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6 News: Albany UREC’s after-school museum studies program facing federal cut

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonMay 13, 2025

Albany — Albany’s Underground Railroad Education Center is the latest local space for history and education to receive notice that their federal Institute of Museum and Library Services grant is being…

Times Union: Local cultural organizations brace for uncertainty amid federal grant cuts

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonMay 9, 2025

Times Union: Local cultural organizations brace for uncertainty amid federal grant cuts By Katherine Kiessling, Times Union Staff Writer May 5, 2025 The letters all began similarly: “Dear IMLS Grantee”…

Altamont Enterprise: ‘Devastating’: Underground Railroad Center program derailed by IMLS cuts

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonMay 9, 2025

‘Devastating’: Underground Railroad Center program derailed by IMLS cuts The Altamont Enterprise Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – 19:40 ALBANY — Cuts in federal funds have delayed or perhaps derailed a…

Times Union: Albany museum funding at risk amid federal cuts

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonMarch 24, 2025

By Ashley Soebroto, Times Union March 19, 2025 ALBANY — Local history museums are on edge as federal funding cuts target another agency: the Institute of Museum and Library Services.…

The Altamont Enterprise: Drawing on the past, interpretive center is to be ‘an investment in the future’

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonOctober 1, 2024

The Altamont Enterprise: Drawing on the past, interpretive center is to be ‘an investment in the future From The Altamont Enterprise: The Underground Railroad Education Center has received another sizable…

Spectrum News: Exploring the Underground Railroad in upstate New York

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonJuly 11, 2024

By Tim Williams, Albany SPECTRUM News PUBLISHED 7:15 PM ET JUL. 08, 2024 Underground Railroad Education Center founders, Paul and Mary Liz Stewart spoke to Spectrum News about the Harriet…

YALI 2023 UREC Documentary

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonJune 25, 2024

Agents of Change: An Underground Railroad Education Center Documentary This documentary tells the story of Albany’s Underground Railroad Education Center (UREC). It was created by group of teens from UREC’s…

News 13: Juneteenth represents when enslaved people earned their freedom

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonJune 18, 2024

By WNYT Updated: June 18, 2024 – 7:23 AM Published: June 17, 2024 – 2:19 PM NewsChannel 13’s Faith King sat down with public historian Lacy Wilson and Paul Stewart,…

News 10: Black history preserved, showcased at Myers House

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonMarch 5, 2024

by: Carina Dominguez Posted: Feb 27, 2024 / 06:14 PM EST ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Albany’s Underground Railroad history is preserved and showcased at the Stephen and Harriet Myers House.…

UREC Story on Channel 6

Articles, NewsBy Marcus AndersonFebruary 27, 2024

by Shawn Robinson Channel 6 News Thu, February 22nd 2024 at 6:38 PM ALBANY, NY (WRGB) — The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, first home to African American boat captain…

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