Events

Join in the planning and implementation of this fun and unique event! Over the Edge urban rappelling event (https://overtheedgeglobal.com/) is holding its full committee planning sessions on the first Wednesday of each month from 5:00pm - 6:30pm. Refreshments will be provided as we are working across the dinner hour. We need folks who are interested…

Come see the amazing work of our YALI 2025 teens. They have worked together and worked hard over the last five weeks to learn and apply their learning to their Legacy Projects. Join in celebrating their accomplishments. 2pm - 4pm at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany.  

Join with UREC and other grant awardees at the Cahill Room, 1st floor, Albany County Building, 112 State Street, Albany, NY to celebrate the great work of our non-profits. Funding is through the Albany County Community Development, Public Health, and Safety Fund Program.

  Enjoy a full day in the Adirondack's, New York State's premier state park. Mountains, farmland, lakes, ponds, rivers, wildlife, museums and historic sites, trails, and more. This is a collaboration with the Museum of Blue Mounain Lake. Bus transportation is free. Bring or buy your food and drink. Enjoy a geat day in the…

Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great books,…

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 fork? Are you a gardener? Are you a carpenter? All sorts of garden and grounds activities fill up work party days. Join in the fun.…

Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great books,…

Monthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of UREC. Board meetings are hybrid. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Directions will be provided for accessing the Zoom meeting.…

The Interpretive Center - what shall we do in this space? Join with others at The Myers Residence to brainstorm, raise ideas, consider possibilities. The sky is the limit. Even though the opening is over a year away, we need to look ahead to start planning and organizing and fundraising so that we will be…

Explore three of Albany’s finest historic sites and museums to explore stories of abolition, freedom, immigration and labor at the Ten Broeck Mansion, The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, and the Irish American Heritage Museum.   Tours begin at 2 pm at the Irish American Heritage  Museum Tour continues at Ten Broeck at 3:30 pm…

  Call ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays. Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or at The Myers Residence via cash, check, and credit card. Don’t forget to check out Myers Mercantile while at The Residence where you will find great…

I apologize but there is a need to cancel today's planned FreedomCon presentation "Bearing Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County, NY." The presenter is unable to be available. There is no plan to reschedule.   Authors across time have challenged us to look back at history and learn what we missed, to…