ELFA has landed

Coming up this weekend, it's our monthly Books & Breakfast program.
Catskill, stop by 25 Bronson Street from 12-2! All free 🌞

Today, Bindlestiff Family Cirkus comes to Albany Free School!

Try out your circus skills or learn a new trick or two.

12-4PM , 8 Elm St in Albany. Lunch included )

This is a huge win for tenants across the state. Big thanks to the Kingston organizers who worked tirelessly for this and to Michelle Hinchey @michellehincheynysenate for supporting.

The people have the power.

Attn!! Huge opportunity for educators and community members happening this Saturday 3/23:

Tanya Jackson is leading a workshop on ways to incorporate the BLACC collection in educational activities and teachable moments in our everyday lives

Hud Area Library from 11am-1pm ! ⭐️

We're taking candy donations for our Easter celebration!

If you want to donate candy, please share it with us so we can share it with the kids 🙂

⭐️ Drop it off at our Hudson office anytime during the week from 9-5 - at 47 N 5th Street ⭐️

Catskill - Weekly Housing Justice Organizing Meetings with CACHE
Meeting every Thursday evening. Follow @cache.action for the next meeting location.

5th Annual Easter Candy Giveaway happening this year in Hudson, Catskill & Albany!
🙃 It's free & fun for the whole family. Sunday March 30th, from 1-3PM! See flyer for locations

➡️ Saturday is a youth workshop in partnership with the BLACC collection focusing on creating healthful home remedies and teaching you how to use the sun to print artwork in a cyanotype workshop, hosted by Zien-Celeste & Nkoula Badila. From 12-2PM!

We are SO proud to announce that our Executive Director, Tanya Jackson, has curated an exhibition at the @hudsonarealibraryny titled 'A Dialogue Across Generations' which will open Thursday, March 7th.
Please join us at the opening, and stay tuned for more special programming!

Thank you for joining us last Friday at our Restorative Justice Town Hall event on Clean Slate. It is imperative that Clean Slate is implemented effectively, without any hiccups. Together, we can combat misinformation surrounding the law and work towards a more just society.

Almost forgot it was Black History Month because we celebrate it every day of the year 😎

Hudson Fam, we're hosting a #CleanSlate Town Hall on Friday 2/9 at the Hudson Public Library from 5:30-7:30 to answer all your questions about restorative justice.

RSVP: buff.ly/3UJHy1R

Tanya & Quintin at the “We Got The Power” cohort of Black Futures Lab with Alicia Garza @chasinggarza !!!! ⭐️

Save the Date! Feb 9th for Clean Slate Town Hall at Hudson Area Library.
RSVP: buff.ly/3UbgdoP

It's History Night & Soup Night @leftbankciders with our very own Elliott Matos speaking, along with historians Jonathan Palmer & Ted Hilscher - this Thursday!

Soup from 5-7 , history talk from 6:30 onwards! Learn about where YOU live! Yee haw!

We are urging Paul Buccieri, President of A&E Networks, and A&E leadership to take down the reality TV show, '60 Days In' which negatively portrays people who are incarcerated.

Call A&E Network president now and sign the petition: buff.ly/48N7tJp

#AIRS

THANK YOU to every person who spent time organizing the art auction, donated a piece of artwork, printed flyers + distributed them around town, attended the auction in-person, or placed a bid on a piece of art!!!!

Things are changing ... 💗 When asked about specific policing alternatives that emphasize community safety, Black Americans’ support for such possibilities was overwhelming!

thank you mabe vivi @genforward_survey for these eye opening stats!

➡️ Happening Tonight & Tomorrow in Catskill ➡️

🗒️Tonight: Catskill organizing meeting from 5:30-7:30PM at 361 Main Street !

🎨Tomorrow: In-person auction viewing this Friday Dec 1, 5-8pm, @HandsonMain Gallery, 377 Main St. bid here: buff.ly/46y3O0M