BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Sanctuary For Independent Media - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The Sanctuary For Independent Media X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Sanctuary For Independent Media REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230908T140000 DTSTAMP:20230906T150238Z CREATED:20230901T161200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230906T150238Z UID:10001798-1694174400-1694181600@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Corn Workshops: Fermentation Fridays DESCRIPTION:Let’s ferment food and ideas in preparation for StoryHarvest 2023. Join Amy Halloran and Ellie Markovitch in making corn kvass or “Aluá de Milho\,” a fermented drink. This virtual workshop is part of the corn workshop series. \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nWe invite you to a series of remote and in person workshops to study and explore corn\, one of the few grains native to the Americas. This is a grain we question and love\, a food with deep cultural roots – not just of one culture\, but of many. Let’s appreciate these roots\, and shower this amazing food with love and wonder. We will discuss this staple food\, and our many histories of it\, and use it in a variety of ways\, including fermentation.  \n\n\n\nThe first two workshops are online\, and part of a series called Fermentation Fridays. These are hosted by Ellie Markovitch and Amy Halloran\, and we will be thinking about corn. In the first class we will make a beverage\, corn kvass or “Aluá de Milho.” The second class will consider how corn is such an adept and adapting traveling. We’ll make some of corn’s many shapes\, from corn pones to puddings. When we meet in person\, please bring your own corn stories and recipes. We will cook as a community and make a variety of cornbreads \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Halloran is a writer and change agent\, working to add social values and economic viability to farms and communities. The author of THE NEW BREAD BASKET\, her activism for specialty grains and changing emergency feeding programs share a common thread of restoring human values to the work of farming and the act of feeding each other. She is working on a history of herself\, bread\, and Troy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEllie Markovitch is a Lecturer at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism. Her work revolves around media and food literacy. Applying her passion for innovative and sustainable food practices\, she uses food as a starting point for conversations and community building. Her approach draws individuals into engaged visual storytelling that build experiences and engage communities. Born in Brazil\, Ellie spent childhood weekends at her grandparents’ small farm. “There was a story behind everything we did with our food – how it was grown\, harvested\, cooked\, and shared.” URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/corn-workshops-fermentation-fridays/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Story-Harvest2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230905T190000 DTSTAMP:20230811T154946Z CREATED:20230811T154815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T154946Z UID:10001791-1693926000-1693940400@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Hudson Mohawk Magazine Open Hours DESCRIPTION:Hudson Mohawk Magazine (HMM) is radio for the community\, by community volunteers. If you are curious about the radio and have questions\, if you’re interested in getting involved\, or if you need some support in production\, these open hours are a perfect time to come to the main Sanctuary space to work directly with HMM producers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOur volunteer HMM producers come with a range of skills and experiences. Many volunteers join with little to no experience. These sessions give support to producers of all levels. This is also an opportunity to train new engineers and hosts. \n\n\n\nJoin our excellent team of grassroots journalists and report on local stories that interest you. Feel free to reach out to us by emailing HMM@mediasanctuary.org or call 518-272-2390. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/hudson-mohawk-magazine-open-hours/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_0626.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T050000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230901T080000 DTSTAMP:20240722T203627Z CREATED:20240722T203625Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240722T203627Z UID:10001809-1693544400-1693555200@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:The Insects are Present DESCRIPTION:The Insects are Present is a participatory installation by artist Lisa Schonberg that engages with insects and their sound to compose music compositions. Alluding towards Marina Abramović’s 2010 work\, Schonberg’s installation asks audience members to spend an extended time listening to insects in real time\, both through hearing and touch. Schonberg developed this modular system during field research in Oregon\, the Brazilian Amazon\, the Mobile-Tensaw Delta (AL)\, and New York\, adapting recording and playback elements to insects and their sounds at each study site. Participants will be invited to contribute their own sounds to the work in an assertion of our ongoing connection with the insects in our shared living environments. \n\n\n\nThe installation will take place at Ellie Irons’ Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\, part of NATURE Lab and the Sanctuary’s Eco-Art Trail in North Troy. Participants are encouraged to sign up for a listening session in advance at this form (or click the registration button below). A limited number of walk-in sessions will also be available.  \n\n\n\nDates/Times: \n\n\n\nFriday Aug 11\, 3-6 pm (during Collard City Growers Open Hours)Saturday Aug 12\, 1-4 pm (during People’s Health Sanctuary Healing Day)Sunday Aug 13\, Sunset: 8-11 pmSaturday Aug 26\, 10am-1 pmSunday Aug 27\, 1-4 pm Friday Sep 1\, Sunrise: 5-8 am \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMediaSanctuary · "The Insects are Present" at Lawn (Re)Disturbance Laboratory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Schonberg is a composer and percussionist creating sound works based on ecological research. Informed by her background in entomology\, Schonberg is interested in how listening to cryptic sound can reveal and challenge assumptions about insects and other overlooked soundmakers. Since 2017 she has been collaborating with Brazilian entomologists on ATTA (Amplifying the Tropical Ants)\, a project investigating ant bioacoustics in the Amazon. Her other recent work includes investigations of old-growth forests in Oregon\, endangered Hawaiian Hylaeus bees\, mushrooms\, and plastics. Schonberg’s compositions are performed by percussion ensembles Secret Drum Band\, Antenna\, & UAU\, and presented as solo performance and installation. Schonberg presents workshops on methods for environmental listening\, including workshops with Allie ES Wist for their collaboration Sensory Kinship of the Third Kind. She is the author of Text Scores for Getting to Know the Invertebrates\, The Hylaeus Project\, and the The DIY Guide to Drums\, and has presented work or performed at FILE Festival (BR)\, the Pompidou\, the Brooklyn Museum\, Bosque da Ciencia (BR)\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and Museo Reina Sofia (SP). She has developed her work through residencies at Labverde\, the Banff Centre\, Pioneerworks\, HJ Andrews Experimental Station\, and Signal Fire. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/the-insects-are-present-2/ CATEGORIES:Community Event,Performance END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230812T160000 DTSTAMP:20230812T020304Z CREATED:20230720T155819Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230812T020304Z UID:10001777-1691838000-1691856000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Healing Day\, August 2023 DESCRIPTION:People’s Health Sanctuary is excited to host the second Healing Day in a monthly series of events. Healing Day is a way to connect with community members\, healers\, providers and anyone invested in building a robust network for communal health across the Capital District.  We will be offering services from holistic healers\, resource sharing by healthcare providers and service groups\, child activities\, and free food. The next Healing Day will be September 9th\, so put it in your calendars! \n\n\n\nWe strive to “re-member” what community health can look like\, so we welcome community members\, and we will be offering healing work on donation basis including body work\, yoga\, and energy work. In addition there will be community resource & healthcare information\, movement activities\, food\, and child and family-friendly activities! