Events

Freedom Festival

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Featuring Taina Asili and free music, food and arts activities outdoors at Freedom Square. Rain site is adjacent at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.

Health Autonomy Clinic: Addressing Social Disparities and the Crisis

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join us for a Health Autonomy Clinic focused on social disparities and the crisis, ways that POC communities/oppressed/marginalized communities are being affected, and programs and resources caring for essential workers, […]

Norlite Town Hall Meeting

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Norlite incinerator in Cohoes has been burning toxic waste for decades. What is the health impact of their operations on the surrounding communities throughout the NY Capital Region, southwestern […]

Norlite Town Hall Meeting II: The Sequel

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

For our second Norlite Town Hall, our panelists will include Jane Williams from the National Sierra Club Clean Air Team; Sean Mahar, chief of staff for NYS Department of Environmental […]

Black August: People’s Clinic

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Black August originated in California prisons in the 1970s as a month of reflection and a time to honor political prisoners, freedom fighters, and martyrs of the Black freedom struggle. […]

Chris Hedges on “The Politics of Cultural Despair”

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Author, activist and dissident Chris Hedges speaks at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy NY on October 16, 2020.  In this talk he examines the cultural and social forces […]

Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory Sound Walk

Unearthing to Rewild, Remember, Look Forward What kind of biodiversity can lawn ecosystems support? This fall, Lawn Lab offers a meditative audio tour for slowing down and tuning in to […]

People’s Health Sanctuary presents: End-of-Life in the Age of Covid

Virtual Event Virtual Event

In the midst of unprecedented personal, national and global oppression, suffering and death, how do we process loss to maintain hopeful connections? End-of-Life in the Age of Covid features conversations about our […]

Water Justice: Echoes from Lock One

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Register for either/both days of this event here! Water Justice Lab in North Troy, NY hosts “confluence” virtual gatherings with youth environmental justice advocates throughout communities in the Hudson River Watershed. […]

Memorial Altar: “Emerging from Darkness”

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

An installation to honor personal, community, national and global loss We welcome you to visit Freedom Square, at the corner of 101st St. (where 6th Ave. turns into 5th Ave.) in […]

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