Events

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…

Please take advantage of the many MLK, Jr. Day programs scheduled around the Capital Region on this day of commemoration while The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is closed.

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…

Join others in honoring the work of 15 local civil rights activists and preview their oral history interviews. Their civil rights involvement included school desegregation in the 1950s, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, working for voter registration in the South and the North, and much more. You are invited to…

Since 1976, every President has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a theme. The theme for 2024 is African Americans and the Arts. Black history, Black lives, accomplishments, and needs matter in February and every month of the year. Black history is a critical part of US and international history. We must work…

The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us to believe. In the midst of significant pro-slavery sentiment, New York State was home to many abolitionists working to abolish the institution of enslavement in…

Join with Paul Stewart and congregants of Westminster Presbyterian Church on Sunday, February 11 for a sermon, "Albany's Underground Railroad and Faith Communities in Action" to be delivered by Paul Stewart at the 10am service. Faith communities were as conflicted as the nation in the antebellum period of American history. Some supported the institution of…

Join with Sarah LaDuke, producer of WAMC Roundtable and The Book Show, in a conversation with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart as they chat about the Interpretive Center, other happenings at Underground Railroad Education Center, and their upcoming presentation at Olana State Historic Site. This live conversation is scheduled for 11:10am on Monday, February 12.…

Visit the annual NYS Black History Month Festival to be held in the NYS Concourse on Wednesday, February 14 from 10am-2pm. Enjoy many vendors, displays, food, music, and student artwork. Hope to see you there!

The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us to believe. In the midst of significant pro-slavery sentiment, New York State was home to many abolitionists working to abolish the institution of enslavement in…

  Learn more about the history of the Underground Railroad and the work of the Underground Railroad Education Center during this special FREE lecture celebrating Black History Month. Paul and and Mary Liz Stewart will share more about their work researching the Underground Railroad and reinterpreting the underground railroad's relevance for us today. FREE; meet…

The BLACK HISTORY MONTH event at North Albany Middle School will feature a panel of guest speakers and community organizations, UREC among them. Stop in at North Albany Middle School located 570 N Pearl St, Menands, NY 12204 between 5:30-7:00pm on Thursday, February 29. Visit the school's event calendar at https://www.albanyschools.org/schools/northalbany/calendar/monthly/2024/02 See you here!