Hudson Mohawk Magazine

On Friday, September 9, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry attended the "Capital Region Labor Day Parade." in downtown Albany. Willie spoke to various union leaders and participants about their views on the importance of the labor day parade and labor issues.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with a segment on registering to vote in this year’s election.

Then, for our peace bucket, we have a live report on Saratoga Peace Week.

Later on, Andrea Cunliffe files a report from the Lights Out Norlite community briefing.

After that, Albany Center Gallery tells us about upcoming events.

Finally, Blaise Bryant has a report on last week’s Jim Perry’s award by Citizen Action.

For this week’s peace segment, Mark Dunlea is joined by Elizabeth Meehan, co-coordinator of Peace-ing, about Saratoga PeaceWeek which commemorates the annual UN International Day of Peace (9/21) with a week of events promoting peace at home, in the community, in the nation, and in the world.

For more info: www.peace-ing.org

Emily Prosper of Albany Center Gallery talks with Sina Basila Hickey about upcoming events, including a youth workshop with Marcus Kwame Anderson, and the importance of youth arts programming.

Andrea Cunliffe from Hudson Mohawk Magazine speaks to members of the community who live in the vicinity of the Norlite plant in Cohoes during a community meeting with Lights Out Norlite, an activist organization dedicated to shutting down the facility. Norlite's burning of hazardous materials has been correlated to an increased rate of cancer for nearby residents, according to data from the New York State Department of Health.

Headcount is a national effort to promote voter registration, often through music. Local coordinator Tamara Staff discusses how and why to register to vote with Mark Dunlea of the Hudson Mohawk Magazine. Applications must be done in person or postmarked no later than October 14, 2022 (and if mailed, received by a board of elections no later than October 19, 2022).

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with Grannies for Peace which will hold a peace vigil at Colonie Center on Wednesday Sept. 21. An interview by Mark Dunlea.

Then, Moses Nagel brings us a story on a refugee soccer club.

Later on, we have book suggestions on the theme of Hispanic Heritage Month from Brea Barthel’s visit to the Troy Public Library.

After that, we talk to Sawyer Screenprinting & Embroidery about the process of shirt printing.

Finally, Blaise Bryant gets the scoop about the Visually impaired Peddlers, tandem bike ride that is coming to Albany.

Hear about four books for young readers to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month (9/15-10/15), plus a balloon workshop and family game nights, from Carol Roberts, head of Young People's Services at Troy Public Library. "Diamond Park" (Phillippe Diederich, 2022), a fictional tale of three teens trying to clear a friend of murder charges in Mexico, explores the complexities of Latinx culture. "Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music" (Margarita Engle, 2015) captures the true story of a Cuban girl who became a world-class drummer with poetic writing and beautiful illustrations. In "Maya and the Beast" (2022) Maya Gabeira tells her own story of becoming a world-class surfer in Brazil. "Abuelita and I Make Flan" (Adriana Hernandez, 2022) is a picture book for younger readers about a girl and her grandmother cooking together. The Library sponsors family games nights every Monday evening, and will be hosting a balloon "twisting" workshop on 10/10 open to ages 7-17. For details, visit thetroyllibrary.org. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Grannies for Peace will hold a peace vigil at Colonie Center on Wednesday Sept. 21 as part of the International Day of Peace. They will protest the impact of wars on children and show their opposition to the US arms sales that feed wars around the world. Maureen Aumand talks to Mark Dunlea of Hudson Mohawk Magazine about how Arms Feeds War Not Children.

A new soccer program for refugee kids has been meeting on weekends since August in Albany. Moses Nagel checked in on the game last weekend when they invited the community out to play or observe.

Refugee Welcome Center: https://www.rwcwesthill.com/