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A New Interpretation of an Old Story at Beverwyck Senior Center, Slingerlands

Beverwyck Senior Center 44 Autumn Drive, Alingerlands, NY

Stephen Myers, leader of Underground Railroad in Albany (1830s-50s) (courtesy of Albany Public Library, Picture from Autobiography of William Henry Johnson, 1900) Paul and Mary Liz Stewart will provide a brief presentation to attendees at the Women's Luncheon held on Tuesday, February 15 at 1pm at Beverwyck Senior Center in Slingerlands. African American leadership, civil…

UREC Board Meeting

Virtual via Zoom

  Monthly 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. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Directions will be provided for accessing the Zoom meeting. Mary Liz Stewart…

A New Interpretation of an Old Story at Shaker Pointe at Carondelet

Shaker Pointe at Carondelet One Bell Tower Drive, Watervliet, NY

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 Shaker Pointe at Carondelet  on Thursday, February 17, 2022. The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language and hidey-holes, was far more…

A New Interpretation of an Old Story

Online via Zoom

Mary Liz and Paul Stewart will share via zoom the results of their Underground Railroad research with Arkell Museum supporters and community members on Tuesday, February 22 at 6:30pm. Their presentation, "A New Interpretation of an Old Story", will address the Underground Railroad, which is often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night…

Black in the Hudson Valley Book Talk Series – with Dr. Frankie Bailey

Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza 1475 Western Avenue, Albany, New York

Writer of crime fiction and non-fiction, Frankie Bailey, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, is a crime fiction writer par excellence. Applying her research into topics related to images of victims, offenders, and criminal justice agents in American culture to her interest in the intersections of criminal justice, mass…

A New Interpretation of an Old Story

The Conkling Center 79 Warren St., Glens Faalls, NY, United States

Mary Liz and Paul Stewart will share via zoom the results of their Underground Railroad research with The Conkling Center in Glens Falls, NY on Thursday, February 24 from 2pm-3pm. Their presentation, “A New Interpretation of an Old Story”, will address the Underground Railroad, which is often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of…

Girls Scouts visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence

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

A Capital Region Juniors Girl Scout troop will visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence from 7pm-8pm on Monday, February 28. They look forward to learning about local Underground Railroad activism and its place in the national and international Underground Railroad story, and they look forward to learning about the relevance of Underground Railroad history…

Pamela Newkirk to Provide Opening Address at FreedomCon 2022: Toward Change – Toward Equality

HVCC BulmerTelecommunications Ctr 80 Vandenburgh Avenue, Troy, NY

Click FreedomCon Journal to open your online copy of the conference journal   Join us Friday evening April 1st as we kick off FreedomCon 2022 with a presentation by Pamela Newkirk. This is an in-person and virtual presentation. Visit FreedomCon 2022 for details on our full weekend of events. Register Locked In and Left Out: Ota…

FreedomCon 2022: Toward Change – Toward Equality

Hudson Valley Community College Bulmer Telecommunications Center 80 Vandenburgh Ave, Troy, NY

Click FreedomCon Journal to open your online copy of the conference journal Saturday Schedule 9:00am Registration Opens 9:30am–9:50am Welcome 10:00am–11:15am Workshop 1 12:00pm–1:00pm Lunch 1:30pm–2:45pm Workshop 2 3:15pm–4:30pm Workshop 3 4:45pm–5:00pm Litany of Remembrance Register   Six Workshop Tracks Include: A series of three related workshops will be held in each Track. Workshops will address…

$20 – $55

FreedomCon 2022: Toward Change – Toward Equality

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

OPEN HOUSE at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence - (In-person only) Conversation, refreshments and mini-tours will be on offer. Visit Myers Mercantile which boasts original, one-of-a kind items, books, videos, clothing, toys and more. Browse the library shelves. Experience the Yours for the Oppressed exhibit. Experience the place where the Albany Vigilance Committee met…

Collections Committee

Online via Zoom

Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Record keeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? Contributing to the development of the Collections Management System as we work to get our incredibly large collection of artifacts into a public facing, user friendly database? Then this committee is for YOU! This very active committee needs…

Hoop House Greenhouse Ribbon Cutting – You are Invited

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

EARTH DAY MARKED WITH HOOP HOUSE RIBBON CUTTING 12:30 - 1:30pm Underground Railroad Education Center at 194 Livingston Avenue in Albany has initiated an inter-generational Greenhouse Hoop House Project and will cut a ribbon for its inauguration on April 23rd at 12:30pm. The pubic is invited to participate in the ribbon cutting and reception program.…