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The toxic PFAS forever chemicals are being found in water supplies throughout the country. The EcoAction Committee of the Green Party held a webinar on Sept. 12 to overview the issue. In this segment we hear from Prof. David Bond of Bennington College who helped with the PFOA issue in Hoosick Falls and the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. (You can see the entire webinar at https://fb.watch/fxOwiA2_lJ/)

Remembering the lives lost during 9/11 and its aftermath in foreign countries where U.S. drone air strikes have been carried out, Upstate Drone Action protested at the Hancock Airforce Base outside of Syracuse on 9/12. The group called for an end to "the drone assassination program" and for the base to take responsibility for its war crimes. Ed Kinane speaks with Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Hear from two artists involved with Albany Center Gallery. John DeSousa, one of five artists with work in the current exhibit, describes his collages and artistic process. Then Tony Iadicicco, the gallery director, talks about the gallery and its work supporting both artists and the community. Collaborative projects with other organizations include the host of murals throughout Albany, plus one being created in Schenectady. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. For more info, stop by 488 Broadway in Albany, or visit albanycentergallery.org.

Ivette Alfonso, Citizen Action’s Board President, joined Blaise Bryant and Brea Barthel in a conversation about the organization’s “30th annual Jim Perry Progressive Leadership Award” on Thursday 9/15. Jim Perry was a founding member of Citizen Action of the Capital District and a lesbian/gay rights leader both in the Capital District and statewide.

Honorees are Shameka Andrews, Hon. Neil Breslin, Marco Flagg, Luke Grandis, and the organizing teams for the newly unionized workers at Starbucks stores in Albany and Latham and at Capital Roots in Troy.

Retired National Weather Service meteorologist Hugh Johnson joined Blaise Bryant and Brea Barthel to talk about the NY Mesonet and CocoRAHS networks.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with an update on Norlite. Mark Dunlea asks Dave Publow about an upcoming community meeting on Thursday, September 15.

Then, as we head into election season, Corinne Carey leads us in election coverage of Rensselaer County for the Election Watch 2022 series.

Later on, Brea Barthel talks to NY Folklore about all that they’re doing including the upcoming annual Mohawk Hudson Folklife Festival.

After that, Ellie Irons of Lawn Lab tells us a bit about a midwest-native sunflower and the evening primrose that are currently in bloom.

Finally, Third Thursday’s featured poet in September is Sally Rhoades. We’ll bring you her conversation with Andrea Cunliffe.

Sunflowers dot the landscape, and at the Lawn Lab there is a special sunflower that is native to the midwest, brought to the east for biodiversity. Ellie Irons, the artist behind Lawn Lab, gave Sina Basila Hickey some context behind this particular sunflower as well as the evening primrose.

Hear how an organization called New York Folklore helps preserve and share crafts, stories, and histories of New Yorkers, from recent immigrants through first peoples. Director Ellen McHale and Staff Folklorist Anne Rappaport-Berliner discuss their Schenectady gallery, journal, events, and upcoming annual Mohawk Hudson Folklife Festival. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine. For more info, visit nyfolklore.org.

Hudson Mohawk Magazine’s political & public affairs correspondent Corinne Carey is the creator of Election Watch, an annual series on Hudson Mohawk Magazine which profiles local candidates. This series for 2022 is just getting underway and Corinne gave us an intro as to what to expect.

Albany poet Sally Rhoades, September's Third Thursday featured poet, is in conversation with Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Andrea Cunliffe about her life as a poet, performer, and playright. A regular at open mics, her chapbook titled "Greeted By Wildflowers" was published this past Spring. She will preview her reading with Albany Poets at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Ave., Albany on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 7:30PM.

This September's Third Thursday poetry event Poet Sally Rhoades will read. at the Social Justice Center. Thursday, September 15, 7:30PM