Join Amelia Paul and Mary Liz Stewart for a family focused afternoon experience - share in some origami read alouds and make a usable origami box to take home. Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. Some sources indicate it reaches back into the 1500s. Decorative and functional paper objects are made and secured…
Join Saladin Allah of Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, Mary Liz and Paul Stewart of Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany, NY, and Charlotte Jackson of The Bowne House Historical Society in Queens, NY for a virtual conversation about the Freedom Seeker's experience in New York State. New York State, cast as a safe…
Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute has resumed for the 2023-2024 school year, meeting on Thursdays at Albany High School from 3:30pm-5:00pm. This interdisciplinary learning experience creates a hands-on introduction to careers in a variety of fields, including but not limited to history, the arts, museum education, preservation, archaeology, photography, and horticulture. Through research and project based…
Together let's dash faster and higher than we did in 2022! Join your contribution with the contribution of others in support of a more equitable and just society made possible through the work of UREC - Donate today and throughout this Giving Season to UREC as we link yesterday with today, working together to build…
Join students, families, faculty, staff, administration, friends, community members in the celebration of the renaming of Philip Schuyler Achievement Academy to Roots Academy of West Hill. The rationale that was submitted along with the name by the Young Abolitionists Leadership Institute (YALI) is explained in the following: "The motto of the Roots Academy should be,…
Join with others at a house party hosted by Lisbeth Calandrino, Board Member and supporter of UREC, to be held across the street from her home at Israel AME Church, 381 Hamilton Street in Albany. Founded in 1828 in Albany, Israel is the oldest Black church in Upstate New York. It was also a station…
Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY have started a new troop that meets at The Myers Residence every other Thursday from 4:30pm-5:30pm. Join in the fun! If interested, or if you have questions, please contact Amelia Paul at 518-621-7793, the UREC Family, Youth and Senior Program Coordinator. Great things are happening at The Res!
Join professional artist and UREC team member Marcus Kwame in this drawing workshop for beginner and intermediate artists. Build skills in composition, line, perspective, depth, lighting, and shading. Students will learn how to draw from observation as well as how to “loosen up" using gesture drawing techniques and thumbnails in order to create more natural…
About the Album: "Lost Voices: Digital Griot" is not just an album; it is a sonic journey that weaves together history, culture, and social consciousness. The album, curated by Nicholas Payton, pays homage to the cornerstone of the West African Oral Tradition. They functioned as poets, storytellers, and musicians that told “the story” across generations.…
Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY troop 88824 are hosting a party for other Girl Scouts on Thursday, December 28 beginning at 1pm at the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Join in on this festive occasion, learn about two historic women of note, and enjoy a craft activity. Interested? Call 518-621-7793 to let us know that…
An Albany Neighborhood Services Tour is scheduled for 5pm on Thursday, January 11 at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Enjoy learning about a new interpretation of an old story in the award-winning, documented Underground Railroad site known as The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, the hub of Underground Railroad activism in Albany and the…
Join this year's MLK Day celebration. On January 16 at 1PM EST Excelsior University will host Darrell Goodwin for a virtual keynote on "Shifting our cultural climate through our co-construction of community", followed by a comments and questions session. Please join us and register HERE. Rev. Darrell L. Goodwin, a Chicago native, brings vast experience…
