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BE THE PRESENT,
CREATE THE FUTURE ®

DECEMBER DASH 2022

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Underground Railroad Education Center Gala: February Funnies

Saturday, April 30, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Margarita City – 1118 Central Avenue, Albany, NY

It’s time to laugh! Join Drag Queens extraordinaire Boxxa Vine, Noelle Diamond, and Typhoid Mary for February Funnies, a night of comedy, silent actions, fun challenges and Margarita City’s fine cuisine all in support of the Underground Railroad Education Center.

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FreedomCon 2022

April 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Focusing on the nation’s unprecedented, and long overdue, examination of systemic racism in America, UREC connects the historical Underground Railroad, the first civil rights movement in the United States. This weekend, the Underground Railroad Education Center is hosting full slate of workshops, presentations and networking events.

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FreedomCon 2022

April 1st, 2nd and 3rd

Focusing on the nation’s unprecedented, and long overdue, examination of systemic racism in America, UREC connects the historical Underground Railroad, the first civil rights movement in the United States. This weekend, the Underground Railroad Education Center is hosting full slate of workshops, presentations and networking events.

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Think You Know the Underground Railroad?

Visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for a journey through the real story of the Black Abolitionist movement and celebrate the thousands of unsung, everyday heroes who worked to move our country closer to true democracy.

Interpretive Center Project Description

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.

Read more about the plans for the Interpretive Center

Daniel Stewart Memorial Award of Underground Railroad Education Center

Apply for a $500 Award

If you are in the early stages of actively building a career as a professional photographer and not enrolled in an academic program leading to a degree in photography, consider applying for a one-time award of $500, to be awarded after a juried application review.

Any adult residing in the New York State Capital Region or in the Portland, Oregon area not currently engaged in an academic program leading to a degree in photography is eligible to apply.

The 2022 awards were presented on Sunday, December 11th. Stay tuned for 2023 application information.

Past Application Details.

Daniel Stewart Portrait

Upcoming Events

Articles

NEWS 10: UREC plans community expansion

Underground Railroad Education Center plans community expansion by: Skylar Eagle News 10 ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Underground Railroad Education Center has been a centerpiece in highlighting Albany’s connection to…

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Spectrum News: UREC begins expansion

From Spectrum News Underground Railroad Education Center begins expansion By Jaclyn Cangro City of Albany PUBLISHED 8:21 AM ET Feb. 06, 2023 The Underground Railroad Education Center has been educating…

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Major Sponsors

Hon. John T. McDonald III

Hon. Patricia Fahy

Lewis Greenstein

Ryan Biggs and Associates

C&S Companies

Carol and Carl Felsen

Steven P. O’Connor

Darius Shahinfar

David Hochfelder

Brenda Twiggs