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7th Annual North Troy Justice and Peace Holiday Celebration
December 15, 2018 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Join us at the Sanctuary for the seventh annual North Central Holiday Justice and Peace Celebration. We’ll have free portraits (special appreciation to Brenda Ann Kenneally and her team), arts activities, music by Derrick Horton & The Jay Street Band plus Men of Faith (MOF), free food from Unity House, Troy Bike Rescue bike give-away, Fruit and Berry Propagation with Collard City Growers, the lighting of the tree at Freedom Square (at the corner of 101st and 5th/6th Avenue), and more!!
Back by popular demand! Free photos from internationally recognized photographer Brenda Ann Kenneally for families in the North Troy area! Call (518) 272-2390 to reserve a time. Spaces limited, so please sign up!
Co-sponsored by Unity House, North Troy Community Network, Bella Napoli, Troy Bike Rescue, North Central Little League, Troy Zero Waste, TEAM Hero, Urban Grief and Foto Care.
More about the studio portraiture:
Kenneally’s deep connections with Upstate Girls, and families in the North Troy community, will form the basis of this workshop. Together, we will celebrate the holiday season! While families wait for their turn getting their photo taken, we’ll have arts activities in the main Sanctuary space.
Brenda Ann Kenneally is a Guggenheim and Soros Criminal Justice Media Fellow. She attended the University of Miami, where she earned a B.S. in sociology and photojournalism, and New York University, where she received an M.A. in studio art. Kenneally has focused on how families get lost in a culture of drugs and prison. She searches for ways to motivate inner-city women to empower themselves, despite their limited social and economic opportunities. Kenneally’s work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Ms. Magazine, among other publications. In 2000, she won the Community Awareness Award from the National Press Photographer’s Association, and in 2001 she was awarded the International Prize for Photojournalism in Gijon, Spain. Kenneally’s work in Brooklyn has received support from the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, the Mother Jones Documentary Fund, and the Nikon Sabbatical Grant, in addition to the Open Society Institute. Kenneally has worked with us exhibiting her photos, teaching photojournalism workshops, and curating several exhibitions.
More about Men of Faith:
Men of Faith is a local North Troy band with Mac Henderson, Bojack Theore, Pastor Barber and Deacon James.
More about Derrick Horton and the Jay Street Band:
Derrick Horton and the Jay Street Band grew out of downtown Schenectady and play all over the Northeast. They are a Motown-style party band is dedicated to community.
We are committed to lowering the barriers to access for events at The Sanctuary for Independent Media. For people who are hard of hearing or deaf, blind or low-vision, or whose physical limitations can interfere with a satisfying experience, let us know two weeks in advance so we can make appropriate arrangements.
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