Join us for an afternoon of music and history in support of the Underground Railroad Education Center
December 14, 2025
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
New York State Museum
4th Floor Terrace
Authors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, relearn what we had not fully understood, reexamine new information in more detail, consider new interpretations of old stories, and understand the past and present from new voices uncovered and new voices reclaimed. Join us for FreedomCon 2025, an 8-month series of engaging presentation workshops.
In order for Underground Railroad Education Center to continue to expand its outreach and share the empowering reinterpretation of underground railroad history and its relevance for us today, UREC needs a facility fully dedicated to programs, events, exhibits, video documentary production and viewing, research, workforce development, children’s engagement, and the arts. This facility would be the Interpretive Center of Underground Railroad Education Center.
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