Hudson Mohawk Magazine

The Compassionate Coalition of Utica will hold a groundbreaking for its new grocery store in North Troy in October 2023, with a planned opening in the spring of 2024. The mission of Bargain Grocery is to ensure that everyone has access to nutritious, affordable food. Founder and CEO Mike Servello talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about how the grocery works.

The local, newly established Artsy Fartsy Photo Collective is hosting a workshop where photography and transparent images give space for therapeutic play. This workshop will take place at the Sanctuary this Sunday, October 1 from 12pm - 2pm and will also be an exhibition opening for their show in our gallery. Vinny Poleto and H Bosh Jr spoke with Artsy Fartsy Photo Collective co-founders Robert Cooper and Sina Basila Hickey.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea speaking with Eve Schaub about her book, “A Year of No Garbage.”

Then, Willie Terry will chat with Darlene Williams, about toxic leadership in the workplace for state employees.

Later on, H. Bosh Jr will interview Lashaunda Baker for this week’s Triple E’s.

After that, Moses Nagel asked Friends & Foundation of Albany Public Library project manager, Alexis Bhagat, to explain Keep Albany Connected.

Finally, we interview the Artsy Fartsy Photo Collective about the upcoming workshop, this Sunday, at the Sanctuary.

Next week (October 2-6) is Digital Inclusion week and Albany is celebrating. The National Digital Inclusion Alliance! which champions internet access for all around the country, is sponsoring a week of events and one is hosted by the Howe Branch of the Albany Public Library. Moses Nagel asked Alexis Bhagat, of the Friends and Foundation of Albany Public Library to explain their initiative- Keep Albany Connected.

On Thursday, September 21, 2023, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry was in downtown Albany at the capital, where the Public Employees Federation (PEF) was holding a rally to reject toxic leadership in the workplace and demanding respect and non-bullying of state workers. The rally was calling out the abusive conduct of some state managers against employees. In this labor segment, Willie spoke to Darlene Williams, Vice President of PEF, about the issues and reason for the rally.

In her book, A Year of No Garbage, Eve Schaub recounts her attempt to live a year without creating waste — unexpectedly, during a pandemic. Her journey leads her to truths she had never encountered: Plastic recycling is a lie, compostables aren’t compostable, and plastic drives climate change, fosters racism, and poisons the environment, as well as our bodies, at alarming rates. Eve will join Bill McKibben, Beyond Plastics Founder Judith Enck, and WAMC's Joe Donahue on Sunday, October 1, at 2 p.m. at the Southern Vermont Arts Center’s Arkell Pavilion, Manchester, VT 05255. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. (For more info, see BeyondPlastics.org; eveschaub.com)

We begin with a story about $7 million in federal funding locally to promote urban forests.

Then, for our peace bucket, we hear about the UN’s international day calling for an end to nuclear weapons.

Later on, we hear about an October 6 event to get Governor Hochul to support the Climate Superfund Act.

Finally, Lovonia Mallory interviews Jim Ormond, director of “Hudson River Brickmakers.”

Climate groups are organizing a series of events across the state on Thursday October 6 to urge Governor Hochul to include the Climate Superfund Act in the state budget to make fossil fuel polluters to pay $3 billion a year for the damages they have caused. The Albany event will be at noon at West Capitol Park. Anne Rabe of NYPIRG talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

September 26, 2023 was U.N. International Day for the Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Joseph Gerson of the Campaign fo Peace, Disarmament and Common Security talks with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine about the ongoing efforts to end the threat of nuclear war and the dangers posed by the war in Ukraine.

The federal government recently announced a $5 million grant to the U Albany Dept. of Geography and Planning to promote urban forests, part of a nationwide effort to reduce heat from climate change. The Radix Ecological Sustainability Center in the South End will be their community partner as environmental justice is a big part of the national program. Scott Kellogg of Radix talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about how the Center's existing fruit tree planting program builds into this effort.