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SUMMARY:Memorial Altar: “Emerging from Darkness”
DESCRIPTION:An installation to honor personal\, community\, national and global loss\n\n\n\nWe welcome you to visit Freedom Square\, at the corner of 101st St. (where 6th Ave. turns into 5th Ave.) in socially distanced and masked groups of 10 or less\, any time(s) between 1/17-1/20\, to add the names of your beloved dead and/or leave offerings on the Altar in their honor. Please come with your hearts open\, make sure to wear your mask and let’s love each other via this community Altar space. This too is a form of resistance and protest!! \n\n\n\nCheck out this latest television story! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs we continue working to create the more just and equitable world we know is possible\, we recognize the deep need to grieve collectively.  Join us  as we transform Freedom Square to create a community space to express grief\, loss\, generosity and resilience. This participatory installation began in conjunction with our MLK day event “Rise Up: The Struggle Continues…”  and the Nationwide Covid Memorial (1/19/21 at 5:30 pm) for those who have died of Covid\, and is being continued because of popular demand. Community participants continue to visit the altar\, leave messages\, honor loved ones\, and share gifts of food (wrapped for safety) and clothing. \n\n\n\nThe installation includes an Altar for our Ancestors Known and Unknown and for all those who have died longing for justice and freedom.  Stop by to Say their Names\, Share their/your Stories\, Honor your Ancestors/Beloved Dead. Remember to visit in socially distanced and masked groups of 10 or less\,  to add the names of your beloved dead and/or leave offerings on the Altar in their honor.* \n\n\n\n*Altars are sacred spaces formed with intention. A few ideas of what to place on an Altar include: \n\n\n\n      Prayers & wishes      Natural materials (rocks\, leaves\, flowers\, water\, dirt from your motherland)      Pictures (copies are suggested to minimize loss of original precious mementos)      Art\, poetry\, songs\, letters (consider weather-proofing or bring messages and names to write on our flags)      Some BIPOC cultures offer food/ fruits/bread/liquor/tobacco\n\n\n\n(Please individually wrap offerings for safety. Recognizing the reality/impact of addiction\, please leave only small amounts of alcohol.) \n\n\n\nWe would deeply appreciate support of this community altar! \n\n\n\nContact us if you’d like to volunteer or contribute in any way. \n\n\n\nPlease recognize that as you come in and out the area of Freedom Square\, know that many of our neighbors have and continue to experience over-policing and gun violence and might even feel a sense of shame or dissonance from such a visible community holding space. We ask that each of you respect the right of our neighbors to stop and stare\, to ask questions and engage or simply walk by. Regardless\, this is a vibrant and beautiful community\, so please come with your hearts open\, make sure to wear your mask and let us love on each other via this community altar space. This too is a form of resistance and protest! In the honoring is the healing. \n\n\n\n*For many of us\, these times have been challenging\, reminding us of loved ones who are absent and reinforcing experiences of social and economic marginality amidst a culture of consumption.  This was particularly true in 2020\, a year of unbearable loss amplified by COVID\, the state sanctioned killings of Black bodies globally\, the climate crisis and most recently\, insurrection in our Capitol. Let us make space and honor our right to grieve collectively. \n\n\n\nAltar for the Ancestors\, original creation by Nancy Weber. \n\n\n\nCo-created by the People’s Health Sanctuary program of NATURE Lab\, Media Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by Urban Grief\, Troy 4 Black Lives\, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists Capital District\, NAACP\, North Central Little League\, Team H.E.R.O.\, Troy Bike Rescue and NATURE Lab’s People’s Health Sanctuary. \n\n\n\nCheck out this tv story\, 2/22/21https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2021/02/21/freedom-square-installation-bringing-community-together
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LOCATION:Freedom Square\, 35 5th Ave\, Troy\, NY\, 12180\, United States
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SUMMARY:MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration: Rise Up! The Struggle Continues...
