Hudson Mohawk Magazine

Sunday, June 13 is Race Amity Day. Race Amity Day is based on the belief, promoted by the National Race Amity Center that, “Race relations in America will not substantially improve unless the public discourse on race moves beyond the blame-grievance-rejection framework to one that recognizes and celebrates our ability to overcome racial prejudice through association, amity, and collaboration.“

The Race Unity Circle, based in Poughkeepsie, NY is marking the holiday with an online summit on for friendship and understanding between races. Moses Nagel spoke with 3 members of the steering committee about the meanings of Race Amity and the plans for this years’ summit.

Have you heard of the People's Reporting Project? David Banks of the Troy DSA joins Elizabeth Press to explain why the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America thought it was important to create this tool where people can keep track of complaints about Troy PD.

Joel Berg, Director of Hunger Free America, was in Albany last week to kick off a 20-state anti-hunger tour. He discusses the continuing hunger problem and the need for living-wage jobs, universal health care and a higher minimum wage. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Access to substantial amounts of nutritious food is essential for maintaining one’s physical and mental health. Sadly, there are many people who lack access to healthy food via mainstream food production pipelines. Urban farming and food justice initiatives seek to remedy this issue by bringing more agency in and access to food production, which can help improve people’s health and build community. Marissa Peck, Retail Markets Director for Capital Roots, discusses with McKenna Conners these topics and the goals of Capital Roots.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

To start off, Mark Dunlea speaks with Tosh Anderson of the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops and Mahoma Lopez of the Laundry Workers Center about the SWEAT bill, which would increase the ability of workers to collect when they win judgements against employers for stolen wages.

Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia discusses dark matter and dark energy with Heidi Jo Newberg in part 1

Later on, Hudson Mohawk Magazine Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry interviewed the New President of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Seth Cohen.

After that, Elizabeth Press brings us coverage of the Tuesday, June 2 Rally to try to get the Clean Slate Act passed in the New York State legislature.

And to close out the show, HMM's Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Abby Kinchy about The Our Soil team and NATURE Lab right here at the Sanctuary

Each year more than a billion dollars is stolen from the paychecks of low-income workers in NY. The SWEAT bill, which Governor Cuomo vetoed two years ago, would increase the ability of workers to collect when they win judgements against employers for stolen wages. Tosh Anderson of the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops and Mahoma Lopez of the Laundry Workers Center discuss the push to get the legislature to pass the bill again before they adjourn for the summer. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

Although we may not always realize it, soils support and provide many benefits to the environment, our lives, and our health. We also may not always realize that soils can accumulate pollutants which negatively impact our health. The Our Soil team and NATURE Lab are seeking residents of North Troy, NY who would like to learn, think, and act with us about local urban soils through a series of collaborative workshops in Summer 2021. HMM's Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Abby Kinchy to learn more.

https://oursoil.wp.rpi.edu/team/

In this segment of Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory interviews Prof. Heidi Jo Newberg. Newberg's current research is primarily related to understanding the structure of our own galaxy by using stars as tracers of the Galactic halo and the disk. In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society "for her contributions to our understanding of the structure of the Milky Way and the universe and for the development software and hardware infrastructure for measuring and extracting meaningful information from large astronomical survey datasets." She is currently a Professor of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with a segment on the recent Public Power NY rallies at the state capitol in Albany, as well as in New York City.

Then, we will hear Roaming Labor Correspondent Willie Terry interviewing the new president of the Capital District Area Labor Federation, Seth Cohen.

Later on, we hear from the candidates in the Democratic primary for Ward 7 on the Albany Common Council.

After that, we will hear about efforts to get the Fair and Timely Parole and the Elder Parole bills passed in the current legislative session.

Finally, we will be joined by Tom Ellis with the Palestinian Rights Committee to talk about the rally that will be taking place this weekend in Albany.

Tom Ellis, of the Palestinian Rights Committee, joined Hudson Mohawk Magazine to preview Friday's Rally to mark the anniversary of the 1967 War, also called the Six Day War. Following the ceasefire, territories held now by Israel expanded to include the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), Golan Heights, Sinai Peninsula and Gaza.

The rally will be held on Friday, June 4th, at 6 pm, in Townsend Park in Albany.

This segment was produced by Caelan McPherson with support from Moses Nagel. The interview was conducted by Brea Barthel and Gabe Cruz-Allen.