This episode was hosted by Micah and he sat down with Susan H. Gillespie is co-founder and President of the Board of Directors of Communities for Local Power and Jess Mullen the Executive Director of CLP.

Co-hosts Terri and Susan welcome Shawn Young to the Good Work Hour. Shawn is the Co-founder of All Of Us Community Action Group, a Black-led grassroots organization and the Upstate Reentry Coordinator for Bard Prison Initiative(BPI), a program of Bard College that provides college education to people in prison and offers a network of support upon their return to the community. Shawn’s experience includes community organizing, activism, and advocacy. Currently, Shawn is an integral member of the community leadership of the Greater Capital Region, which demands that Black Lives Matter, and calls for an end to police brutality and state sanctioned violence. As the co-founder of All Of Us, Shawn has led civil actions, community conversations, and facilitated the leadership development of young people throughout the Capital Region. 

Shawn’s email: [email protected]

All Of Us Community Action Group

Mission: To support and strengthen marginalized communities in the fight for Black Liberation and an end to all forms of racism, oppression and exploitation; uniting people across socially created divisions.

Vision: To imagine, create, and utilize systems of equity and justice in our communities that are not based in punishment, policing and the carceral state.

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Donate to All Of Us online at: https://bit.ly/JusticeAndFreedomForAll

On this episode of The Good Work Hour, co-hosts Terri and Helene welcome two guests whose Good Work is focused on local journalism. With so many ways that we receive and consume news, especially with social media, why is local journalism important? What do our communities lose when we don’t have readily accessible local news coverage? How can we get involved in supporting and making sure that we have trustworthy local news sources? We discuss these questions and more.

Mark Fuerst has lived in Rhinebeck with his family for 25 years. Before moving to Rhinebeck, he was General Manager of public radio station WXPN in Philadelphia and executive producer of “The World Cafe” national radio service. For the last twenty years , Mark has been studying the impact of digital media on public radio and television in the United States.  And over the last five years, he has focused on the role of public radio as a force in local journalism.  This year, Mark decided to apply the research he was doing to help rebuild local news in the Hudson Valley. 

Phillip Pantuso is helping lead the Times Union’s coverage of the Hudson Valley. Previously, he was managing editor of The River Newsroom. He has contributed to The Guardian, The New York Times, and Literary Hub, among other publications. He earned an M.A. in journalism from NYU, teaches in the journalism department at SUNY New Paltz, and lives in Kingston.

Resources:

Phillip Pantuso

Mark Fuerst

https://therivernewsroom.com/

https://www.timesunion.com

Heather Bruegl reminds us that if we want to use the tools we have to make America great in ways it never has been, we need to know, talk about and learn from the true history of this land. An historian specializing in federal Indian policy, Heather shares true stories of colonial violence, displacement and betrayal of Native Americans, including of the tribes indigenous to this region. A citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and first line descendent Stockbridge Munsee, Heather shares how she came to her love of history and her experiences of both happiness and anger in returning to the land of her ancestors. 

Heather is a graduate of Madonna University in Michigan and holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in U.S. History. She has become an ‘’accidental activist,’’ speaking to different groups about intergenerational racism and trauma and helping to bring awareness to our environment, the fight for clean water and other issues in the Native community. In addition to serving as the Director of Education for Forge Project, she travels and speaks on Native American history, including policy and activism.

Website: https://forgeproject.com/

Recommended article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/05/return-the-national-parks-to-the-tribes/618395/