A Community Conversation Around Food Insecurity (virtual)
REGISTER HERE Topics Covered: Overview of NYS Food Access Programs & Pandemic Era Data Food Security Barriers in our Community. Presenters: Cristin McPeake, Vice President, Programs, Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Colin Jarvis, Executive Director, Newburgh Ministry Gabriela Vega-Matthews, Casa Comunitaria de Recursos Dutchess Christine Sergent, Executive Director, Northeast Community Council Sara Gunn, Director, …
Journeys Towards Justice – Voting Rights (virtual)
Voting is a fundamental right in the United States, but voter suppression is still a very real threat in communities of color and socio-economically disadvantaged areas. Representatives from the Andrew Goodman Foundation and NAACP Legal Defense Fund Voting Rights Project will talk about their work to prevent discrimination and preserve the fundamental right to vote. …
Virtual Community Meeting with For the Many
About this event - from For the Many Register here! We’re building a grassroots movement of everyday people to fight for laws and win elections to transform New York so it works for all of us. Join our Virtual Community Meeting to get to know other folks in the organization, learn about our work and …
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
Poughkeepsie Farm Project 51 Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, New YorkThe Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help! There are …
Volunteer with the PFP for Garlic Planting (in person)
Poughkeepsie Farm Project 51 Farm Lane, Poughkeepsie, New YorkThe Poughkeepsie Farm Project is looking for volunteers to help plant out garlic. At the end of October they planted garlic cloves that will grow throughout winter and spring to emerge as nice, full heads of garlic by early summer. This is a big project and the PFP could really use your help! There are …
Leading with Artivism (virtual)
Join Arts Mid-Hudson (virtually) as they talk with Amy Trompetter, a puppeteer, trumpeter, World Theater historian, teacher, and community organizer. She founded Redwing Blackbird Theater in the late 90s as a workshop and performance space in the Hudson Valley of New York. She has taught, directed, and performed all over the globe.
Leading with Artivism (virtual)
Join Arts Mid-Hudson (virtually) as they talk with Amy Trompetter, a puppeteer, trumpeter, World Theater historian, teacher, and community organizer. She founded Redwing Blackbird Theater in the late 90s as a workshop and performance space in the Hudson Valley of New York. She has taught, directed, and performed all over the globe.
“Metropolis” Film Screening at the Bardavon (in person, free)
Bardavon 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NYMetropolis (1927) is a stylized, visually-compelling, silent film classic set in the dystopic, 21st century city of Metropolis – a dialectical treatise on man vs. machine and class struggle. Austrian director Fritz Lang’s German Expressionistic masterpiece helped to develop the science-fiction genre, with innovative imagery from cinematographer Karl Freund, art design by Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, …