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December Dash is here, again! Won’t you join us as we then …

Underground Railroad Education Center 194 LIvingston Avenue, Albany, NY

December Dash is here, again! Won't you join us as we then Gather together, one and all, Responding to this annual call Through donations of time, talent, treasure, And with…

The Black Convention Movement and Its Relationship with UGRR History

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with Paul Stewart to learn more about Underground Railroad history through the lense of the Black Convention Movement. Conventions, held in Albany, Troy, Schenectady, NYC, Philadelphia, Newark, Cleveland, and elsewhere, provided the structure to organize and support Black leadership in civil and human rights issues.   This is one of a series of 26 presentations…

The UGRR story from the perspective of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass – what can they teach us?

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with Paul Stewart to learn about the Underground Railroad from the lived and recorded experiences of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, the icons of the UGRR movement.    This is one of a series of 26 presentations funded by a grant from New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). All presentations will be…

Myers Residence will be closed, but . . .

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

  The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed December 23, 2024 through January  5, 2025. However, if you would like to schedule a tour of The Myers Residence, please call 518-621-7793, leave a message and we will call you back. We will do our best to make ourselves available for tour experiences. Thank…

The Myers Residence will be closed across the Christmas and New Year’s holidays

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

We at Underground Railroad Education Center wish you and yours a pleasant holiday season. We look forward to engaging with you in the new year. What with the changes coming our way in the new year, we at UREC ask you to be especially generous with your donations of time, talent and treasure. It is…

The Myers Residence will Be Open for Business beginning on January 6, 2025

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence returns to normal business hours on Monday, January 6. Interested in a tour? - Call 518-621-7793 to schedule. Interested in bringing a tour group…

Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute (YALI After School)

Albany High School 700 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York

Continuing UREC's tradition of programming that promotes collaboration, literary and research skills in our high school participants, teen participants, led by UREC facilitators, will learn local Underground Railroad history and…

Tour The Myers Residence – at 5:30pm

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope.…

Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute (YALI After School)

Albany High School 700 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York

Continuing UREC's tradition of programming that promotes collaboration, literary and research skills in our high school participants, teen participants, led by UREC facilitators, will learn local Underground Railroad history and…

Bethlehem Seniors Tour The Myers Residence

The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United States

The Bethlehem Seniors will tour The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Tuesday, January 21 beginning at 10am. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope.  'Meet' Stephen and Harriet Myers…

The Underground Railroad: a New Interpretation of an Old Story

The Century House 997 Loudon Road, Latham, NY

Hosted by the Torch Club - 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…

The Underground Railroad – a New Interpretation of an Old Story

Knights of Columbus Saratoga 50 Pine Road, Saatoga Springs, New York

African American leadership, civil disobedience, documentation, are just some of the characteristics of the real Underground Railroad Movement of the antebellum period. This new interpretation and its relevance for today…