Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s conversation with Labor Religion Coalition to give us a follow up to what’s next after the recent Poor People’s March in Washington, DC.

Then we have a vox pop by RPI student Amy Lin on what it means to be an architecture student.

Later on, Cathy Silber asks Rabbi Debora Gordon about the Jewish take on abortion.

After that, we head to Collard City Growers to talk about carbon sequestration and the recent ruling by the US Supreme Court.

Finally, we bring you Chris Hedges’s tribute to Meghan Marohn, our valued producer who is missing.

Thousands went to DC on June 18 for the Poor People's March to call for action on poverty, climate, militarization and racism. Joe Paparone of the NYS Labor Religion Coalition discusses the next steps in the campaign. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Amy Lin is a third-year Architecture major at RPI. She produced a series called "Archie Life" for a podcasting class. Here is her first piece, a vox pop on what it means to be an architecture student.

Jerry Ford, co-founder of Team H.E.R.O. and Vice President of Troy NAACP, is a long time community organizer who also works in the Troy School District on their Our Brother's Keeper programming. Ford dropped in for the community group weekly check-in to tell us about what he's working on. He spoke with Cathy Silber.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with Mark Dunlea’s report on the one million dollar grant the Capital District Latinos just received for their Cultural Empowerment and Community Engagement Center.

Then, Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry brings us the news from the Troy School District’s Summer of Safety Resource Fair Kickoff, in a conversation with organizers James Chestnut, Director of Troy SNUG, and Jerry Ford, CEO of Team HERO.

Later on, RPI student Josephine Tonias brings us Coming of Age, a series in which she interviews Academic Counselor David Milford.

After that, as the seven-year-old right to same-sex marriage hangs under new threat, Producer Marsha Lazarus brings us the story of Valerie and Ivette, a married lesbian couple from Albany, NY.

Finally, in our weekly check-in with a community group, Jerry Ford drops by to tell us all about Team HERO.

7 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5 to 4 vote that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage. HMM Producer Marsha Lazarus sat down with married couple Valerie and Ivette of Albany, NY to hear their story…including adopting and raising two children, Keisha, now with her own thriving family, and Anna, now a high school student and 2021 N.Y.S. diving champion.

The Capital District Latinos have received a $1 million state grant for capital improvement for their Cultural Empowerment & Community Engagement Center at 160 Central Ave., Albany. President Dan Irizarry talks about their plans with Mark Dunea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

On Wednesday, June 29, 2022, the Hudson Mohawk Magazine Network Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry covered the Troy City School District "Summer of Safety Resource Fair Kickoff" in Troy Prospect Park. The event was co-sponsor by youth organizations SNUG and Team Hero. In this labor segment, Willie spoke to organizers James Chestnut, Program Manager of Troy SNUG, and Jerry Ford, CEO of Team Hero, about the event

More and more Jewish voices lately have been sounding in the public square to point out that anti-abortionism is religio-centric, that Dobbs establishes Christian belief as the law of the land. Here, Rabbi Debora Gordon of Congregation Berith Sholom in Troy, NY, explains to Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Cathy Silber how 2,000 years of rabbinic discussion prioritizes the life of the fully fledged human being over that of a potential person, and why the relevant question in Judaism is not when *life* begins but rather when does *a human being* begin.

Tuesday, June 28, 2022 was election day. Mark Dunlea gives us an overview of the results that included the statewide primary for Governor, Lt. Governor, and State Assembly. He spoke with Sally Becker