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n\n10-12 pm DE-FENCE: Medicine in the Margins workshop\n\n\n\n11:30-12 Opening Circle and Introductions\n\n\n\n11 am-ongoing: Clothing giveaway by Dope Thrift Finds\n\n\n\n12 pm Yoga with Desirea (inside PHS space)\n\n\n\n12 pm Youth movement activity outside with PHS community health intern Nilaan \n\n\n\n1-2 pm Kids activity with Root3d: Own your feelings with sound meditation\n\n\n\n1 pm: Cooking Demo with Cornell Extension\n\n\n\n1-4 pm Meditative listening sessions with Lisa Schonberg: The Insects are Present \n\n\n\n2 pm: Collard City Growers Medicinal Plant Tour with Sienna Thiem\n\n\n\n3 pm Yoga with Desirea (inside PHS space)\n\n\n\n3:45 pm Closing Circle\n\n\n\nFood\, snacks\, grilling during the day!  \n\n\n\n\nThroughout the day\, we will be hosting several amazing bodywork practitioners doing donation based healing!  Sign-up with them will be on a rolling basis: \n\n\n\n\nMassage– Grassroots Mind Body Energy- Justine: I’ve been a professional Licensed Massage Therapist since 2014.  I am a graduate of The Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy in Albany\, New York. In addition to being a proficient and passionate Licensed Massage Therapist\, I am also a Usui Reiki Master and a nationally certified Addiction/Recovery counselor and Abuse/Trauma counselor with credentials of ministry through the Universal Life Church. I’m a passionate healer with an alternative approach and am dedicated to helping clients move through a wide range of physical\, emotional and spiritual transitions in the most efficient and transformative way possible.  My treatments are specifically tailored to the needs of each client to make sure they receive the approach that works best for them. Time and again my clients and I have seen the incredible healing transformations that can take place when a total mind/body connection approach is taken.\n\n\n\nMassage– Sara S: is a vegetable farmer and licensed massage therapist. She is passionate about helping other laborers mend their bodies and tend their hearts. Sara trained at the Center for Natural Wellness in Albany and primarily does sports\, Swedish\, and prenatal massage.\n\n\n\nReiki\, energy healing\, intuitive spiritual readings- Root3d: We are here to center the liberation\, healing\, + power of BIPOC by rooting within the 3 dimensions: the mind\, body\, and spirit. Root3d offers workshops\, weekly group healing classes and talk therapy groups\, as well as individual sessions.\n\n\n\nYoga with Desirea\n\n\n\n Medicinal plant sketching and sensing with Margaretha Haughwout\, who is hosting the DE-FENCE workshop\n\n\n\n\nIn addition\, we will be hosting tabling with community partners:  \n\n\n\n\nBlood Pressure checks with Chasing Health: Founded by Dr Omorogbe\, Chasing Health Inc. teaches underserved communities of color about high blood pressure by providing free blood pressure screenings\, health education\, and coaching at barber shops\, beauty salons\, non-profit organizations\, churches\, and schools locally and abroad.\n\n\n\nYouth Movement with Nilaan of Strong Me! Family Weight Management Programs: Strong Me! Family Weight Management Program is a 24 week weight management program for families seeking help with improving their eating and exercise habits. Strong Me! has been helping families achieve success for over 20 years and has operated in several states and regions of the United States under the direction of Dr. Pride-Boone\, a Board-Certified\, Harvard-trained Pediatrician. StrongMe! is currently offering programs in North Troy\, NY and working with the People’s Health Sanctuary in North Troy. For more information visit their website at www.strongme.org\n\n\n\nSNUG/Trinity Alliance: A play on the word gun\, it is now an acronym that stands for Should Never Use Guns.  Each of us brings their own special something or quality you could say.  Together we work to reduce gun violence by mediating conflicts. With those that are at the highest risk of shooting someone and being. And unfortunately\, we have lost some along the way. But this in-turn only makes us stronger.\n\n\n\nCEK RN: When you need someone to accompany you to your medical appointments or help you understand your treatment\, turn to CEK RN Consulting\, Inc. in Albany\, New York.  Our team is guided by Coretta E. Killikelly\, our founder. She is a doctoral prepared nurse and she has a Master of Science in Nursing\, specializing in Adult Health Education\, and with more than 19 years of experience in the areas of Geriatric\, Ambulatory care\, Management\, Case Management\, and Health Education.\n\n\n\nCornell Cooperative Extension with Felisha Chandler: The mission of Cornell Cooperative Extension Of Rensselaer County  is to put experience and research knowledge to work through educational partnerships that improve residents’ lives and communities. Felisha Chandler from Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) of Rensselaer County is a Nutrition Program Educator.  Felisha’s primary responsibility is to educate the community about nutrition through CCE’s free Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).  She teaches participants how to stretch their food dollars and maximize the amount of nutrient rich foods into their daily diets.  Key audiences include families working to make ends meet\, 18-25 year olds living independently\, non-custodial parents\, foster parents/ guardians and youth.  Felisha prides herself on teaching in a hands-on way that is fun and educational.  Her lessons allow for a full experience from nutritional content and smart meal planning to safe food preparation and sampling.  Felisha brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the program with over 19 years of teaching with CCE of Rensselaer County.  In addition to having degrees in Culinary Arts and Hotel and Restaurant Management from Schenectady County Community College\, she has 13 years of experience being a Hospitality Director and was a Sou Chef for the WHMT Farm to Table series.  Recently\, Felisha received certificates from eCornell in Wellness Counseling and Nutrition and Healthy Living\, Medicinal Plants and Plant Based -Nutrition from the T. Colin Campbell Center of Nutrition Studies. Currently Felisha is working toward becoming a Registered Dietician with a specialty in wellness for those recovering from drug addiction and diabetes awareness and prevention for youth. \n\n\n\nProject SafePoint: Narcan kits being offered for the communityHarm Reduction services \n\n\n\nEquality for Troy: Combating systemic injustices and racial inequity in The City of Troy\, NY and Rensselaer County\n\n\n\nDope Thrift Finds:  Hi my name is Julianna! Over the past few years I have developed a passion for sustainable clothing. Personally\, I love to have many options to choose from so I found a way where I can have many options without all the waste. Secondly\, I try my best to prioritize well made fabrics like cotton because a lot of the clothes available today are made with synthetic fabrics disrupting women’s hormones in particular. Please feel free to share your finds on instagram tagging @dope.thriftfinds.\n\n\n\nCommunity Rising Project: The Community Rising Project\, a Non Profit Organization is a (comprehensive) Advocacy\, Advancement and Support center for individuals of Color and those that support them\, who are directly impacted by trauma and their involvement in the justice system. We are community members that have suffered oppression and harm due to racism\, sexual violence\, domestic violence\, incarceration\, homelessness and poverty.\n\n\n\nColorectal screening kits donated by Soul Fire in the City\n\n\n\n\nWe will be hosting community needs surveys throughout the day and we hope to use these Healing Days as a way to connect with the ever growing network of healers\, providers\, and community members.  We aim to “re-member” an ideal of communal health to aid us in the times to come.  We look forward to “walking while questioning” with you all.   \n\n\n\nThe Healing Day series takes place on July 22\, August 12\, and September 9 from 11am – 4pm at the People’s Health Sanctuary (3319 6th Ave Troy\, NY). Please contact us at PHS@Mediasanctuary.org with any questions.   \n\n\n\nPeople’s Health Sanctuary (PHS) is a community-led mutual aid health initiative\, based in North Central Troy.  Our theory of change is based in racial and transformative justice to create a liberatory model of community health care for all.  Our goal is to establish a central space to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care\, and explore ways to build networks of communal health.  The PHS is a space for gathering\, sharing food\, moving your body\, working through grief\, cultivating a sense of safety\, and embodying a culture of care. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/healing-day-august-2023/ LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PHSHealingDay.