Hudson Mohawk Magazine

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.

120 degree Intercollegiate Regional is one of the two exhibitions currently on view and open to the public at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. HMM’s Sina Basila Hickey spoke with Belinda Colón, Curator at the Arts Center, to learn more about the regional and its importance to regional collegiate artists.

https://www.artscenteronline.org/120_art_regional/

Touring around the capital region is a COVID-19 Tribute, a mural entitled Still Life, With Gratitude by Rachel Baxter and paired with a poem by D-Colin with support from United Way.

HMM producer Sina Basila Hickey visited the mural on location in Troy, NY before it continued its travels around the region until April 3rd.

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

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,

First, WOOC’s Elizabeth Press speaks with Angela Beallor, a member of the Reimagine Troy Community Justice Services Working Group about the police reform process and community involvement here in Troy.

Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia speaks to Professor Anthony Paul Farley of Albany Law School about the Ku Klux Klan act of 1871, Trumpism, white supremacy, and the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capital.

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

Then, on another segment of Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory interviews the local President of the Schenectady Chapter of the NAACP, Nicolle Harris, to talk about the lawsuit filed against ex-president Trump and Rudy Giuliani for violated the KKK Act.

And to close out the show, we have two arts segments about what’s on display at the The Arts Center of the Capital Region in downtown Troy, NY

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.

April 1, 2021 is the deadline for municipalities to turn in their police reform plans to the State of New York and several cities are scrambling to get those in. On Thursday March 25, 2021 after hearing emotional appeals to reject the city’s police reform report, the Troy City Council unanimously voted to move it forward with amendments. WOOC producer Elizabeth Press spoke with Angela Beallor, a member of the Reimagine Troy Community Justice Services Working Group, about the police reform process and community involvement here in Troy.

This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM Schenectady, WOOA-LP 106.9 FM Albany, and WCAA-LP 107.3 FM Albany., broadcasting from the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY with Caelan and Jeremy

Today, we begin by talking about what is in the agreement that New York State lawmakers say they struck to legalize the adult use of marijuana

Then, we hear coverage of Amazon workers' first viable attempt to form a union with an excerpt from William J Barber II

Later on, it’s the TripleE’s segment with part two of the interview with current mayor of Selma,, Alabama, James Perkins, Jr

After that, we speak with Ella Maria LaBlonc about her book "Your Path to True Freedom: 10 Principles to guide you to Living the Life you Deserve"

Finally, actress and author Millicent Vance tells us about pursuing a career in the arts