DESCRIPTION:The theme of 2021’s twenty-second Capital District MLK Holiday Labor and Community Celebration was “Rise Up! The Struggle Continues…”  \n\n\n\nThe virtual event is over now\, but you can watch the video here soon.   \n\n\n\nWe saved the Zoom chat window so you can see it here. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey speakers were Charles Barron (Assembly member District 60)\, Dr. Ron Daniels (President\, Institute of the Black World 21st Century/IBW21) and Denise Berkley\, Executive Vice President CSEA. \n\n\n\nJerry Ford and Shana Davis were the MC’s\, with a guest appearance by musician Taina Asili.  The event featured local poets D. Colin\, Shania Jackson and Erika Diggs. Participants split up into “Break Out” thematic groups for intensive discussion and report backs! \n\n\n\n\nCommunity – Jerry Ford/ Team H.E.R.O. and Odell Winfield\n\n\n\nLabor – Sean Collins and Mark Emanation\n\n\n\nCulture- Taína Asili\n\n\n\nSystemic Racism – Renee Powell/NAACP\n\n\n\nNational/ International – Larry Wittner\n\n\n\nEnvironmental Justice – Alexis Goldsmith\n\n\n\nJustice Reform – Jamaica Miles/All of Us  and Amani Olugbala/ Troy 4 Black Lives +\n\n\n\nYouth/Education – Debra Garrett + Steve Fiqueroa/ YouthBuild\n\n\n\nEconomic Justice – H. Bosch Jr + Joe Paparone/ Poor People’s Campaign\n\n\n\nHealth Justice – People’s Health Sanctuary with Dr. Xavier Coughlin and Lisa Good/Urban Grief\n\n\n\n\nWould you or your organization like to participate next year? For more information\, call Willie Terry at (518) 369-4978 or (518) 272-2390. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMUSICIANS\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. Her music combines powerful vocals carrying themes of hope and liberation with an energetic fusion of Afro-Latin\, reggae and rock. \n\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n\nDr. Ron Daniels is founder and president of the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW21)\, a progressive\, African-centered\, action-oriented resource center dedicated to empowering people of African descent and marginalized communities. As the administrator for the National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC)\, IBW21 has emerged as a leading organization within the U.S. and global reparations movements. \n\n\n\nCOMMUNITY\n\n\n\nAssemblymember Charles Barron has been fighting for human rights since 1969\, when he joined the Harlem branch of the Black Panther Party as an 18 year-old\,  A self-described “elected activist\,” he currently represents the 60th District in Brooklyn in the New York State Assembly. Formerly\, he represented Brooklyn’s 42nd District on the New York City Council from 2001 to 2013. \n\n\n\nLABOR\n\n\n\nDenise Berkley is Statewide Executive Vice President for the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)\, one of New York State’s largest worker unions. Her labor activism began in 1979\, working as a Mental Health Therapy Aide at the Brooklyn Developmental Center. Two years later she ran for president of her CSEA Local and won. She has worked to ensure working people have the power of a union behind them ever since.  \n\n\n\nMCs\n\n\n\nShana Davis has served as the  President of the Capital District Chapter Coalition of Black Trade Unionist since 2008 and a board member of the Capital District Area Labor Federation. An employee of the NYS Department Taxation & Finance for more than 30 years\, she has been a member of CSEA Tax Local 690 since 1989. She was elected as Treasurer of CSEA Capital Region IV in 2016\, CSEA Capital Region IV Executive Vice-President in 2020\, and the Chairperson of the CSEA Statewide Constitution & ByLaws Committee. \n\n\n\nDeacon Jerry Ford\, a husband\, father and leader; has seen his share of trauma and adversity. He lost his mother and father at a young age. He was raised by a loving aunt\, but found himself in the streets looking for the love he never received from his parents and eventually ended up in prison. After his 3rd prison stint\, he saw himself on a path toward life in prison or death. Finding strength in faith\,  Deacon Ford was able to make a 180 degree turn and now his story of resilience and hope is impacting communities across the nation. He started a nonprofit organization named Team H.E.R.O. standing for Helping Everyone Recognize Opportunities which focuses on youth mentoring\, character and leadership development and linking families to resources. He has been recognized both locally and nationally for his service to the community\, most notably winning  the Maytag Dependable Leader Award. \n\n\n\nPOETS\n\n\n\nD. Colin is a poet\, performer\, visual artist and educator living in Troy\, NY. She is the author of two poetry collections\, Dreaming in Kreyol and Said the Swing to the Hoop\, curates and hosts the weekly open mic Poetic Vibe\, and teaches workshops for schools ahd organizations. D. Colin has been involved with community theater since 2009\, writing and acting. \n\n\n\nShania Jackson is a local 4th grade teacher at School 2. She is the daughter of Eddie Jackson (passed) of Holy Serenity COGIC and Doris Jackson of United Ordained Church of Christ.Shania graduated with a Bachelors in Early Childhood/Childhood Education\, Concentration Black Studies\, Minor in Deaf Studies from SUNY New Paltz in 2018 and will be pursuing her masters shortly. \n\n\n\nGROUP MODERATORS\n\n\n\nOdell Winfield\, a retired Excelsior College faculty member\, is the founder and executive director of The A. J. Williams-Myers African Roots Community Center Library at 43 Gill Street in Kingston. It is a resource stocked with books and other learning materials focusing on the roots of African and African-American history and culture. \n\n\n\nH. Bosch Jr. is Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer of “The Triple E’s: