Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute 2022 (YALI 2022) is on! Twenty teens are assigned to work at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence for 20 hours a week for 5 weeks! We are excited about the Bicycle Your Way to Health Focus Group, the Photography and Videography Focus Group, and the Entrepreneurship Focus Group. Enrichment Fridays…
GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN EARLY-CAREER PHOTOGRAPHER 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 grant of $500, to be awarded after a juried application review. Deadline for submission of…
Join UREC at the Destination Heritage area on the Madison Avenue side of the Plaza during the Black Arts and Cultural Festival planned for Saturday, August 6 from 2pm-7pm. Details available at https://empirestateplaza.ny.gov/black-arts-cultural-festival
Support our teens by attending the Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute 2022 OPEN HOUSE scheduled for Thursday, August 11 from 2pm-4pm at The Myers Residence Campus. The OPEN HOUSE is the opportunity for our teens to showcase what they have done and what they have learned across their five weeks with YALI. Their public presentations during…
Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Record keeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? Contributing to the development of the Collections Management System as we work to get our incredibly large collection of artifacts into a public facing, user friendly database? Planning and implementing International Archeology Day? Then this committee is for…
An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers…
Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch…
Experience an adult adventure in archaeology! Participate in a week-long dig at The Dr. Thomas Elkins property which is part of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence Campus located in Albany, New York. Managed by Underground Railroad Education Center, The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is an award-winning, National Register listed, documented Underground Railroad site…
