Using the framework of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech, ‘What to the Slave is Your Fourth of July”, let us come together to reflect on the meaning of July 4th in the context of our current political and social climate. Guest Reader Jonathan Jones will read selected excerpts from Douglass's speech. Featured Speaker Gretchin Sorin…
The Leadership Institute, as a service-learning program, is designed for 20 teens and is conducted across an 80-hour, four-week period that runs through July and August 2020. Small groups of teens work with professionals in Focus Groups learning and applying real world research and analysis and planning skills to a collaboratively agreed upon focus, which…
Due to COVID Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute Open House will be recorded and shared publicly following the recording. Please stay tuned for more information.
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence welcomes you back! 5pm on September 7 is the official reopening to the public beginning. In order to insure everyone's safety, protocols have been put into place. Please visit https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ for information. We do ask that tickets be purchased online and that you call ahead to schedule your visit…
Members of The Capital District Humanist Society will join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart for an in-person two hour tour experience at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn about the involvement of Albany's Black activists in the Underground Railroad movement and the contemporary relevance of that activism with us today. Tour…
Do you like to dig in the dirt? Like to plant flowers? Like to beautify a garden? Then this service day is for YOU! Join forces with our Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute teens as they reclaim a once lovely Rock Garden that has languished over the last few years. Tucked in a corner of the…
The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed on Monday, October 12. It will reopen to the public on Tuesday, October 13 at 5pm. If you are interested in visiting The Myers Residence please visit https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/tours/ for scheduling information that aligns with COVID-10 safety protocols.
Yours for the Oppressed, Harriet Myers - Grand Opening Exhibit Celebrating the Activism of Black Women Across Time Exhibit Opening begins at 2pm in the backyard of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Paul and Mary Liz Stewart will provide a welcome, to be followed by Opening Remarks from curator Derek Healey. Poet and…
Yours for the Oppressed, Harriet Myers Come view the first such exhibit to be installed at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Yours for the Oppressed, Harriet Myers features pieces chosen by our museum’s Special Collections curator in honor of Black Women’s contributions to social justice in America. The exhibition centers around an 1860 letter…
Calling all chess players from no experience to beginners to experts. Come play a historical game in a historical house. Boards and chess pieces provided. All are welcome the third Monday of every month. Light refreshments will be served. Masks covering nose and mouth, available at The Myers Residence, will be required. Hand…
Volunteers and staff will be spending the Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends, as best as can be done under current COVID conditions. To this end The Myers Residence will be closed Wednesday, November 25, Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27. The Residence will reopen to the public on Saturday, November 28 from…
Are you ready? Giving Tuesday kicks off UREC's December Dash campaign - help UREC drop kick into 2021 by raising $10,000 before December 31, 2020. Mark your calendar and join with UREC in working to make our communities more equitable and just for all. Send your donation by postal mail to Underground Railroad Education…