Education\, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment\,” and an “Overcoming Adversity Specialist.” \n\n\n\nLisa Good\, MSW\, is founding the director of Urban Grief\, a trauma-informed community-based organization that educates on the effects of violence and supports those affected through outreach and victim advocacy. The former director of SNUG (formerly known as Cure Violence)\, she has over 25 years of human service experience. She facilitates trauma-informed workshops such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, and community events\, and faith-based workshops aimed at creating healing spaces and empowering community members through information about trauma\, grief\, and resilience. \n\n\n\nDr. Xavier Coughlin\, MD is works as an ER physician at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Samaritan Hospital in Troy. As “People’s Health Sanctuary” Coordinator\, Coughlin is excited to build on the generations of strong communities in the Capital Region and to foster health autonomy as a liberatory practice. \n\n\n\nJamaica Miles\, co-founder of All of Us\, is a seasoned comm. All of Us seeks to break down the subdivisions of Black and Latinx culture to unite and fully empower the greater community. \n\n\n\nDebra Garrett is originally from Brooklyn\, NY\, she is a mother of 4\, a former Council member for district 2 in the city of Troy. Debra is currently completing a dual degree in Health Science at Excelsior College. Debra is a member of the Nation Parents Union\, and she Co- chairs the Advocacy group for NYS Character Parent Council. She is the founder of Shades of Cocoa\, to support parents with education concerns and creating a sisterhood for young black and brown girls.  \n\n\n\nMORE ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERS\n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital District\n\n\n\nThe Greyhound Strikers Solidarity Committee of the Capital District was created by Albany\, New York-area labor union activists who supported the autumn 1983 Amalgamated Transit Union strike against Greyhound Bus Lines. After the strike ended\, the organization was reconstituted as the Solidarity Committee of the Capital District. \n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital District’s mission is “to promote solidarity and understanding of the labor movement\, through educating and organizing in times of need.” Its founders envisioned an organization that would organize and support strikes\, protest closures of manufacturing plants\, aid unemployed workers\, lobby for political and economic reform\, and organize non-union workers. Their vision continues to guide activities through the present day. \n\n\n\nTeam H.E.R.O./ The Block Center\n\n\n\nWe want to empower communities to improve the quality of life for young people and their families. We develop and implement programs to support youth making the transition from childhood to adulthood. We utilize a relationships first model\, prioritizing human connections rather than focusing on perceived problems; our strategies are long-term and built around the strengths and needs of people who make up the communities we serve. \n\n\n\nOur Programs: The Block Center is a positive youth development program for young people ages 11-17 living in the Troy\, NY area. Founded in 2015 in partnership with the Troy Boys and Girls Club\, the program connects caring adult mentors with young people for educational groups\, character-building activities\, field trips\, and more.Weekly sessions are held every Tuesday from 6:00-8: 00 PM. Learn more at https://theblockcentertroy.com/ \n\n\n\nAll of Us is a Black-led grassroots community organization fighting for Black Liberation and an end to all forms of racism\, oppression and exploitation. We are committed to a strategy that prioritizes the voices of the marginalized in localities across the Greater Capital Region of New York\, building toward change within New York State as a whole. All Of Us makes space for conversations that unite people across differences\, invests in the leadership development of local communities\, especially of its youth\, and works in coalition with other groups and organizations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUrban Grief is trauma informed and healing centered 501(c)(3) community-based organization. Urban Grief responds to the traumatic impact of community violence\, death and loss through community education\, crisis response\, victim advocacy and grief support. Urban Grief provides relevant and relatable information about trauma\, grief\, self-care\, resiliency\, and victim services. UG acknowledges the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)\, along with chronic exposure to traumatic events\, and strives to avoid further re-traumatization. \n\n\n\nNATURE Lab People’s Health Sanctuary \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media’s growing NATURE LAB Urban Environmental Center\, a collective of care workers and organizers are working to establish a central space in Troy to share health skills\, provide basic integrative care and explore ways to build networks of community health. Though caring for our elders\, our children\, or cooking soul-nourishing food for family or friends may not be deemed ‘real’ healthcare\, we know that in fact\, it’s what holds us together and keeps us sane. Let’s bring our skills together to build a space where creative\, joyful health is possible and accessible! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by:\n\n\n\nThe Solidarity Committee of the Capital DistrictTeam H.E.R.O/ The Block CenterSave the Pine BushCapital District Coalition Against IslamaphobiaUnderground Railroad Education CenterPoor People’s CampaignTroy 4 Black LivesAll of UsWater Justice Lab
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