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230729T110000 DTSTAMP:20230617T022753Z CREATED:20230607T024320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230617T022753Z UID:10001665-1690624800-1690628400@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Youth Radio Workshop\, Pt.2 DESCRIPTION:When young people get behind the mic\, we are given fresh perspectives on stories. In this workshop\, youth will work with an adult to develop a story idea\, create questions\, record and edit an interview which will be aired on Hudson Mohawk Magazine. \n\n\n\nYouth Sanctuary and Hudson Mohawk Magazine are coming together to offer this two-part workshop for young journalists when media literacy is more important than ever. This workshop will foster youth’s visions in creating a radio story. Participating youth should come with an adult who will help create the story from beginning to end. Participating adults don’t need previous experience. \n\n\n\nPart 1 (July 8): Idea Development & Interview TrainingPart 2 (July 29): Editing Story & Station IDs \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nPart 2: – Review recordings– Get recording onto editing software and go over basic editing training– Give those who are not working on editing an opportunity to short radio promos for radio rotation– Hand out “Hudson Mohawk Magazine correspondent” badges to the new journalists \n\n\n\nWe have computers and headphones for participants to use\, however\, if you have your own laptop or headphones\, we encourage you to bring your own equipment. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/youth-radio-workshop-pt-2/ CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/351459243_980487079632597_3722497401749140372_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230722T160000 DTSTAMP:20230721T153524Z CREATED:20230703T172404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230721T153524Z UID:10001670-1690023600-1690041600@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Healing Day\, July 2023 DESCRIPTION:People’s Health Sanctuary is excited to host the first Healing Day in a monthly series of events. Healing Day is a way to connect with community members\, healers\, providers and anyone invested in building a robust network for communal health across the Capital District.  We will be offering services from holistic healers\, resource sharing by healthcare providers and service groups\, child activities\, and free food. \n\n\n\nWe strive to “re-member” what community health can look like\, so we welcome community members\, and we will be offering healing work on donation basis including body work\, yoga\, and energy work. In addition there will be community resource & healthcare information\, movement activities\, food\, and child and family-friendly activities! \n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\n\n11:15-11:45am Opening Circle and Introductions11:45am Tour of the People’s Health Sanctuary  11:45-1:00pm Flower Crown Making (kid-friendly!)3:00pm Medicinal Garden Tour of CCG with Sienna Thiem3:45pm Closing Circle Food and snacks during the day!   \n\n\n\nThroughout the day\, we will be hosting three amazing bodywork practitioners doing donation based healing!  Sign-up with them will be on a rolling basis: \n\n\n\n\nGrassroots Mind Body Energy- Justine: a licensed massage therapist\, Usui Reiki Master\, and a nationally certified Addiction/Recovery counselor and Abuse/Trauma counselor. Justine is a passionate healer with an alternative approach and is dedicated to helping clients move through a wide range of physical\, emotional and spiritual transitions in the most efficient and transformative way possible.  \n\n\n\nSara S: is a vegetable farmer and licensed massage therapist. She is passionate about helping other laborers mend their bodies and tend their hearts. Sara trained at the Center for Natural Wellness in Albany and primarily does sports\, Swedish\, and prenatal massage.\n\n\n\nRoot3d: They center the liberation\, healing\, + power of BIPOC by rooting within the 3 dimensions: the mind\, body\, and spirit. Root3d offers workshops\, weekly group healing classes and talk therapy groups\, as well as individual sessions.\n\n\n\nDesirea will host yoga\, time dependent on heat and air quality! \n\n\n\n\nIn addition\, we will be hosting tabling with community partners:  \n\n\n\n\nBlood Pressure Checks with StrongMe!\, and Dr. Pride-Boone: Strong Me! is a 12 week\, physician-led\, Structured Family Weight Management Program whose Mission is to combat Pediatric Obesity. At the end of 3 months\, 90% of children who participate in Strong Me! experience a stabilization of their BMIs (Body Mass Index) and 90% demonstrate the development of new healthy habits including increased consumption of vegetables\, fruits\, water as well as increased frequency in exercise sessions per week. Three months after leaving the program\, 60% of children have maintained these habits. Strong Me! is a Stage 2 program that meets the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Strong Me! enables families to develop and sustain healthy health habits. Strong Me! is committed to combating the National Pediatric Obesity Epidemic  \n\n\n\nSNUG/Trinity Alliance: A play on the word gun\, it is now an acronym that stands for Should Never Use Guns.  Each of us brings their own special something or quality you could say.  Together we work to reduce gun violence by mediating conflicts. With those that are at the highest risk of shooting someone and being. And unfortunately\, we have lost some along the way. But this in-turn only makes us stronger.\n\n\n\nProject SafePoint: Harm Reduction services \n\n\n\nEquality for Troy\n\n\n\nColorectal screening kits donated by Soul Fire in the City\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe will be hosting community needs surveys throughout the day and we hope to use these Healing Days as a way to connect with the ever growing network of healers\, providers\, and community members.  We aim to “re-member” an ideal of communal health to aid us in the times to come.  We look forward to “walking while questioning” with you all.   \n\n\n\nHealing Day series will take place on July 22\, August 12\, and September 9 from 11am – 4pm at the People’s Health Sanctuary (3319 6th Ave Troy\, NY). Please contact us at PHS@Mediasanctuary.org with any questions.   \n\n\n\nPeople’s Health Sanctuary (PHS) is a community-led mutual aid health initiative\, based in North Central Troy.  Our theory of change is based in racial and transformative justice to create a liberatory model of community health care for all.  Our goal is to establish a central space to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care\, and explore ways to build networks of communal health.  The PHS is a space for gathering\, sharing food\, moving your body\, working through grief\, cultivating a sense of safety\, and embodying a culture of care. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/healing-day-phs/ LOCATION:People’s Health Sanctuary\, 3319 6th Avenue\, 2nd Fl\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/PHSHealingDay.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230715T130000 DTSTAMP:20230706T171959Z CREATED:20230706T164706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230706T171959Z UID:10001672-1689415200-1689426000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Be5 STEM-Xperience Workshops DESCRIPTION:Geared at getting students in grades K-8 excited about experiencing STEM\, Dr. Emilly Obuya will lead one hour workshops that use a variety of games\, activities\, and experiential learning to guide youth through their discovery of electrical circuits\, coding\, chemistry\, robotics\, and more! Join us on Saturdays all summer long from 10:00 am – 11:00 am or 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm at NATURE Lab! **Please note this event is not produced by Media Alliance/The Sanctuary for Independent Media and all questions should be directed to Be5 STEM Club at info@be5stemclub.comSpace is limited\, so sign up in advance! URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be5-stem-xperience-workshops/2023-07-15/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/The-STEM-X-perience-e1688660546752.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230708T110000 DTSTAMP:20230706T195315Z CREATED:20230609T023700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230706T195315Z UID:10001664-1688810400-1688814000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Youth Radio Workshop\, Pt.1 DESCRIPTION:When young people get behind the mic\, we are offered fresh perspectives on the world around us. In this workshop\, youth will be guided on creating radio content from idea conception\, question development\, and recording strategies in part one to editing of recording\, header and footer narration\, and preparation for broadcast in part two. Participants will hear their story broadcast on Sanctuary Radio’s Hudson Mohawk Magazine. \n\n\n\nYouth Sanctuary and Hudson Mohawk Magazine are coming together to offer this two-part workshop for young journalists at a time when media literacy is more important than ever. This workshop will foster a young person’s visions and encourage critical thinking. Participating youth should come with an adult who will support the young person where needed and help to get a recording before part two. No experience is required- we have volunteers to assist. \n\n\n\nPart 1 (July 8): Idea Development & Interview TrainingPart 2 (July 29): Editing Story & Station IDs \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\n\n\n\nPart 1: – Review the basics of journalism such as objectivity\, etc.