On Saturday, August 9, 2025, Create A Space NOW held its 2nd Annual Capital Region "Activated Artist Fest" at the Proctors Theatre in downtown Schenectady, NY. The Fest was a vibrant convergence of community, art, and activism, where a diverse range of art forms-dance, visual art, theatre, film, and spoken words-were celebrated as tools for social change. In this part two of two labor segment, HMM Roaming labor Correspondent Willie Terry, interviewed Andre Robles, Dancer, Educator & Choreographer and Hattie Bernhill, Director of AAF and Founder of Createaspace.org, about the event.