UREC Board Executive Committee meeting
Online via ZoomThe Executive Board Committee of Underground Railroad Education Center meets virtually at 4pm on the second Tuesday, of each month. A zoom link will be sent via email to board…
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Come Meet Some Underground Railroad Activists of the Capital Region
Peregrine Senior Living at Delmar 467 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NYBefore the Civil War, while many American citizens believed slavery was necessary, there were many who were opposed to it and worked together to eliminate it. Come meet some of the Capital…
Solomon Northup “Hope out of Darkness” – traveling exhibition
Saratoga Spa State Park 19 Roosevelt Road, Saratoga Springs, NYThe traveling exhibit, the centerpiece oif which is an 8 foot tall bronze sculpture of Solomon Northup, will be in Saratoga Spa Sate Park by the Lincoln Bath House from…
Tour Experiences at The Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCall ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence - 518-621-7793. Tours are hosted at 12:30pm and 2:00pm on Saturdays Admission payments can be made online at https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ or…
UREC Board Meeting
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesMonthly 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…
What to do with the Interpretive Center – a community conversation
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesThe 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…
Freedom and Opportunity in Albany – Immersion Tour
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesExplore 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…
Unravelling Slavery in New York, 1777-1827 (hosted by Underground Railroad Consortium of NYS)
Virtual via ZoomThe talk examines the impetuses and obstacles that produced a gradual abolition law in 1799 and, a generation later, the declared end of slavery in New York State on July…
Grounds Work Party – is calling YOU!
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesPut 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…
Tour Experiences at The Myers Residence
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesCall ahead to schedule your tour at The Myers Residence - 518-621-7793. Tours will be hosted at 2:00pm today, July 19. There will be no 12:30pm tour today. Admission…
Arias in the Afternoon: Handel’s Messiah fundraiser planning
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesJoin with a lively bunch of community members in the planning of Arias in the Afternoon with Handel's Messiah arias to be the centerpiece. Do you like thinking big? Do…
Collections Committee – Join in
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence 194 Livingston Avenue, Albany, NY, United StatesDo you like researching? Drafting grant applications? Recordkeeping? Cataloguing? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? This very active committee needs more volunteers to carry out its important work for UREC and for…