– Work on creating a story concept and planning to reach out to potential interviewees.– Practice interviewing and how to record conversations.– Create a plan to record interviews over the next three weeks. \n\n\n\nIdeas for radio stories:– Visit an aquarium\, a park\, or an event and report on the experience. Maybe ask an employee questoins for some additional context.– Get an interview with someone who interests you. This could be someone in your dream career\, a family member\, or someone who impacts your life.– Think about the things that interest you. How can this become a story? Let’s brainstorm during this workshop! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis workshop is modeled off of the work that our two youngest producers have done to create radio content with support of a parent. Hear an interview with Matilda Rinker-Tennant and Carolyn Tennant about creating radio content. Hear Nikolai Nagel-Dreby and Moses Nagel talk about their work creating radio in this HMM special. \n\n\n\n\n Youth Sanctuary Radio\n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n Beating the Heat at Grafton Lake\n \n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n Bunny Shelters Fill Up After Easter\n \n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n Youth Tell Their Story Through Media\n \n \n \n \n \n Read More\n \n Youth Congress – Kriti Sharma Talks Making Change with Protest URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/youth-radio-workshop-pt-1/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/351459243_980487079632597_3722497401749140372_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230624T170000 DTSTAMP:20230703T143519Z CREATED:20230302T162146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230703T143519Z UID:10001653-1687615200-1687626000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Freedom Fest 2023 DESCRIPTION:Freedom Fest is back! Join us for an outdoor concert and summer celebration featuring artists of the Capital Region who have been inspired by the 50 year history of hip hop music and culture! Performances kick off at 2:00 pm and featuring Victory Soul Orchestra with special guests UND3RSTANDING. The event MC is H Bosh Jr. \n\n\n\nTHE EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED INDOORS DUE TO RAIN! The event location is at the Sanctuary main space: 3361 6th Ave\, North Troy \n\n\n\nThis free\, all-ages event will feature: \n\n\n\n\nLive music by Victory Soul Orchestra & UND3RSTANDING\n\n\n\nBPM Lessons beat making station by Jae Joseph\n\n\n\nFace painting\n\n\n\nFood & refreshments \n\n\n\nArt activities\n\n\n\nGarden activities\n\n\n\nCommunity resource fair\n\n\n\nand more! \n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsoring this event are many fabulous organizations doing great work across our community including Troy Area Labor Council\, Poor People’s Campaign\, Troy Central Little League\, SNUG\, CEO\, Oakwood Community Center\, TRIP\, Shades of Cocoa\, and UAlbany TRIO EOC Program. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVictory Soul Orchestra is a hometown horn funk favorite. The dirty sounds of New Orleans brass drive their sound with some influences including Galactic as well as the Dap Kings. You can also find them fronted by Albany’s own JB!! aka Dirty Moses and singer Dali Soto. Their efforts combined help create a funk/rap show that brings the house down. In January 2019 they released their first album\, ‘Astrobeat’ – now available on vinyl and all streaming platforms! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUnd3rstanding is a three-man Hip-Hop group from Upstate New York featuring Sev Statik\, SES Vth\, and Knowle’ge. Individually\, these artists stand as giants in the realm of underground hip-hop\, but collectively\, they form a powerful group with a mission to entertain\, enlighten and embody what it means to be an emcee. The name Und3rstanding alludes to supreme mathematics and the principles of knowledge\, wisdom\, and understanding – a set of teachings that each of the members have learned from and hold dearly.Founded in 2015\, the members of Und3rstanding had quickly become fans of each other and after performing at several events in the Albany area.  It was Sev Statik who tossed out the idea that they should combine talents and “form like Voltron” into a super lyrical squadron.  Knowle’ge and SES Vth agreed\, and from there they began recruiting the soulful boom-bappington master producer himself\, Deborah’s Son\, to produce their project. That collaboration led to the trio’s debut self-titled album\, Und3rstanding\, released in March 2018.  \n\n\n\n\n\nDocumentation of Event by Robert Cooper URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/freedom-fest-2023/ LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Freedom-Fest-23-Facebook-Cover-1-e1686256331488.png GEO:42.754030225802;-73.681172076926 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Freedom Square 35 5th Ave Troy NY 12180 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=35 5th Ave:geo:-73.681172076926,42.754030225802 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T210000 DTSTAMP:20230410T194420Z CREATED:20230410T180258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T194420Z UID:10001656-1684350000-1684357200@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Doing Death Justice: How to Get the End of Life Care You Want and Deserve DESCRIPTION:Where: 2nd floor of the NATURE Lab building\, 3319 6th Avenue. \n\n\n\nDiscover end-of-life options available to you in a talk with Corinne Carey from Compassion and Choices. You will learn how to prepare for the care you want leading up to and after your death. There will be information about choosing your healthcare proxy\, drafting a living will\, and different funerary care options. \n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by People’s Health Sanctuary at NATURE Lab and organized by Veronica Maroulis.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCorinne Carey\, co-moderator\, is a lawyer and a political and public affairs strategist who takes on bold public health initiatives backed by sound evidence and human rights principles. Her policy work is grounded in her long history in the harm reduction movement. She founded and directed the Harm Reduction Law Project\, and has also worked for Human Rights Watch and the New York Civil Liberties Union. She serves as the state director for Compassion & Choices in New York\, and also works as a political & public affairs correspondent for the Hudson Mohawk Magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVeronica Maroulis is a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s in Business Analytics. After being introduced to the work of The Order of the Good Death and content by Caitlin Doughty via YouTube\, she has been fascinated by death and the macabre. Veronica is an advocate for alternative death care and death justice and wants to encourage thoughtful conversations about death to de-stigmatize the taboo topic. Death is an inevitability of life and Veronica wants to give people the resources so that they receive the death care they want and deserve. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/doing-death-justice-how-to-get-the-end-of-life-care-you-want-and-deserve/ CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/tea-small.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230513T150000 DTSTAMP:20230512T181226Z CREATED:20230228T201814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230512T181226Z UID:10001652-1683982800-1683990000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Hudson Mohawk Magazine Radio Open House DESCRIPTION:For all the radio lovers and radio curious\, join us for an open house where you will have a chance to engage with Hudson Mohawk Magazine producers\, engage with our content in an interactive way\, and come into the radio studio to get your own story out there. \n\n\n\nAt 2pm\, join us for a workshop about how to make a Hudson Mohawk Magazine radio story. This is also a time for visitors to contribute ideas that they would like to hear on the radio. \n\n\n\nHudson Mohawk Magazine is volunteer-produced\, local news\, and public affairs show is broadcast live on WOOC 105.3 FM Monday through Friday from 6-7 p.m.\, and repeated at 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. the following weekday. \n\n\n\nCelebrate grassroots media\, suggest stories we should cover from the local community\, and get your own voice on the radio. Learn more about our radio program here. \n\n\n\n\nRegister URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/hmm-open-house/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/dec-ade-Radio.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230427T210000 DTSTAMP:20230410T180916Z CREATED:20230330T171952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230410T180916Z UID:10001655-1682622000-1682629200@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Death Cafe DESCRIPTION:Where: 2nd floor of the NATURE Lab building\, 3319 6th Avenue. \n\n\n\nJoin us for for a Death Cafe\, an evening of discussions about death and how to make the most of life under the context that there is an end. The discussions will take place as a group and in breakout discussions at People’s Health Sanctuary in NATURE Lab. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAt a Death Cafe people\, often strangers\, gather to eat cake\, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. A Death Cafe is a group directed discussion of death with no agenda\, objectives or themes. It is a discussion group rather than a grief support or counseling session. \n\n\n\nDeath Cafes are always offered:– On a not-for-profit basis– In an accessible\, respectful and confidential space– With no intention of leading people to any conclusion\, product or course of action– Alongside refreshing drinks and nourishing food – and cake!  \n\n\n\nFor more info on Death Café\, check out: https://deathcafe.com.Credit to Jon Underwood with founding Death Café based on the work of Bernard Crettaz. \n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by People’s Health Sanctuary at NATURE Lab and organized by Veronica Maroulis. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVeronica Maroulis is a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s in Business Analytics. After being introduced to the work of The Order of the Good Death and content by Caitlin Doughty via YouTube\, she has been fascinated by death and the macabre. Veronica is an advocate for alternative death care and death justice and wants to encourage thoughtful conversations about death to destigmatize the taboo topic. Death is an inevitability of life and Veronica wants to give people the resources so that they receive the death care they want and deserve. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/death-cafe/ CATEGORIES:Community Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/death_tea-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230422T213000 DTSTAMP:20230713T144706Z CREATED:20230422T161800Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230713T144706Z UID:10001647-1682190000-1682199000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:"Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future" with Amy Goodman DESCRIPTION:Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! comes to the Sanctuary stage for the second night of our weekend celebration Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future! Join us on Saturday\, April 22\, for a conversation about the role and future of independent media\, followed by a conversation about stories over the past two decades building the Sanctuary’s campus with outgoing Executive Director Steve Pierce. They will be joined by Hudson Mohawk Magazine’s Willie Terry and moderator KP Holler\, the Executive Director of Media Alliance. \n\n\n\nRooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future! is a weekend celebrating the contributions of Steve Pierce to the Sanctuary’s legacy. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by: Women Against War. \n\n\n\n*Masking is mandatory for this event \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future” Sanctuary Weekend Celebration!\n\n\n\nJoin us for a weekend celebrating this historic time at the Sanctuary\, starting with a night of amazing music by Taína Asili and Eljuri and ending the following night with a presentation by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman! During this weekend celebration\, each evening will include refreshments and reflections from friends old and new about how the Sanctuary (and Steve) has made an impact on them!  \n\n\n\nIt seems incredible but\, thanks to Steve’s leadership\, we owe just $25\,000 left to pay off the complete mortgage for our entire Sanctuary campus! This includes four buildings — the Sanctuary with presentation venue\, live production\, radio and video studios; NATURE Lab with a level-1 Biology Laboratory and Peoples Health Sanctuary\, the NATURE Lab Residency House\, the Carriage House\, plus Collard City Growers Gardens’ four lots and our outdoor community presentation space Freedom Square! \n\n\n\nYour contribution\, of any size\, would greatly contribute to the impact of our organization by helping us move into the future with a new Executive Director with our goal of being fully debt free! \n\n\n\nSee all ticket options here.No one will be turned away for a lack of funds \n\n\n\nPhotos by Robert Cooper\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!\, a national\, daily\, independent\, award-winning news program airing on over 1\,400 public television and radio stations worldwide. \n\n\n\nThe Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award\, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.” She is the first co-recipient of the Park Center for Independent Media’s Izzy Award\, named for the great muckraking journalist I.F. Stone\, and was later selected for induction into the Park Center’s I.F. Stone Hall of Fame. The Independent of London called Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! “an inspiration.” \n\n\n\nGoodman has co-authored six New York Times bestsellers. Her latest\, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America\, looks back over the past two decades of Democracy Now! and the powerful movements and charismatic leaders who are re-shaping our world. Before than\, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings\, Occupations\, Resistance\, and Hope\, and Breaking the Sound Barrier\, both written with Denis Moynihan\, give voice to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power. She co-authored her first three bestsellers with her brother\, journalist David Goodman: Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008)\, Static: Government Liars\, Media Cheerleaders\, and the People Who Fight Back (2006) and The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians\, War Profiteers\, and the Media That Love Them (2004). She co-writes a weekly column with Denis Moynihan (also produced as an audio podcast) syndicated by King Features\, for which she was recognized in 2007 with the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting. \n\n\n\nGoodman has received the Society for Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence; American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award; the Paley Center for Media’s She’s Made It Award; and the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Her reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has won numerous awards\, including the George Polk Award\, Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting\, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. Time Magazine named Democracy Now! its “Pick of the Podcasts\,” along with NBC’s Meet the Press. PULSE named Goodman one of the 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009. \n\n\n\nShe has also received awards from the Associated Press\, United Press International\, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting\, and Project Censored. Goodman received the first ever Communication for Peace Award from the World Association for Christian Communication. She was also honored by the National Council of Teachers of English with the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/amy-goodman-2023/ CATEGORIES:Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-17-at-11.48.01-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T210000 DTSTAMP:20230713T144546Z CREATED:20230421T154000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230713T144546Z UID:10001654-1682103600-1682110800@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:"Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future" with Eljuri & Taína Asili DESCRIPTION:Two amazing Latinx artists\, Taína Asili and Eljuri reunite on the Sanctuary stage for the first night of our weekend celebration Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future! Join us on Friday\, April 21\, for an eclectic mix of salsa\, reggae\, and political hip-hop that will speak to your soul and make you move! \n\n\n\nRooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future! is a weekend celebrating the contributions of Steve Pierce to the Sanctuary’s legacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Rooted in Independent Media\, Growing Toward a Just Future” Sanctuary Weekend Celebration!\n\n\n\nJoin us for a weekend celebrating this historic time at the Sanctuary\, starting with a night of amazing music by Taína Asili and Eljuri and ending the following night with a presentation by Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman! During this weekend celebration\, each evening will include refreshments and reflections from friends old and new about how the Sanctuary (and Steve) has made an impact on them!  \n\n\n\nIt seems incredible but\, thanks to Steve’s leadership\, we owe just $25\,000 left to pay off the complete mortgage for our entire Sanctuary campus! This includes four buildings — the Sanctuary with presentation venue\, live production\, radio and video studios; NATURE Lab with a level-1 Biology Laboratory and Peoples Health Sanctuary\, the NATURE Lab Residency House\, the Carriage House\, plus Collard City Growers Gardens’ four lots and our outdoor community presentation space Freedom Square! \n\n\n\nYour contribution\, of any size\, would greatly contribute to the impact of our organization by helping us move into the future with a new Executive Director with our goal of being fully debt free! \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nSee all ticket options here.No one will be turned away for a lack of funds \n\n\n\nPhotos by Sara Beck\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTaína Asili is a New York-based Puerto Rican singer\, filmmaker and activist carrying on the tradition of her ancestors\, fusing past and present struggles into one soulful and defiant voice. Taína Asili combines powerful vocals with a multi-genre fusion – confidently weaving between salsa\, rock\, reggae\, cumbia\, reggaeton\, and hip hop – with multilingual songs that beat with the heart of social change. Asili’s music offers a sound that spans continents\, exuding strength of Spirit\, inspiring audiences at venues across the globe – From Carnegie Hall to the Women’s March on Washington to the main stage of San Francisco Pride. With energetic and infectious rhythms\, Asili’s music urges people to get on their feet and dance to the rhythm of rebellion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCecilia Villar Eljuri is a revered storyteller and genre fuser. She is a Latina artivist living in NYC who tours internationally sharing her music and message of empowerment. Touted as one of the top Latinx guitar players in the world\, Eljuri navigates through the musical landscapes of her Ecuadorian\, Spanish and Lebanese heritage all presented with an elegant and socially conscious voice. As a musical activist for Immigrant and Women’s Rights\, Eljuri has her guitar strings and voice on the pulse of some of the most timely issues echoing through our communities.  URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/eljuri-taina-asili/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-17-at-11.38.16-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T220000 DTSTAMP:20230429T190601Z CREATED:20230223T043255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230429T190601Z UID:10001649-1680375600-1680386400@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:"A Woman on the Outside" Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Join Directors Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville and protagonist Kristal Bush for the screening of the documentary film A Woman on the Outside\, about the struggle to keep families connected despite incarceration. Before the film screening\, all three women will give a Be The Media! workshop and give a brief opening reception to the Women on the Outside exhibition. After the film there will be a panel discussion with local prison justice activists. \n\n\n\n5pm: Be The Media! Workshop: Participatory Design in Journalistic Process with directors Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville with documentary participant Kristal Bush.6:30pm: opening reception for the Women on the Outside exhibition in the Sanctuary cafe.7:00pm: screening of A Women on the Outside followed by a panel discussion and networking. \n\n\n\nCurator: Branda Miller.  \n\n\n\nSponsored by: iEAR Presents! and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; Co-sponsored by: The Chris Wilson Foundation\, The Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign\, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York\, The Center for Law and Justice\, and Capital Area Against Mass Incarceration. \n\n\n\nMasks are encouraged and will be available at this event. If you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of illness please stay home and rest. \n\n\n\n\n\n“A Woman on the Outside” Q&A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Film\n\n\n\nGrowing up\, Kristal watched nearly every man in her life disappear to prison. She channeled that struggle into keeping families connected\, both as a social worker and with her van service that drives families to visit loved ones in far-off prisons. But when Kristal’s dad and brother return to Philly\, her happiness meets the realization that release doesn’t always mean freedom. Passionate\, funny and resilient\, Kristal remains determined to carve out a different future — for herself and for her young nephew\, Nyvae. Part observational documentary\, part family album\, A Woman on the Outside is a tender portrait of one family striving to love in the face of a system built to break them. website \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nhttps://vimeo.com/725900136?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=9616283\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBy the end of the trip\, Lois and Rachel\, who are newer riders\, laugh and talk with the other women. Kristal’s regular riders say they look forward not just to the visit\, but to catching up with friends they have made on the van. \n\n“It’s something to look forward to\,” Tanesha says of visiting day. “We talk about this stuff all week long\, all of us. Sometimes we all get together and cook food and sit down and talk. Because that’s what we be needing. From one sister to another. From one wife to another.” \n\nPhotos and Videos by Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville\n\n\n\nFilmmaker Bios\n\n\n\n\n\nZara Katz (Director/Producer) is a filmmaker and photo producer for editorial\, documentary and branded content\, specializing in crafting character-driven visual stories. Katz is currently Photography Director at NBC News.com\, and has worked with outlets including The New York Times Lens blog\, Time magazine\, Medium\, The Guardian U.S.\, Pop-Up Magazine and Lifetime/A+E Networks. She was the Senior Photography Producer on a Getty Images/Dove campaign photographed by more than 100 women and non-binary photographers\, which won the Silver Glass Lion at Cannes in 2019.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Riordan Seville (Director/Producer) is an award-winning reporter and independent filmmaker whose stories explore how money\, power and policy shapes the lives of everyday people. Her investigative and enterprise work has appeared across NBC News platforms\, on BuzzFeed News\, The Guardian U.S.\, Lifetime/A+E Networks and WNYC Radio. It has been recognized with a Peabody\, a Hillman Award and a Sigma Delta Chi from the Society of Professional Journalists\, among others. Her most recent piece was a cover story for New York Magazine about the deaths of 15 men in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.  \n\n\n\n\n\nPanelist Bios\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristal Bush is the protagonist of the documentary film A Woman on the Outside. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJose Di Lenola\, Clemency Campaign Director of RAPP \n\n\n\nAt the age of 16\, Jose was sentenced to 26 1/3 years to life for second-degree murder and served eighteen of those years in Attica prison and various correctional facilities. While incarcerated he worked as a rehabilitation peer educator in relapse prevention\, anger management\, and mental health; and mentored at-risk youth diversionary programs. Jose co-founded and served as President of the Attica Lifer’s Organization and consulted several organizations. Jose was released in December 2021\, has his own consultation business\, Carceral Consultation\, and is the Clemency Campaign Director for the Release Aging People in Prison (RAPP). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTeAna Taylor\, Co-Director of Policy & Communications and Capital Region Organizer at RAPP \n\n\n\nTeAna advocates for children of incarcerated parents\, informed by their father’s nearly two decades of incarceration and working with We Got Us Now and the HALT Solitary Campaign. They have been engaging their community in restorative justice work for the past five years. They created and maintained a peer mediation program at a local middle school\, leading mediations between youth\, parents\, and teachers; facilitating circles that ranged from community building within classrooms to repairing harm between community members; providing conflict coaching sessions for students; and training students in peer mediation and conflict resolution. TeAna has also facilitated circles to address issues faced by students and faculty of color at their alma mater\, SUNY Schenectady\, that led to policy change for a more inclusive and diverse campus.  \n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsors\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of the Chris Wilson Foundation is to transform the incarceration system by providing better and more sustainable programming for incarcerated individuals that centers personal relationships\, resilience\, development and agency. Our Master Plan Program focuses on trauma and resilience\, systemic oppression and mass incarceration and goal-setting and reentry. The program is being implemented in three states\, and is currently running at the Capital District Youth Detention Center in Albany.