Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Hazel and Andrew Lynn, the founder of Troy Bike Rescue, recently set out on a 5 day bike and camping trip. This was 9-year-old Hazel’s first bike-camping trip, and we invited her into the Hudson Mohawk Magazine studio, along with her Dad, to talk to us about this experience and how she is a different person after the experience.

In this week's Plastic PSA, host Alexis Goldsmith is joined by Deia Schlosberg, lead filmmaker of "The Story of Plastic." The Story of Plastic is a searing 95-minute expose, uncovering the ugly truth behind plastic pollution and how Big Oil and Big Gas have successfully manipulated the narrative of plastic to hide the biggest impacts from policymakers and citizens.

The feature length film has been nominated for an Emmy in News and Documentary Writing. For more info, visit StoryOfStuff.org/StoryOfPlastic.

Janet Apuzzo of Extinction Rebellion of New Paltz reports on the August 19 SealTheDeal climate rally at Congressmember Delgado's office in Kingston. The raly, sponsored by the New Paltz Climate Coalition and NY Renews, was part of a national day of action in support of the $3.5 trillion green economic stimulus pending in Congress. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Our Soil is a research project centered around soils and heavy metal contamination. They invited the Uptown Summer youth to learn and participate in testing their soil around their community.

You'll hear as the Uptown Summer group plans out where to collect soil samples and the procedure of collecting soil from the Troy Central Little League. You'll hear Natai, the person in the group who has the closest connection to the Little League park, Abby Kinchy and Dan Walls, part of the Our Soil team, as well as other Uptown Summer participants.

Learn more about Our Soil here: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/project/our-soil/

Learn more about Uptown Summer here: https://www.mediasanctuary.org/project/uptown-summer-2021/

Produced by Sina Basila Hickey

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We by hearing from Xaver Kandler of NY Renews about the August 19th day of action to push congress to pass climate justice provisions in the budget

Then, we hear coverage of the rally that took place in reaction to the language of the memo attached to the settlement for the family of Edson Thevenin

Later on, we have part two of the virtual press conference sponsored by the Poor People's Campaign that was a call for voting rights and economic justice in America

After that, we hear from a student about SUNY's COVID Guidelines

Finally, we join the Uptown Summer program as they went out into their neighborhood to collect soil for lead testing

Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Sally Becker touches upon some of SUNY's COVID Guidelines for the upcoming semester and talks with her friend and fellow SUNY Oswego student Daniel Hosannah about COVID on campus, online classes and more.

The City of Troy couldn't just approve the $1.55 million settlement for the family of Edson Thevenin, who was killed five years ago by sergeant Randall French, but they had to attach a memo to the settlement that still argues their narrative. Activists joined Edson Thevenin's mother, Gertha DePas on Thursday evening to speak out and push back on the language in the memo. Troy City Council's Finance Committee unanimously approved the settlement without addressing the language in the memo.

"Put it in the memo" was the call from a resident, but it wasn't. Since the vote passed in the finance meeting, it will now move to the regular meeting on September 9. Troy 4 Black Lives will be airing a clip of their animation called “They’re Getting Away with Murder” on Saturday, August 21st on WMHT. The film tells the story of Edson Thevenin’s death at the hands of Troy police, the subsequent cover up by Troy officials, and T4BL’s movement and vision for Black Life in Troy.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with hearing from Cornell Professor Bob Howarth, a member of the New York State climate action council about Blue Hydrogen

Then, Willie Terry covers Rev. Dr. William J, Barber III speak at a press conference sponsored by the Poor People’s Campaign

Later on, we hear why keeping the New York Public Library Picture Collection open to the public is so important

After that, Remus Duggan speaks with Uptown Summer intern Ian Justino about making music, films and the Uptown Summer youth program.

Finally, Moses Nagel talks with the founders and artists at the Cranberry Lake Art Show.

The New York Public Library Picture Collection is not only a resource for people living in New York City, but it’s a resource for anyone who utilizes images for research, inspiration, and visual reference. The library has decided to close the collection to the public. Jason Fulford (artist, editor, and teacher) has been using the picture collection since 1991 and spoke with HMM's Sina Basila Hickey about why closing the collection to the public is a bad move.

For those interested in voicing their opinion about the collection, Jason recommended writing a letter to library president, Tony Marx, either by email ([email protected]) or by sending a letter directly to the main library. You can see Jason's work at www.JasonFulford.com

The Green New Deal Network organized rallies across NY and nationally on August 19 at Congressional offices in support of SealTheDeal, including at Cong. Delgado's office in Kingston. The groups support the passage of the $3.5 trillion social and climate justice stimulus recently approved by the US Senate. We talk with Xaver Kandler of NY Renews. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.