Health, theater, food among HVCC series’ topics
50-minute talks will be streamed online for free
Voices: A Library Lecture Series, presented each semester by Hudson Valley Community College, will this round include 50-minute talks streamed live online. All are welcome to attend. See www.hvcc.edu/voices.
The Politics of Public Health
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 11 to 11:50 a.m. Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Presentation. Dorcey L. Applyrs, DRPH (doctor of public health), will provide a brief overview of the public health field and its relevance at this moment in history. As the United
States grapples with surging COVID -19 cases, unprecedented political discourse, and unrest related to social injustice, public health experts are faced with the challenge of being intentional about the three Ps of public health: promotion, prevention, protection.
A New Era of Theatre
Thursday, Feb. 25, 10 to 10:50 a.m. Emily Curro, theater artist and producing executive director of
Troy Foundry Theatre, will discuss the challenges of building a non-profit theater company from the ground up in the Capital Region. Using personal images and film footage, she will demonstrate the trajectory of Troy Foundry Theatre’s evolution from launch in 2017 to today, and its current pandemic operations and programming process.
Food is a Human[e] Right!
Wednesday, March 10, noon to 12:50 p.m. Jammella Anderson, community activist, birthworker and yoga teacher, works with marginalized and underserved communities to fight food insecurities and food apartheid. She will discuss how systemic oppression adversely affects marginalized communities and prompting her to establish Free Food Fridge.
Education in the Time of COVID
Tuesday, March 23, 1 to 1:50 p.m. Superintendents John Carmello of Troy and Jeffrey Simons of East Greenbush join a virtual, moderated panel to discuss the impact of the COVID -19 pandemic on students, staff, faculty and parents. They will discuss the issues unique to their districts and the varying impact of the New York state school aid formula on school districts across the state.
Risk and Resilience: Overcoming the Odds
Thursday, April 8, 11 to 11:50 a.m. Teresa Gil, PH.D., psychotherapist, professor and author, will review resiliency and trauma theory while weaving in the stories of women she has interviewed for her book.
Gil will discuss the elements that promote protective factors in our lives that help us to “defy the odds,” support our resilient capacities, and triumph over adversity.