Hudson Mohawk Magazine

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the May 2021 talk was "Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control." The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez. In this part 7 (final) segment they discuss policing in Black Community and "What need to be done."

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the May 2021 talk was "Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control." The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez. This part 6 segment discusses policing in Black Community from "cointepro" to what lies ahead.

HMM Correspondent Dulcinia Diggs spoke with Perry Junjulas, the Executive Director of Albany Damien Center. The Damien Center doesn't just speak on living with A.I.D.S Junjulas discussed how the staff focuses on the mental health on a patient. This is part two of a three part interview. To learn more about the Albany Damien Center go to

Albany Damien Center Website: wwwAlbanyDamienCenter.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/albanydamiencenter

Twitter: twitter.com/AlbanyDamienCtr

U=U: www.untransmittable.org

Paul Smart of Hudson Mohawk Magazine spoke this week with Jerome Brown of 518 SNUG Outreach, addressing the recent shootings in the West Hill and Mansion Neighborhood communities of Albany that took two lives and wounded over a half dozen youth and young adults.

Rome, NY resident Greg Davis is fighting a series of what he and activists are calling trumped up charges. For months, Davis and his family received constant harassment, were called racial slurs, had their property vandalized, and were threatened with physical violence by white supremacist neighbors. Despite countless calls to the Rome police, the only time the the RPD ever took action was when they arrested Davis for defending himself from an armed attack. Davis, his family, and activists from the Copper City Collective are demanding the District Attorney drop the charges. WOOC reporter Brendan Maslauskas Dunn interviewed Davis in front of Rome City Court on May 21, 2021. This segment is part of an ongoing series covering the Black Lives Matter movement in Rome, NY and the struggle against police violence and racism.

State Assembly member Pamela Hunter (D-Syracuse) and Senator Jackson (D-Manhattan) along with advocates and other legislators held a press conference calling for an end to qualified immunity in New York through legislation in both the State Assembly and State Senate. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press filed this report starting with explaining what is qualified immunity. In this segment we hear from Pamela Hunter, Warren Ovalle and Gertha Depas.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

We begin with Elizabeth Press who talked with Melanie Trimble about suing the Troy police department.

Then, HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent Wille Terry continues the conversation "Policing the Black Community: Help of Social Control."

After that, we speak with casting directors of “The Gilded Age,” the HBO tv series filming in Troy, NY

Later on, we continue Willie Terry’s conversation with Thomas M Grace about his experience at Kent State University during a Anti-war protest in 1970

Finally, we hear about Dr. David Borton’s 750 Mile Solar boat trip from Bellingham, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska.

The history and architecture of Troy, NY fit perfectly with the time period and setting of The Gilded Age, the 1880’s in NYC. Troy was one of the biggest cities in the country in the mid 1800’s and many of those Gilded Age mansions and buildings still exist. HMM spoke with “The Gilded Age” casting directors, Grant Wilfley Casting Inc., to learn about this production and their call for extras.

https://www.gwcionlocation.com/blog/2021/3/17/casting-troy-ny-locals-for-the-gilded-age

Dr. David Borton is back with his segment "Equality Under the Law" Practical Physics." On May 24, he and his son Alex have embarked on a 750 mile trip in a solar boat from Bellingham, Washington to Ketchikan, Alaska. He and HMM correspondent Meghan Marohn sat down to talk about this epic trip.

HMM Roaming Labor Correspondent, Willie Terry, started a new segment entitled "The Struggle Continues." He defined it as a roundtable discussion on topics that impact the freedom struggles. The subject of the May 2021 talk was "Policing the Black Community: Help or Social Control." The panelists are David Walker, Leon VanDyke, Carlo Dufflar, and Angel Martinez. This part 5 segment discusses policing in Black Community during the Jim Crow era to the beginning of "cointepro."