On February 28, 2026, a collective reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech commonly known as "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" took place at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Following the reading, historian Lacey Wilson, Teen Museum Studies Program Manager of Underground Railroad Education Center, facilitated a conversation which included Underground Railroad Education Center Co-founder Paul Stewart and Charles Clark III, curator of The Black Experience in the Adirondacks exhibition at the Adirondack Experience, the Museum on Blue Mountain Lake.
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Frederick Douglass and the Power of the Black Archives
On February 28, 2026, a collective reading of Frederick Douglass’s speech commonly known as "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July" took place at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. Following the reading, historian Lacey Wilson, Teen Museum Studies Progr...
Open this video on mediasanctuarySeeds of Power: Films by Indigenous Women
On April 11, 2026, The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY and MDOCS Co-Creation Initiative at Skidmore College presented "Seeds of Power." The event featured the work of two Indigenous filmmakers of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy: director of "Kanen...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryColombian and Latin American Songs Lucía Pulido
On May 10, 2025, The Sanctuary for Independent Media presented a concert by Colombian singer Lucía Pulido, whose songs infuse Afro-Colombian, Mexican, and Venezuelan folk sounds with experimental arrangements. Pulido's music pays homage to traditional genre...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryBill McKibben on the Power of Solar Energy: "Here Comes the Sun" Book Talk
On April 3, 2026, The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, New York welcomed acclaimed environmentalist Bill McKibben to discuss his latest book, "Here Comes the Sun." Following his talk, McKibben spoke with local environmental leader Benita Law-Diao ab...
Open this video on mediasanctuary"The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier" with Amy Godine
On April 30th, 2024, The Sanctuary for Independent Media presented author Amy Godine, who discussed her book, “The Black Woods: Pursuing Racial Justice on the Adirondack Frontier” (2023, Cornell University Press). “The Black Woods” chronicles the dramatic h...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryCharles Clark III on The Black Experience in the Adirondacks
On February 18th, 2026 The Sanctuary for Independent Media held a hybrid workshop with curator Charles Clark III of the Adirondack Experience: The Museum on Blue Mountain Lake. Clark visited the Sanctuary to present on the museum's exhibition "The Black Exp...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryThe Forever War; The War on Terror - Tarik Shah: Don't Play Like Them
On October 24, 2025, The Sanctuary for Independent Media and the Coalition for Civil Freedoms presented “The Forever War; The War on Terror,” an event which looks at the lasting impact on the lives of political prisoners. The evening included a screening of...
Open this video on mediasanctuary“Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation” Book Talk & Discussion
On October 10, 2023, The Sanctuary for Independent Media presented a book talk and panel discussion featuring "Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation" editors Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago (co-creators of Women Picturing Revolu...
Open this video on mediasanctuary"The Story of Plastic" Panel Discussion
On November 15, 2025, as part of Water Justice Lab End of Season Celebration, NATURE Lab and iEAR presented a screening of the documentary “The Story of Plastic” at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. This sweeping look at the human-made crisis of plastic ...
Open this video on mediasanctuarySuneil Sanzgiri: Memory, Diaspora, & Decoloniality
On October 29, 2025, The Sanctuary for Independent Media presented filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri in collaboration with iEAR Presents. What is liberation when so much has already been taken? Who has come for more? “Golden Jubilee”, the third film in a series of ...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryBe The Dance Party! Panel at The Sanctuary for Independent Media
On June 7th 2025, The Sanctuary for Independent Media presented Be The Dance Party! The event, an extension of the Be The Media! workshop series, brought activists and artists who use joy, in all of its expressions, as a tactic for resistance through parade...
Open this video on mediasanctuaryKahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore Indigenous Lens on Media Making
On October 3, 2023 Kahstoserakwathe Paulette Moore, co-owner of The Aunties Dandelion media organization, visited The Sanctuary for Independent Media to discuss her background and how she transformed her work in mainstream media to focus on revitalizing com...
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