HMM correspondent Renee Powell speaks to author of "Your Path to True Freedom:  10 Principles to guide you to Living the Life you Deserve."  Ms. Ella Maria LeBlanc is a life coach and entrepreneur.  She believes that you are amazing and should be living your best life.  This debut book has a companion book titled "Your Path to True Freedom Guided Journal."  Ms. LeBlanc has held several workshops in the NY Capital Region.  Her most recent workshop will be virtual on March 27, 2021 at 10am.  Registration is required to attend.

LeBlanc Talks Her Book "Your Path to True Freedom"

As part of the Sanctuary for Independent Media's 2021 Uptown Summer youth program, radio producer Octavian Rescott spoke with Collard City Garden Coordinator Erin Johanns about her day to day garden activities and how she got involved withe the Media Sanctuary.

Collared City growers is a food justice, arts, and permaculture project located on the Sanctuary's campus. Garden in hours are Fridays 5-7pm and Sundays 10am-12pm

Youth Sanctuary interview with Collard City Growers Garden Coordinator Erin Johanns

The Climate Change Superfund Act would require fossil fuel companies in NY  to pay a fee based on their individual percentage share of total greenhouse gas emissions released into the atmosphere, and will generate $30 billion in ten years. Anne Rabe of NYPIRG provides an update on the organizing effort, including the upcoming Make Polluters Pay Climate Crisis Caravan Tour. With Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

NYPIRG Update On Climate Change Superfund Act

As our audience probably knows by now, one of our producers Meghan Marohn was reported missing from Lee, Massachusetts on March 29, 2022, This past weekend her body was found. Since today Meg would have turned 43, we decided to collect some memories from her people near and far. Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer Elizabeth Press put together this piece.

A Tribute to Meghan Marohn on her Birthday

Hudson Mohawk Magazine launched on September 11, 2017 with the conscious goal of creating a community radio platform to nurture diverse voices in the Capital Region in response to increasing assaults on our civil liberties. Sina Basila Hickey asked Steve Pierce, co-founder of the Sanctuary for Independent Media about the evolution of this program on its 5th year anniversary.

This photo is from the very first HMM show on 9-11-17

Hudson Mohawk Magazine is 5 Years Old; an Interview with Steve Pierce

According to her bio, "Mary Panza has been a mainstay on the Albany poetry scene since 1988. She has been witness to countless open mics, naked poets, fires, drunks, chapbooks, career changes, organizations (both coming and going), festivals, and great poetry and spoken word. " 

Mary hosted two long-running open mics - 5 years at Borders in the late-90s and the Poets Speak Loud series at the Lark Tavern and then McGeary's for 15 years until the pandemic hit in 2020.

Last December Mary read her poem, "We're Barefoot People," at the first "Year in Review" spoken word event at The Linda.

Talking Local Poetry, Feminism, and Motherhood with Mary Panza

Kevin Pryor, President and Founder of Troy L.O.O.K., was acknowledged at this year's Black Expo. He came onto Hudson Mohawk Magazine to speak with H Bosh Jr for Triple Es about the meaning of L.O.O.K. (Life,  options, opportunities, knowledge), field trips with youth, and what's coming up in Troy L.O.O.K.
Also this years annual Father and Daughter Dance, giving by his Organization JUNE 17TH.

Kevin Pryor of Troy L.O.O.K. on Triple Es

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine,
We begin with  The National Labor relations board finds merit to SEIU unfair chargers on capital roots. 

Then, Niko Nagel-Derby interviews the partner of Bayard Rustin, a gay civil rights leader and a Quaker.  

Later on, Dulicina Diggs talks with Ed fox about opioid overdoses and services to help those with drug addiction. 
  
After that, Emily Ledyard tells us how the washington park farmers is losing the space for half of the planned dates.

Finally, Sina Basila Hickey tells us about the FlagSSS Day (that's flags with three 's's) celebration.

HMM 06 - 16 - 2023

Local journalist and storyteller, Mike De Socio, spoke with Melissa Bromley about his latest article in The Guardian documenting upstate New York's emergence as a haven for trans people and their families. 

He also spoke about his upcoming book, "Morally Straight: How the Fight for LGBTQ Inclusion Changed the Boy Scouts—and America." And about Front Parlor, Troy's longstanding monthly storytelling event. 

Learn more about Mike's work at mikedesocio.com.

Mike De Socio On Freelance Journalism And Storytelling

PROMETI NO QUERERTE - MARAL DULCINIA LUGO

Ismail Ali is Policy & Advocacy Counsel for the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, otherwise known as MAPS. His job is advocating to eliminate barriers to psychedelic therapy and research by developing and implementing legal and policy strategy. In this interview, Ismail discusses the history of the war on drugs, the intrinsic differences between drug decriminalization and legalization, how MAPS has been able to achieve specific goals with the FDA under the Trump administration, Joe Biden’s "tough-on-crime-Democratic-Party" drug policy history, with respect to the R.A.V.E. act and the 1994 Crime Bill, how medical insurance will play in a landscape where psychedelics may become legalized or medicalized, how MAPS has become a thought leader with regards to social justice within the field of psychedelics, and whether Ismail believes psychedelics can bestow a knowledge of unity, oneness, and connectedness that can affect views and policy on racism and environmentalism.

The Psychedelic Moment, Pt. 2: Ismail Ali of MAPS on Humane Drug Policy for All

The Hudson Mohawk Magazine is a locally-produced nightly news hour that provides sanctuary for the discussion of a wide range of topics, scaling from the global to the hyper-local. The show is broadcast on WOOC 105.3 FM, The Sanctuary for Independent Media's low-power radio station based in Troy, NY.

With the support of people like you, the Sanctuary uses art and participatory action to promote social and environmental justice and freedom of creative expression.

Mike De Socio On Freelance Journalism And Storytelling

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