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Release Aging People in Prison/RAPP Campaign is a grassroots advocacy organization created and led by formerly incarcerated people and family members of people in prison. We work to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice through the release of aging people in prison and those serving long sentences. We work to dismantle the racist policies of mass incarceration by expanding the use of parole\, compassionate release\, clemency\, and other forms of release in New York State. We work with other organizations across the country to end life imprisonment in the United States. By organizing community power to free incarcerated elders\, we work to uproot a system of endless punishment that fuels mass incarceration and damages Black and other communities of color. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe mission of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York is to provide high quality\, effective legal representation and assistance to indigent prisoners\, help them to secure their civil and human rights and advocate for more humane prisons and for a more humane criminal justice system. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Center for Law and Justice recognizes that the criminal justice system in the United States has a history of racism and classism\, stemming from both laws and practices\, that continues to this day. It is the center’s mission to reform the criminal justice system and dismantle its oppressive elements.  \n\n\n\nThe Center for Law and Justice aims to eliminate the gap between law and justice by creating an equitable criminal justice system which values all human life and acknowledges community members as partners in public safety. The center seeks to achieve this goal through amplifying the voices of marginalized people and communities\, while educating and empowering those same communities to demand an end to mass criminalization\, mass incarceration\, and systemic oppression. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCapital Area Against Mass Incarceration (CAAMI) seeks to challenge and dismantle mass incarceration and the systems of oppression that sustain it. We do this through coordinated actions and by opening the dialogue about mass incarceration and the criminal injustice system in a way that is empowering to all individuals and communities affected by them. CAAMI defines “mass incarceration” as both the excessive quantity of people caught in the criminal justice system\, and the racially discriminatory and cruel quality of the current punitive model of social control. Police brutality\, racially disparate sentencing\, and post-prison discrimination function as a self-reinforcing system that damages communities. URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/a-woman-on-the-outside/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/©AWomanOnTheOutside_Still04.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230401T180000 DTSTAMP:20250317T172847Z CREATED:20230223T045426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T172847Z UID:10001650-1680368400-1680372000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop: Participatory Design in Journalistic Process DESCRIPTION:With Directors Zara Katz and Lisa Riordan Seville\, and Documentary Participant Kristal Bush\n\n\n\nJoin us in this workshop to learn about the art of co-creation from the film team of A Woman on the Outside\, discussing how the directors centered Kristal’s voice and the active collaboration between the film team and participants in the documentary process. A focus will be on how the team grappled with both the journalistic process and the ethical questions of documentary today\, as well as how they developed the cinematic language to incorporate Kristal’s self-documentation and the filmmakers’ footage. They will share the importance of spending time together\, relationship and trust building\, and how to collaborate on a story. \n\n\n\nCurators: Branda Miller.  \n\n\n\nSponsored by: iEAR Presents! and the School of Humanities\, Arts and Social Sciences at Rensselaer\, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of The Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \n\n\n\nMasks are encouraged and will be available at this event. If you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of illness please stay home and rest. \n\n\n\nAfter the workshop\, at 7pm\, A Woman on the Outside will be screened at the Sanctuary\, followed by a panel discussion. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDirector’s Statement: \n\n\n\nMore than a quarter of women in this country have had a loved one incarcerated. For Black women like Kristal\, the odds are even higher. To love someone who’s locked up isn’t a marginal experience – it’s an American one. For six years\, we have collaborated with Kristal and her family to make a film about their experience\, through the female lens. Braiding Kristal’s photos\, videos and voice with our verite footage\, we strove to go beyond a story about prison to tell one of family\, love and how women care for themselves while caring for others. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZara Katz (Director/Producer)\n\n\n\nZara Katz is a filmmaker and photo producer for editorial\, documentary and branded content\, specializing in crafting character-driven visual stories. Katz is currently Photography Director at NBC News.com\, and has worked with outlets including The New York Times Lens blog\, Time magazine\, Medium\, The Guardian U.S.\, Pop-Up Magazine and Lifetime/A+E Networks. She was the Senior Photography Producer on a Getty Images/Dove campaign photographed by more than 100 women and non-binary photographers\, which won the Silver Glass Lion at Cannes in 2019.  \n\n\n\n\n\nLisa Riordan Seville (Director/Producer)\n\n\n\nLisa Riordan Seville is an award-winning reporter and independent filmmaker whose stories explore how money\, power and policy shapes the lives of everyday people. Her investigative and enterprise work has appeared across NBC News platforms\, on BuzzFeed News\, The Guardian U.S.\, Lifetime/A+E Networks and WNYC Radio. It has been recognized with a Peabody\, a Hillman Award and a Sigma Delta Chi from the Society of Professional Journalists\, among others. Her most recent piece was a cover story for New York Magazineabout the deaths of 15 men in New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex.  URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-workshop-participatory-design-in-journalistic-process/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/©AWomanOnTheOutside_Still03.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230325T210000 DTSTAMP:20230727T185421Z CREATED:20230326T030300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T185421Z UID:10001645-1679770800-1679778000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Author Joshua Frank presents "Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America" DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person book talk with Joshua Frank author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America. The 2022 book (Haymarket Books) examines the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State\, which once was home to the United States’ largest plutonium production site. \n\n\n\n“In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change\, Atomic Days provides a much-needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technology—from weapons to electricity—and shines a spotlight on the ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities\, workers and the global environment.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Book\n\n\n\nThe Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State is laced with 56 million gallons of radioactive waste. The threat of an explosive accident at Hanford is all too real—an event that could be more catastrophic than Chernobyl.  \n\n\n\nThe EPA designated Hanford the most toxic place in America; it is also the most expensive environmental clean-up job the world has ever seen\, with a $677 billion price tag that keeps growing. Huge underground tanks\, well past their life expectancy and full of boiling radioactive gunk\, are leaking\, infecting groundwater supplies and threatening the Columbia River.  \n\n\n\nWhistleblowers\, worried that the worst is ahead\, are now speaking out\, begging to be heard and hoping their pleas help bring attention to the dire situation at Hanford. Aside from a few feisty community groups and handful of Indigenous activists\, there is very little public scrutiny of the clean-up process\, which is managed by the Department of Energy and carried out by contractors with shoddy track records\, like Bechtel. In the context of renewed support for atomic power as a means of combating climate change\, Atomic Days provides a much-needed refutation of the myths of nuclear technology—from weapons to electricity—and shines a spotlight on the ravages of Hanford and its threat to communities\, workers and the global environment. