Target Circle Community Giving is partnering with UREC through March 31 – CAST YOUR VOTES
Cast your vote for UREC at Target - online, via the Target app or at the store - between January 1 and March 31, 2024. One vote is earned for…
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Events
Girl Scout Cookies on sale online – can be picked up or delivered – support the Myers Residence Troop 88824
OnlineYou get cookies; Girl Scouts gain confidence. Nationwide shipping is available on all cookies! It’s time to Unbox the Future! Girl Scout Cookies are more than delicious treats, they’re entrepreneurial…
DASNY Tour of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesLearn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come to The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to 'meet' Stephen and Harriet Myers and…
Southgate Elementary Culture Festival – UREC Tabling
Southgate Elementary School 91 Fiddlers Lane, Latham, NYSouthgate elementary school in Colonie is holding its Cultural Festival on Friday, March 8 beginning at 6pm in the school gymnasium. Pay a visit to the UREC table. Presentations to…
Drawn to Art with Marcus Kwame
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin 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…
$20.00 – $35.00
DASNY Tour of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesLearn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come to The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to ‘meet’ Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end the institution of enslavement in New York State and the…
The Myers Residence will be CLOSED on March 29 and 30
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesThe Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Friday, March 29 and Saturday, March 30. The Residence will reopen on Monday, April 1 at normal business hours. Thank you for your understanding.
Girl Scout Cookies on Sale at The Myers Residence – support troop 88824
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesBuy your Girl Scout cookies in person at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Friday, April 5 between 5pm-7pm. A list of cookies can be found at https://digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troop88888153?fpkp=1 When you buy Girl Scout Cookies, you help young entrepreneurs develop five essential life skills: Skill #1: Goal Setting Girl Scouts learn how to set goals and…
Weaving Stories with UREC & Lori Kochanski
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCalling ALL regional Albany NY Residents with a story to tell… Looking for the next 2024 “First Friday” thing-to-do? Learn how to weave YOUR story into a unique piece of art that you can take home with you! EXPLORE how art, in this case weaving, tells a story without words about the artist and…
$15.00 – $25.00
Archeology and the History of African American Farms in the Capital Region
William K. Sanford Town Library 629 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville, NYMichael Lucas, Archeologist with the State Museum, will discuss the little known but surprising and fascinating story of owner-operated African American farms in the Capital region in the 1800s as revealed in unique historical archaeological sources. Lucas and his team have identified a handful of Black-owned farming families who operated in the area during the…
The Value and Meaning of Volunteering and Community Engagement a panel discussion
Virtual via ZoomExcelsior University, the Community Engagement Group, the Center for Social Justice, and the Excelsior University Rope Teams are thrilled to be hosting an amazing panel of internal and external community leaders as part or Excelsior’s participation in Volunteering Week. The panel will be held during Excelsior University’s Charter Day & Volunteer Week, on April 10 at…
The Underground Railroad Revisited
Bach Library 455 New Scotland AVenue, Albany, NYJoin Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at the Bach Library branch of the Albany Public Library as they share a new interpretation of an old story. Visit https://albany.librarycalendar.com/event/underground-railroad-revisited-10860 for more information.
