Hudson Mohawk Magazine

The Albany Free School is in its 52nd year and facing challenges to its half century of idealistically-driven educational experimentation. They recently held a community meeting to speak about and start moving towards a new future.

Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black is Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of History. She is author of Roots: Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora and Rice: Global Networks and New Histories and executive producer and librettist of Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked: Requiem for Rice, the first full symphonic work with three-time Emmy Award winning classical music composer, John Wineglass.

In Part 1 of this episode of Reclaiming History with Lovonia Mallory subtitled, On Harriet Tubman- Black Female Patriot, Dr Fields-Black discusses her upcoming book ‘Combee’: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War (Oxford University Press).

This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine, broadcasting on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy and WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY.

Today, we begin by talking about the push by the people to urge Congressman Paul Tonko to remove support from the incineration of municipal waste from the CLEAN Future act

Then we will hear excerpts from the Troy City Council Finance Committee Meeting where community members pleaded for a better police reform plan

And later on, we welcome returning guest, Retired Meteorologist Hugh Johnson

After that, we talk with The Arts Center of the Capital Region curator, Belina Colón, to learn about what’s on exhibition

Finally, we have another segment from The ACT! Series by RPI students. Today we will hear from Sarah McGaughnea of Unity House

In honor of Women's History Month, Rensselaer County Historian Kathy Sheehan spoke with producer Melissa Bromley about some of the remarkable women who've lived here.

Warenfetischismus: Commodity Fetishism is the name of an exhibition by Jaime Rodriguez currently on display at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. HMM producer, Sina Basila Hickey, visited the exhibition and spoke with Belina Colón, curator of The Arts Center of the Capital Region.

Pat Hynes of the Traprock Center for Peace and Justice in Western Massachusetts will speak on April 5th to the Syracuse Peace Council about "We Can't Save the Planet Without Taking on the Military." She discusses how the military impacts the climate and what could be done to reduce its carbon footprint. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network. (register at https://bit.ly/3sAYAxV)

Cong. Paul Tonko is chair of the Climate change Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. His CLEAN Future act has been criticized for promoting several false climate solutions. Alexis Goldsmith of Beyond Plastics discusses the effort to urge Tonko to remove support from the incineration of municipal waste from the bill. By Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Radio Network.

The Troy City Council Finance Committee had a meeting where community members pleaded for a better police reform plan. We hear from Council Member Sue Steele, community organizer Jerry Ford, and former Council Member Debra Garrett. With WOOC producer Elizabeth Press.

Another segment of As the World Turns with retired meteorologist Hugh Johnson. Johnson discusses the effects of the Texas snowstorm, COVID vaccine shot, and more.

From people’s shopping habits to their attendance at political protests, private companies and governments are increasingly using surveillance technologies to track individuals and their data, often without the consent or knowledge of the person being watched and followed. HMM producer Natalie Meltzer speaks with Bonnie Fan, a member of Coveillance, a collective which uses art, technology, and design to empower people to notice and counter surveillance in their daily lives.