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoshua Frank is an award-winning California-based journalist and co-editor of the political magazine CounterPunch. He is the editor and co-author of several books. Most recently\, he is the author of the book Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America (Haymarket Books 2022). URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/atomic-days/ CATEGORIES:Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2022-10-11-at-10.13.36-AM.png.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230319T170000 DTSTAMP:20230327T134502Z CREATED:20230222T170831Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T134502Z UID:10001648-1679234400-1679245200@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:David Carpenter: "Science for the People" DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of SUNY Albany Professor David Carpenter’s long career as an environmental advocate! We’ll be gathering with Dr. Carpenter along with some of his graduate students and colleagues\, as well as representatives of some of the many grassroots organizations who have worked with David over his decades-long career. Dr. Carpenter will speak\, along with former EPA Region 2 administrator Judith Enck and other local luminaries. We’ll hear an update on the ongoing legal case surrounding Monsanto’s pollution of the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation\, and other local environmental struggles. But mostly we’re gathering to acknowledge a true hero of the environmental justice movement! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe celebration will close with a free community meal of soup and cake. This is a zero waste event–bring your own reusable plate\, utensils\, cup and napkin! \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by NATURE Lab\, United University Professions- Albany Chapter\, Beyond Plastics\, Clean Air Coalition of Greater Ravena-Coeymans\, Rensselaer Environmental Coalition\, PAUSE\, Green Education & Legal Fund\, UNCAGED\, Environmental Advocates NY\, Riverkeeper\, NYPIRG\, Lights Out Norlite\, Healthy Schools Network\, Community Advocates for a Sustainable Environment\, Stop NY Fracked Gas Pipeline\, Zero Waste Capital District\, Housatonic River Initiative\, Inc\, and Housatonic Environmental Action League\, Inc. \n\n\n\nDownload the flyer here. \n\n\n\nMasks are encouraged and will be available at this event. If you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of illness please stay home and rest. \n\n\n\n\n\nJudith Enck and Dr. David Carpenter at Dunn Landfill\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Carpenter is a public health physician whose current position is Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany\, as well as Professor of Environmental Health Sciences within the School of Public Health at the University at Albany.  After receiving his MD degree from Harvard Medical School he chose a career of research and public health.  After research positions at the National Institute of Mental Health and the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute\, he came to Albany in 1980 as the Director of the Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research of the New York State Department of Health\, the third largest public health laboratory in the US after NIH and CDC.  In an effort to build ties to an academic program\, he initiated efforts to create a partnership between the New York State Department of Health and the University at Albany\, resulting in the creation of the School of Public Health in 1985.  He was then appointed as the founding Dean of the School of Public Health\, a position he held until 1998 when he became the Director of the Institute of Health and the Environment.  In 2011 the Institute for Health and the Environment was declared a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization in Environmental Health.  While his early research was study of animal and cellular models of brain function\, his more recent studies have focused on environmental causes of human disease.  He has more than 485 peer-reviewed publications. \n\n\n\n\n\nPhotos from the event\n\n\n\nBy Robert Cooper \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nphotograph by Caroline Tennant URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/david-carpenter-science-for-the-people/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event,Speaker ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/David-Carpenter-16-9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230308T213000 DTSTAMP:20230308T144902Z CREATED:20230206T194313Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T144902Z UID:10001641-1678302000-1678311000@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:"Storming Caesars Palace" Film Screening DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of the Indie Lens Pop-Up Storming Caesars Palace followed by a community-driven conversation and local resource sharing by local partners. Presented by WMHT in partnership with The Sanctuary for Independent Media\, NYS Poor People’s Campaign\, Rensselaer County Dept. of Social Services\, Troy Area United Ministries (TAUM)\, Unity House\, and YWCA of the Greater Capital Region. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n\n\n\nMasks are encouraged and will be available at this event. If you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of illness please stay home and rest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout This Film\n\n\n\nAfter losing her job as a hotel worker in Las Vegas\, Ruby Duncan joined a welfare rights group of mothers who defied notions of the “welfare queen.” In a fight for guaranteed income\, Ruby and other equality activists took on the Nevada mob in organizing a massive protest that shut down Caesars Palace. (See preview.) \n\n\n\nMore information available at https://pbs.org/stormingcaesars URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/storming-caesars-palace-film-screening/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/https-cdn.evbuc_.com-images-437911909-131735166010-1-original.20230202-181216.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230225T190000 DTSTAMP:20230417T160746Z CREATED:20230214T223753Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T160746Z UID:10001642-1677340800-1677351600@www.mediasanctuary.org SUMMARY:Troy Black History Celebration 2023 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person celebration of Black History Month with an exhibition\, music\, spoken word\, and community. Troy NAACP\, Team HERO\, Coalition for Black Trade Union\, and The Sanctuary for Independent Media have partnered together in Troy to honor our Black history and its living legacy. The exhibition is curated by Malik Muhammad\, music by King Malachi\, spoken word by Diamond Owens\, and Shania Jackson\, and beats by DJ Hollyw8d. \n\n\n\nMasks are encouraged and will be available at this event. If you are feeling unwell or have any symptoms of illness please stay home and rest. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrother Malik Muhammad is the curator of The Sankofa Project\, a traveling visual museum which showcases photos and text of the history of Black people. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic performance by King Malachi. Website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeats by DJ Hollyw8d. Website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpoken word by Shania Jackson. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpoken word by Diamond Owens. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpoken word by Justin Irby. \n\n\n\n\n\nCo-Organizers:\n\n\n\nNAACP Troy Branch #2182-B: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) mission in the 21st century is “to ensure the political\, educational\, social\, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.” Contact: TroyNYNAACP@gmail.com or on facebook. \n\n\n\nTeam HERO: H.E.R.O. standing for Helping Everyone Recognize Opportunities which focuses on youth mentoring\, character and leadership development and linking families to resources. https://www.facebook.com/TeamHero101 \n\n\n\nCoalition for Black Trade Union: CBTU is not a black separatist or civil rights organization. It is the fiercely independent voice of black workers within the trade union movement\, challenging organized labor to be more relevant to the needs and aspirations of Black and poor workers. https://cbtu.org/about.html URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/troy-black-history-celebration-2023/ LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States CATEGORIES:Community Event,Gallery Show,Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Troy-Black-History-Month-Celebration1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR