Community Radio Days are opportunities for folks to gather around the importance of community radio. Every month a different Hudson Mohawk Magazine producer leads a discussion or exercise, and anyone is welcome to join. Topics range from how to create grassroots radio, pursuing a story, creating a community, and amplifying lesser heard voices. If you […]
An immersive program of screenings and conversations, the Flaherty Film Seminar is an internationally recognized forum for collective inquiry into non-fiction cinema, encouraging the exchange of cinematic ideas across generations and cultures, and promoting the expansion of the limits of cinema itself.
Join us for the Sanctuarian Think Tank where we will brainstorm ideas to inform the Sanctuary's future programming. We will do so in community with a potluck. This is a space for Sanctuary-involved folks to contribute visions, share networks, and connect with other invested members of our community. Please send a quick note to [email protected] […]
Spaces for joy are an important part of resistance movements when built around creating community, encouraging creative expression, and inviting inclusive participation. Be The Dance Party! is part panel discussion, part dance party. We will hear from folks on the panel on how they have each used joy, music, and creative expression to build movements […]
Join us for Lucía Pulido Quartet in concert, performing Colombian and Latin American songs, infusing Afro-Colombian, Mexican, Venezuelan folk sounds with experimental arrangements. Lucía Pulido is a torrent of sound and emotion that mesmerizes with its energy and captivates with its sensibility. Spanish flyer below. *Tickets are priced at $30 for General Admission and $20 […]
Heightened Scrutiny is a documentary film about the first out trans attorney arguing in front of the US Supreme Court (United States v. Skrmetti) and the role of mainstream media in fueling anti-trans legislation. The film's director, Sam Feder, will be presenting this film at the Sanctuary followed by a Q&A. Ahead of the film, […]
Centering Representation and Access in (Social Justice) Filmmaking Join Sam Feder, the director of Heightened Scrutiny, for a Be The Media! workshop ahead of the screening of Heightened Scrutiny, a documentary film about the first out trans attorney arguing in front of the US Supreme Court (United States v. Skrmetti) and the role of mainstream […]
Learn how to build your own air purifiers using a box fan, a furnace filter, and cardboard! Air Justice Lab and Capital Region Clean Air are collaborating for this DIY workshop with enough materials for up to 12 builds! Registration is REQUIRED for this limited capacity event, with priority to the immediate neighborhood. High quality […]
An act of creative resistance to Apartheid, No Other Land documents a Palestinian activist and his unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist, as he searches for a path towards equality and justice. Join us for this film screening and panel discussion. No Other Land is the 2025 Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature, a major win for a […]
Chris Hedges will return to the Sanctuary for Independent Media to give the talk "Normalizing Genocide and the New World Order" which asks how the world has changed since the genocide began, how we navigate a world without rules or humanitarian law and how the genocidal violence perpetuated by the Global North, especially as the […]
Join us for our seasonal open house plus seed swap! This drop-in style event is an opportunity to look inside our organization, swap seeds, get a tour, and have a warm beverage with a Rockhill Bakehouse biscotti. Learn about our initiatives and how to get involved. For those curious about volunteering or interning at the […]
Air Justice Lab and Clean Air Capital Region are hosting a workshop to build a Corsi-Rosenthal Box (DIY air purifier) while discussing air quality issues and the intersections of environmental, health, and disability justice. Unhealthy air quality got you down? Want to slow the spread of viruses over the holidays? Join us to build a […]
Join us for our annual North-Central Troy Interfaith Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration, an event for the whole family! This FREE event celebrates our neighborhood, bringing us together over food, music, activities, and messages of justice and peace. This year's event will have music to keep us dancing beginning with Uncle Mac and his funky […]
Join us for a conversation with Bill Ayers and Barbara Smith around Ayers' latest book When Freedom is the Question, Abolition is the Answer: Reflections on Collective Liberation which invites readers to understand abolition as a framework in which not only incarceration, police violence, and racial and economic disparities are eliminated, but a new society built on […]
Please join us for a celebration of life honoring Don "Sonny Mac" McKever who was a beloved part of our community, known to many as Jazz Sanctuary DJ Sonny Mac. Please join us for a memorial service, followed by assorted soups, bread-n-butter, and refreshments. Donald McKever (10/17/1944 - 10/25/2024) is survived by his children Perry […]
Join us for a screening of the feature-length documentary film Farming While Black followed by a panel discussion which will include local Black farmers and gardeners, moderated by Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm. Complimentary light refreshments will be served featuring Soul Fire Farm's harvest and provided by Rumah Kitchen. The screening will be preceded […]
Join us and guests Dr. Ted Jojola and Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore for a presentation and conversation to discuss how place-knowing concepts connect with land restoration concerns in current-day North Central Troy, informed by a series of case studies with Indigenous communities, and having walked the Sanctuary campus with local land stewards. They will talk about […]
An opportunity to visit our campus, get a tour, and hear about our various initiatives. Our campus open house events are ideal for potential interns and volunteers to get a peek into what we do before committing, and it’s an opportunity for our local community to see what we’re all about. Campus tour schedule coming […]
Composer Brent Michael Davids (Mohican/ Munsee-Lenape) has composed a charming quartet about James Fenimore Cooper. Davids, who embraces Indigenous themes and subjects in his music, considers Cooper’s ignorance of native culture in “The Last of the Mohicans” for this delightful work for string quartet, featuring members of Albany Symphony. This event is featured as part […]
FREEDOM FEST HAS BEEN MOVED INSIDE TO OUR MAIN SPACE AT 3361 6TH AVE, TROY! Join us for our annual community celebration in our main space with free music, food, games, and the launch of our Eco-Art Trail Walk! We'll start the day with a community BBQ followed by games, art activities, and live music […]
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