Everybody Has a Story To Tell Radio Workshop

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join us at the Sanctuary for a session of recording community stories in audio form. Our radio program Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is a volunteer created news program which platforms stories related to our local community. Everybody Has a Story to Tell is a opportunity for HMM producers to support others in the recording of […]

  • Plant Swap 2026

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    Collard City Growers 3337 6th Avenue, Troy, New York, United States

    Join us for our annual Plant Swap at the Collard City Growers garden! This is a free event for the community to get together and exchange plants for the spring season. Stop by to pick up some plants, drop off any extras that you don’t have room for, or just come on by to say […]

  • “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” Film Screening

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    Join us for a film screening of “1946: The Mistranslation That Shifted Culture” in collaboration with Collar City Pride and New Breath Spirituality Center. This feature documentary film follows the story of tireless researchers who trace the origins of the anti-gay movement among Christians to a grave mistranslation of the Bible in 1946. This screening […]

  • “North Stars of Emancipation” Book Talk & Panel Discussion

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    Join us for a book talk about North Stars of Emancipation: California's Diverse Food and Farming Movements in Times of Racial Reckoning, with author Antonio Roman-Alcalá. A panel with local food justice advocates from Soul Fire Farm, the Radix Center, and Serenity Solidarity will discuss food movements in the Capital Region. Books will be available […]

  • At the right is an illustration of an ear with green stars over acupressure points. At the left is the text Ear Seed Training with the PHS floweer logo. The background is a purple texture

    Ear Seed Training

    with Albany Community Acupuncture Learn how to treat yourself and your community with simple, effective 5NP for: pain management, digestive balance, stress relief, addiction recovery, sleep support, and more. $0-$40 suggested donation. Simple. Powerful. Balancing. Help anyone feel better right away. Accessible for everyone to learn and practice. Join us for 3 hours of historical […]

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    Community Brunch in Freedom Square

    Freedom Square 35 5th Ave, Troy, NY, United States

    Join us at a long table at Freedom Square for free food in good company. Sharing food and getting to know your neighbors is such an important way to build a community, and Kitchen Sanctuary is inviting you to show up with a hunger for brunch and conversation. A campus tour will be offered in […]

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    Be The Media! workshop with Edward George

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    as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival Join us to learn directly from Edward George, who has harnessed the power of media to examine and deconstruct the Black experience in its myriad forms from his early work as an independent media activist and founding member of UK’s Black Audio Film Collective, to his multi-part radio broadcast […]

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    “Black Atlas” Screening with Edward George & Fred Moten

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    as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival Join Black Audio Film Collective founding member Edward George for a screening of Black Atlas which explores the “Image of the Black” archive—a collection of over 30,000 images documenting representations of people of African descent from antiquity through the civil rights era. After the screening, George will be joined […]

  • StoryHarvest with Arm-of-the-Sea Theater

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    Freedom Square 35 5th Ave, Troy, NY, United States

    Join us for StoryHarvest, our annual food justice celebration featuring activities, games, music, and food– all FREE! This year we are excited to bring Arm-of-the-Sea Theater back to Freedom Square with their performance ESTUARY TALES: The Life & Times of the Hudson River. ESTUARY TALES: The Life & Times of the Hudson River will begin […]

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    Stories of Palestine, in Reverence and in Grief

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    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Through storytelling, cooking, reading, and community, this gathering will honor the beauty of Palestinian past, present, and future, as we learn and mourn together. ...more info coming soon