Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Taína Asili speaks with Martha Redbone, a Native & African-American vocalist, songwriter, composer, and educator. She is known for her unique gumbo of folk, blues, and gospel from her childhood in Harlan County, Kentucky infused with the eclectic grit of pre-gentrified Brooklyn.

Inheriting the powerful vocal range of her gospel-singing African American father and the resilient spirit of her mother’s Cherokee/Choctaw culture, Martha broadens the boundaries of American Roots music. With songs and storytelling that share her life experience as an Afro-Indigenous woman and mother navigating in the new millennium, she gives voice to issues of social justice, bridging traditions, connecting cultures, and celebrating the human spirit.

Listen to the full episode at RhythmofRebellion.com or wherever podcasts are streamed.

More info about Taína Asili at TainaAsili.com

More info about Martha Redbone at martharedbone.com

The Albany Common Council met on Thursday, February 23.

They discussed several issues including the Mayor's veto of the change to affordable housing requirements passed by the council, a resolution in support of free school lunches and community frustration with the proliferation of short term rentals in many neighborhoods.

Moses Nagel reports.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin by debunking myths about the All-Electric Buildings Act. Mark Dunlea speaks with Michael Hernandez of Rewiring America.

Then, for our labor bucket, Willie Terry reports from a rally where RPI resident assistants called for their unionizing efforts to be recognized voluntarily by the Institute.

Later on, Fred Miller of Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group talks to Marsha Lazarus about bringing all of our differences to work.

After that, the documentary film "Searching for Timbuctoo" will be shown at the Albany Institute of History and Art on Sunday. Brea Barthel gets us the scoop.

Finally, Shania Jackson, secretary of NAACP Troy and a spoken word performer at this Saturday’s Black History Month celebration, joins me to talk about the upcoming event.

Shania Jackson originates from Troy, is the secretary of Troy NAACP, and is a spoken word artist. This Saturday Shania will perform spoken word during the Troy Black History Month Celebration at the Sanctuary. She came onto Hudson Mohawk Magazine to speak with Sina Basila Hickey about her connection to the spoken word, what's missing from Black history, and the freedom of poetry.

Learn more and register for the event at: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/troy-black-history-celebration-2023/

For info on NAACP NYS: https://nysnaacp.org/

Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group CEO Fred Miller has worked in O.D. (Organizational Development)for 53 years. He spoke with Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Marsha Lazarus about the impact of being able to bring "our whole selves" to work...on both an employee and employer! This is part 3 of 4.

Isabella LaForte spoke with a fellow UAlbany student about how she feels as a woman on campus in regard to her safety. The interviewee, Julia, shared an example of harassment on campus and how she received no help from the university or her friends.

Learn about an abolitionist movement in the 1840's to give land in the Adirondacks to black men so they could vote. The documentary "Searching for Timbuctoo" will be shown at the Albany Institute of History and Art on Sunday, 2/26, at 2 pm, with Q&A afterwards with Paul Miller, the film's director and writer. Lacey Wilson, AIHA's "public historian," talks about the event, her role, and more with Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. For details, visit www.albanyinstitute.org.

The All-Electric Buildings Act in NYS would require all new single-family and low-rise buildings to be carbon pollution-free by 2024, and all remaining new construction to be carbon pollution-free by 2027. Rewiring America has created a memo debunking 10 common myths about the All-Electric Buildings Act and electrification more generally. Michael Hernandez talks with Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

On Friday, February 10, 2023, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended a rally in Troy Beman Park by — Resident Assistants at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They were calling on RPI to recognize them as a union voluntarily. In this labor segment, Willie spoke to rally organizer Philip Patterson and a member of RPI Young Democratic Socialists of America about the rally and its purpose.

Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group CEO Fred Miller has worked in O.D. (Organizational Development)for 53 years. He spoke with Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Marsha Lazarus about his experience and insights gleaned from working with organizations interested in creating diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. This is Part 2 of a 4-part series.