Events

Often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language and hidey-holes, the Underground Railroad was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us to believe. As the first integrated civil rights movement in the country, the Underground Railroad movement is the foundation of the legacy of emancipation history…

The Underground Railroad Revisited Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, independent researchers and Scholars in Residence at Russell Sage College, bring their seminal research on the Underground Railroad movement to the community. 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…

Be our guests at our free event, planned and presented by the teen participants in our Young Abolitionists Leadership Institute, for a day of food, community, and history at the Residence of local Underground Railroad Abolitionist activists Stephen and Harriet Myers, located at 194 Livingston Avenue! What is Juneteenth? On June 19, 1865, enslaved African-Americans…

Employees of M&T Bank will volunteer their time at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Tuesday, June 28 between 1pm-4pm. Anyone interested in joining in is welcome to do so. Work is intended to be outside on the Myers Residence Campus grounds. Thank you to Eric Dahl, Senior Vice President at M&T Bank for…

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…

  Checkout the website of Underground Railroad Consortium of NYS to learn more about what the collaborating partners are doing to bring New York State's abolition history forward. Podcasts, events, programs, and more are happening! Become a supporter of this important work!. Information is on the URCNYS website accessible at https://www.urcnys.org/ .     Meetings…

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…

  The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Monday, September 5. Regular public hours will resume on Tuesday, September 6. Thank you for your understanding.

Planning for FreedomCon 2023 has begun! Join this robust committee of enthusiastic volunteers as they look forward to 2023. Planning conversation hovers around transforming FreedomCon into FreedomFest - a family centered day full of engaging experiences reflecting the Black liberation experience across time. This meeting is being conducted via Zoom.The Zoom link will be sent…

Join with UREC's Young Abolitionists in honor of Banned Books Week. In this especially contentious time when book content is being weaponized and fear mongering is a routinely used strategy to encourage opposition to rational thinking, UREC has decided that it needs to step up as a participant in Banned Books Week. Some of our…

In this especially contentious time when book content is being weaponized and fear mongering is a routinely used strategy to encourage opposition to rational thinking, NY Civil Liberties Union is hosting a hybrid banned book reading at the Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library on Thursday, September 22 from 6pm-8pm. This event will…

The Fund Development Committee meets monthly to review UREC programming, to select and design programs for implementation during the year ahead, and to set up a plan of action for financial support of UREC. Join us for this essential work that sustains UREC. Meetings begin at 5:30pm and end by 7pm. Meetings are in-person at…