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Sidewalk Mural Art welcoming walk to Capital Roots talk with Artist Juliana Heliti and Capital Roots Healthy Communities Manager Emile Scimeca. Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Andrea Cunliffe discovers the fruit and vegetables painted outside the market at Capital Roots and discuss the need to

On Sunday September 17, an estimated 75,000 people marched in the streets of New York City in the largest climate event in the US since the onset of COVID. The march called for President Biden to take much stronger action against fossil fuels, including fulfilling his campaign pledge to stop issuing permits for fossil fuel extraction on federal lands and for him to formally declare a climate emergency and to take Executive Action at outlined in ClimatePresident.org. This segment starts off at the beginning of the march with some brief audio of two candidates vying for the Green Party nomination for President, Dr. Cornel West and Jasmine Sherman, followed by remarks by two Green Party officials, Joey Naham and Gloria Mattera from New York. We conclude with speeches made at the rally at the end of the march, from a student organizer with Fridays for Future and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.

Aaron Major is a Professor of Sociology at the University at Albany. He recently completed six years as president of the Albany chapter of the UUP - the Union of University Professionals. That's the union that covers teaching faculty, IT workers, librarians and more. He spoke with HMM correspondent Moses Nagel about his time as president. He began by explaining the responsibilities of the job.

You are invited to enjoy New York Folklore's annual Folklife Festival on October 1st in Albany's Washington Park. Anne Rappaport Berliner, the staff Folklorist, describes the many performers, demonstrators, musicians, and activities all happening at the Festival. Hear about tasting a variety of international foods, as well as trying crafts including Chinese paper-cutting, Afghan kite making and flying, and even Double Dutch jump-roping. Anne also invites folks to submit stories, recipes, photo essays, and such for the organization's journal. For more information and a full schedule of festival activities, visit www.nyfolklore.org or stop by New York Folklore's gallery and shop at 129 Jay St. in Schenectady. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine, who hopes to see you at the festival!

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with interviews of speakers at a symposium on free speech hosted by State University at Albany.

Then, we hear from two Public Employees Federation (PEF) members at a 'Starbucks Day of Action' for this week’s labor bucket.

Later on, we speak with Jade Warrick about what’s taking place at the Honest Weight Food Co-op this fall.

After that, we hear from recently elected to represent the 103rd Assembly District in the Dutchess-Ulster County area, Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha.

Finally, in anticipation of StoryHarvest happening on September 23rd, we get a look from Bill Miller into his upcoming performance.

This Saturday, StoryHarvest is celebrating the harvest with a focus on corn, one of the few grains native to the Americas. Amy Halloran and Ellie Markovitch will begin September 23rd by hosting a Cooking with Corn workshop, and will make corn bread for the main StoryHarvest event in the afternoon starting at 2pm. The Honest Weight Food Co-op generously donated a boatload of corn products for StoryHarvest. Thank you co-op! Jade Warrick, the Marketing Manager at Honest Weight, joined Lavender and H Bosh Jr for Hudson Mohawk Magazine!

Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha is a DSA-backed candidate recently elected to represent the 103rd Assembly District in the Dutchess-Ulster County area. In response to a proposed rate hike by the Central Hudson Utility, she is organizing a series of town hall meetings on energy democracy covering the broader topic of Energy Democracy and our statewide challenges with private utilities, energy affordability, and meeting our climate goals. She talks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. RSVPs for the Town Halls RSVPs can be submitted by visiting https://bit.ly/ad103energy

Three-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter/storyteller Bill Miller, a member of the Stockbridge Munsee Community whose roots are in the Hudson Valley, speaks with the Sanctuary's Steve Pierce about his upcoming performance at Freedom Square in North Troy. He'll be part of the annual StoryHarvest Festival, which takes place on Saturday, September 23, 2023 from 2-5 PM.

On Thursday, September 14, 2023, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry was at a 'Starbucks Day of Action' gathering sponsored by the Public Employees Federation (PEF). The event took place at Latham Starbucks Coffee at 549 Troy-Schenectady Road. PEF members collected customer signatures to petition support for all Starbucks workers' right to organize a union. In this labor segment, Willie interviewed two PEF members, Danielle Bridger, PEF Region 8 Coordinator Bruce Giddings, Executive Board Member, and Divison 169 Treasurer, about their views of the Starbucks workers' struggle to unionize.

Mark Dunlea

Leading up to the UN Special Summit on Climate was a week of climate action in New York City, the highlight being a march to End Fossil Fuels. The Sunday march brought out an estimated 75,000 people, the largest climate event in the U.S. since COVID hit. The rally and march was controversial among some climate groups since it expressly called on President Biden to do more to halt fossil fuels, including declaring a climate emergency.

Mark Dunlea was at these marches and reported on them. Sina Basila Hickey interviewed him about what he experienced and the messaging of the event.