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Sarah Gordon — respecting others' perspectives
Sarah Gordon, a white woman who lives in the Helderberg Hilltowns, would like people to listen to each other and understand different perspectives. She has suffered tremendous backlash for creating a guide that any Hilltown business can sign onto if they pledge to be antiracist. Gordon agreed to do this week’s podcast, if the conversation could be about “moving the needle” and listening to Black voices, rather than revolving around her. She believes the abuse and threats she has endured since speaking out against racism have helped her understand what a Black person goes through every day. She also believes that, being a woman, she understands what it is like to be judged by the way she looks and how that can lead to violence. She has suffered threats, and many of the words used against her have been sexist and misogynist slurs. Her 5-year-old daughter, who accompanies Gordon to protests, as pictured here in Rensselaerville, understands kindness and knows kindness is always the right thing, which gives her hope, Gordon said. — Photo by Evan Place
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Daughter and mother coach dragon-boat paddlers
31:33Anna Judge and Louisa Matthew realize they live in an ageist and sexist society — but, with generous spirits, they are paddling against the current. The mother-daughter duo together coach a crew of dragon boat paddlers. Matthew, the mother, is an art professor at Union College. Judge, her daughter, is a certified personal trainer who led her mother into the sport. “A dragon boat is a 40-foot long, very narrow racing boat,” explains Matthew in this week’s Enterprise podcast. “That became standardized in the 20th Century but it’s based on a thousands-year-old Chinese tradition of racing the big rivers in China.” A dragon boat has 20 paddlers, two to a seat, with a person in the stern who steers and a person in the bow signaling directions, traditionally by drumming. “It’s the national sport of China,” said Judge “so it’s quite big in Asia and has subsequently spread to Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.” It came to the United States through Canada, she said, citing the work of a doctor in British Columbia who changed prevailing medical opinion on exercise for breast-cancer survivors.
Angelica Sofia Parker and Elca Hubbard prepare for a pageant while supporting each other
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