HMM 7 – 10 – 2020

Hello Capital Region! This is the Hudson Mohawk Magazine on WOOC-LP 105.3 FM Troy, WOOS-LP 98.9 FM, broadcasting from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy.

First, Mark Dunlea speaks with Joann Lum of the National Mobilization Against Sweatshops and the Ain’t I a Women Campaign about home care workers’ demands for protection and support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Then, on Reclaiming History, Lovonia Mallory speaks with Dr. Robert Chao Romero, associate professor in the departments of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of California Los Angeles.

After that, Andrea Cunliffe speaks with Maya Terry Stein, winner of the NEW VOICES: YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT CONTEST and a student at Shaker High School.

Then, HMM producer Anna Steltenkamp speaks with Jim MaKinster, Director of the Environmental Studies Summer Youth Institute (ESSYI) at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.

And to close out the show, HMM producer Erin Blanding speaks with Dr. Sarah Gaither, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University, on the second episode of The People’s Science.

But first, here are the headlines.