HMM 9 – 8-2020

Hello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy and WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY.

On today’s show, we catch up with Jerry Ford of Team HERO, on how the organization is continuing its service during the pandemic

Then, we speak with David King of 518 Independent, a new arm of Troy’s independent press shining light on local social justice issues

After that, part two of HMM’s Michele Maserjian’s conversation with Erin McElroy of the AI Now Institute at New York University, about where housing justice intersects with artificial intelligence

Finally, Teri Miller, the Senior Vice Chancellor for STrategic Initiatives and Chief Diversity Officer of the SUNY System discusses how she found descendants of the slaveholders who held her ancestor in slavery through ancestry.com

And now some headlines…