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X-WR-CALNAME:Albany · free · today · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Free Testing for HIV & HepC DTSTART:20260917T170000Z DTEND:20260917T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T183850Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53947478858680 CATEGORIES:free,tech DESCRIPTION:Take charge of your sexual health! HIV testing and prevention gives you greater peace of mind to explore sex and pleasure while reducing your risk of HIV. Get free HIV testing on campus with trained health educ ators from In Our Own Voices\, Inc and pick up your free safer sex supplie s.\n\nLocation: Check in at Health and Counseling Services lobby on Dutch Quad\n\nTesting is provided first come\, first served. Testing will take p lace in a private space. Appointments last about 30 minutes. This service is made possible thanks to the support of In Our Own Voices\, Inc.\n\nThri ve UAlbany connects you with people\, programs and resources for health\, career readiness\, financial wellness and belonging—helping you make the most of your UAlbany experience now and beyond graduation. Visit the Thri ve website for more information. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T183850Z LOCATION:Health and Counseling\, Lobby URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/free-testing-for-hiv-hepc?utm_source=c aldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=albany-ny X-SOURCE-NAME:University at Albany Events Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.albany.edu/performing-arts-center-main-theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Suketu Mehta\, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant's Man ifesto (NYS Writers Institute event) DTSTART:20260917T203000Z DTEND:20260917T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T062506Z UID:10005793-1789662600-1789666200@hvwg.org CATEGORIES:free,literary DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Suketu Mehta\, the author of This Land Is Ou r Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto (2019)\, a compelling argument for why the United States would benefit from accepting more immigrants. \nSalman R ushdie said\, “Written ‘in sorrow and anger\,’ this is a brilliant a nd urgently necessary book\, eloquently making the case against bigotry an d for all of us migrants― what we are not\, who we are\, and why we dese rve to be welcomed\, not feared.” \nMehta was a Pulitzer finalist for hi s 2004 book\, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found\, an insider’s guide t o a vast metropolis. An active journalist\, NYU journalism professor\, and long-time New Yorker\, Mehta writes frequently about New York City\, its immigrants\, and the rise of Zohran Mamdani. \nTwo events on Thursday\, Se ptember 17\n 4:30 p.m. – University at Albany\n Recital Hall\, U Albany Performing Arts Center\n 1400 Washington Avenue\, Albany NY 122 22\n Free and open to the public. No registration \nA second conversat ion will take place at\n 7:30 p.m. Opalka Gallery\, Russell Sage Colleg e\n 140 New Scotland Ave.\, Albany NY 12208\n For the Russell Sage e vent\, registration is encouraged. See website for details. LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T062506Z LOCATION:University at Albany\, 1400 Washington Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 122 22\, United States URL:https://hvwg.org/event/suketu-mehta-author-of-this-land-is-our-land-an -immigrants-manifesto-nys-writers-institute-event/?utm_source=caldiscovery &utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=albany-ny X-SOURCE-NAME:Hudson Valley Writers Guild X-SOURCE-URL:https://hvwg.org/events/category/poetry-open-mic END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NYS Writers Institute: Journalist and Pulitzer finalist Suketu Meh ta DTSTART:20260917T203000Z DTEND:20260917T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T183850Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_53745908166853 CATEGORIES:free,literary DESCRIPTION:Conversation with Suketu Mehta\, the author of This Land Is Ou r Land: An Immigrant's Manifesto (2019)\, a compelling argument for why th e United States would benefit from accepting more immigrants.\n\nSalman Ru shdie said\, “Written ‘in sorrow and anger\,’ this is a brilliant an d urgently necessary book\, eloquently making the case against bigotry and for all of us migrants - what we are not\, who we are\, and why we deserv e to be welcomed\, not feared.”\n\nMehta was a Pulitzer finalist for his 2004 book\, Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found\, an insider’s guide to a vast metropolis. An active journalist\, NYU journalism professor\, and long-time New Yorker\, Mehta writes frequently about New York City\, its i mmigrants and the rise of Zohran Mamdani.\n\nFree and open to the public. No registration. \n \n\nA second conversation will take place\n\n7:30 p.m. Opalka Gallery\, Russell Sage College\n140 New Scotland Ave.\, Albany NY 12208\nFor the Russell Sage event\, registration is encouraged. \n \n\nCos ponsored by the University at Albany's Great Dane Dialogue series and Russ ell Sage College in honor of Constitution Day and America's 250th Celebrat ion. LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T183850Z LOCATION:Performing Arts Center PAC Recital Hall URL:https://events.albany.edu/event/nys-writers-institute-journalist-and-p ulitzer-finalist-suketu-mehta?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_c ampaign=albany-ny X-SOURCE-NAME:University at Albany Events Calendar Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.albany.edu/performing-arts-center-main-theatre END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR