Hudson Mohawk Magazine

With the NYS legislature set to leave Albany for the year on June 2, lawmakers once again have failed to take meaningful action on climate change. Anne Rabe of NYPIRG discusses the Assembly's blocking of the All Electric Buildings Act to end gas hookups in new buildings by 2024, as NYC has already done. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry covered the event, "Foster Can: Can over Can't! Every Time." Foster Can, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization seeking to bridge current foster care youth and alumni in transition to resources to help them. This event took place at the Oakwood Community Center in Troy. In this labor segment by Willie, he spoke to Carrie Relf, CEO of Foster Can, Inc, about the importance of Foster Care in the Troy Community.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with a discussion with our Plastics correspondent Alexis Goldsmith about a new initiative to encourage Meals on Wheels programs to stop using disposable food containers.

Then, we hear a first-hand account of what happens when people are not given the right to an abortion and how lives were lost before Roe v Wade.

Later on, Andrea Cunliffe talks with representatives from two groups collaborating on creating open space and woods in South Troy.

After that, our roaming labor correspondent Willie Terry brings us part two of excerpts from a May 3rd speech at Siena College by Martin Luther King III.

And we end with our usual weekly discussion with retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson, this time talking about a recent report from the World Meteorological Association.

With the majority of the US population in support of abortion access, people took to the streets to show their disapproval for the likely repeal of Roe v Wade. Hudson Mohawk Magazine spoke with Bob who gave us a first-hand account of what happens when people are not given the right to an abortion and how lives were lost before Roe v Wade. Reporting by Sina Basila Hickey and Marsha Lazarus

Cultivating open space and wooded areas in South Troy, Joseph Durkin of the Rensselaer Land Trust and James Roth with the Rensselaer Youth Outdoors talk to Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Andrea Cunliffe about creating this open space. They talk of the value of natural lands publicly available as per City of Troy mandates, the dedicated work of the Osgood Neighborhood, and how empty land was turned into a neighborhood asset. All preparation for the future of Osgood Woods Nature Preserve, Ecological Restoration Volunteers are planting trees, clipping vines, and picking up trash.

To learn more and be a part of this project at 5th and Madison go to the Facebook page OsgoodNeighborhoodGroup.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine:

We begin with an update on Save the Pine Bush in which Mark Dunlea speaks with Lynne Jackson.

Then, Andrew Lynn attended the meeting to build a skate park under the Hoosick Street Bridge.

Later on, we hear Shannon Faulkner’s speech at a recent vigil for Meghan Marohn, our Hudson Mohawk Magazine colleague who is still missing.

After that, Pinkster, a historic African-American celebration, returns.

Finally, we head to the performing arts space in Chatham, PS21

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century is located in Chatham, NY. The state-of-the-art theater is open and connected to the beautiful nature around it. Performances are brought in from Nigeria, Ukraine, South Korea, France, and etc., with an additional component that focuses on community engagement and reaching out to long-time local residents.

Hudson Mohawk Magazine's Sina Basila Hickey went to PS21 to talk with Elena Siyanko, Executive and Artistic Director. For more information: https://ps21chatham.org

Image is from upcoming performers Nigerian choreographer Qudus Onikeku and the QDance Company. A Nigerian person in a shimmering green jacket and red glasses balances on their but while posing behind a pink hula hoop.

Did you know that Dutch colonies had an annual spring event that allowed enslaved people to gather in large groups with free Blacks? The historic "Pinkster" tradition will be celebrated in Albany on June 4th at Schuyler Mansion, with an online workshop on Wed 5/25 that will explore the tradition's background and importance. Find out more as Cordell Reaves of the New York State office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation talks with Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Brea Barthel. Also hear about the office's work on telling "Our Whole History." For details, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-pinkster-tickets-344129730287 (5/25 online session), and www.friendsofschuylermansion.org/pinkster (6/4 event).

Meghan Marohn, a Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer, has been missing since March 27, 2022. Last Friday, a vigil was held at Shaker High, where she is a teacher. Her brother Peter Naple, students, administrators, colleagues and friends spoke. Today we air a speech by Meghan's friend and former teaching colleague, Shannon Faulkner.

This was an excerpt of the vigil at Shaker High School for Meghan Marohn recorded by Elizabeth Press. For information related to helping find Meghan, visit findmeghanmarohn.com

(Photo Credit: Jim Franco)

In this week's segment showcasing a community organization, Shades of Cocoa Co-founders Debra Garrett and Carolyn Hopkins-Lewis talk with HMM Producer Cathy Silber about the vital importance of self-love to girls of color and the work of S.O.C. to help foster it. https://www.shadesofcocoa.org/