Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Fehu Farmstand is a women and non-binary owned cooperative providing magical plants, educational materials, and classes for witches & spiritual individuals. This Friday they are offering a candle making workshop. Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Laura Welch and Kiani Conoly-Wilson about this worker's co-op and the ideas behind it.

More information at linktr.ee/fehufarm

Alÿcia Bacon joins Lavender to talk about her time as an intern at The Sanctuary for Independent Media.

In the third episode of Dear World, Lavender shares more responses from the public of what they want from the world, in addition to sharing an answer of her own.

Comprehensive history and the teaching of Black history is under attack in some areas of the United States. Renee Powell of the Troy NAACP spoke with Sina Basila Hickey about honoring the contributions of Black people in past and present.

A delegation of Capital District peace activists recently traveled to Kurdistan to visit Yassin Aref, the local Iman who spent 15 years in federal prison due to the FBI entrapment on him and a local pizza store owner. Lynne Jackson of the Coalition for Civil Freedoms discusses the trip with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. This is part 2, which starts with a question as to how Yassin Aref is doing.

A delegation of Capital District peace activists recently traveled to Kurdistan to visit Yassin Aref, the local Iman who spent 15 years in federal prison due to the FBI entrapment on him and a local pizza store owner. Lynne Jackson of the Coalition for Civil Freedoms discusses the trip with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. (Part 1)

A delegation of Capital District peace activists recently traveled to Kurdistan to visit Yassin Aref, the local Iman who spent 15 years in federal prison due to the FBI entrapment on him and a local pizza store owner. Lynne Jackson of the Coalition for Civil Freedoms discusses the trip with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s conversation with Peter LaVenia, co-chair of the Green Party of NY and associate political science professor at SUNY Oneonta. They discuss the Green Party’s vision on climate, housing the economy and war.

Then, We hear a speech from Rev. Al Sharpton about the police killing of Tyre Nichols.

Later on, Brea Barthell meets with Carol Roberts, head of the Troy Public Library Young People’s Services. We will hear about three kids books for Black History month.

After that, Renee Powell of the Troy NAACP joins us to talk about Black History month and planned programming.

Finally, How does Motherhood shape poetry? This week, Thom Francis talks with Jill Crammond , a Writer, Artist, and Educator about that very question

Fiction and nonfiction books about spies, deep look at wasps, and more! Ian Houck, head of Reference and Adult Services at Troy Public Library, recommends these four new(ish) books: "Reckless" (graphic noir novel, Brubaker & Phillips, 2020); "A Private Spy: The Letters of John Le Carre" (ed. Cornwell, 2022); "Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps" (Sumner, 2022); and "We Spread" (Reid, 2022). For more details, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Hear about three kids books for Black History Month, plus a nonfiction book on critters that suck (literally). Carol Roberts, head of Young People's Services for Troy Public Library, talks about the following: "Hey You!" (Adeola, 2022); "Boogie Boogie Y'all" (Esperanza, 2021); "Nina: A Story of Nina Simone" (Todd, 2021); and "Yuck, You Suck: Poems About Animals that Sip, Slurp, Suck" (Yolen & Stemple, 2022). For more details, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.