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LibertyCon 2020 – Freedom Road: the Struggle for Justice Continues

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

The LiberytCon 2020 Planning Team invites you to join with them in the planning and implementation of this history-changing event. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month from 5:30pm-7pm at The Myers Residence. Be an agent of change! Planning, marketing, fundraising, coordinating speakers and attendees and volunteers and vendors and exhibitors, recordkeeping…

Member Campaign Planning Meeting

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

You are invited to join the Member Campaign planning team. Recognizing those who are already members, setting an action plan in place to expand membership, and implementing that plan are the work of this team. Follow up planning for new and renewed members is a key component. Like to interact with folks from all different…

Collections Committee

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

  Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Recordkeeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? This very active committee needs more volunteers to carry out its important work for URHP and for the community. Be part of the Collections Team!

URHP Reads – Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880

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

The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role Black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when those enslaved had been freed and the attempt was…

Chess – It’s Your Move

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

  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.

URHP Board Meeting

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

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 URHPCR. Please contact Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Mary Liz Stewart – (518) 432-4432 or https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/contact/

Metro Friends – 5 Boros to Freedom Planning Meeting and Volunteer Training

Alan Singer's Home 135 Prospect Park Southwest, Apt. E1, Brooklyn, NY

5 Boros to Freedom intends to revive and renew the community celebration of Pinkster, honoring the communal ancestors, paying tribute to their fortitude and courage, and drawing strength from them as we celebrate the Pinkster themes of self-reliance, supporting others, self-assertion and community as they present themselves to us today. 5 Boros to Freedom is…

Tour Experience at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence

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

  A tour for museum professionals and others who are interested is scheduled for Tuesday, March 31 from 12noon-1:30pm. Come experience The Myers Residence, the history as it is interpreted in a place where civil disobedience had a home, and the contemporary relevance of this historic civil rights movement. Learn about the community engagement activities…

July 4th Oration – Planning Meeting

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

Help bring the July 4th Oration to life by participating in the planning meetings. This annual program is a signature event of Underground Railroad History Project. Using Frederick Douglass's 1852 speech, What to the Slave is Your Fourth of July, as the framework for this event, the concepts and application of liberty, citizenship, civic engagement…

LibertyCon 2020 – Freedom Road: the Struggle for Justice Continues – Planning Meeting

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

The LibertyCon 2020 Planning Team invites you to join with them in the planning and implementation of this history-changing event. Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month from 5:30pm-7pm at The Myers Residence. Be an agent of change! Planning, marketing, fundraising, coordinating speakers and attendees and volunteers and vendors and exhibitors, recordkeeping…

Collections Committee

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

  Do you like digging in the dirt? Researching? Drafting grant applications? Recordkeeping? Planning programs, exhibits, displays? This very active committee needs more volunteers to carry out its important work for URHP and for the community. Be part of the Collections Team!   Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the April Collections meeting will be held…

URHP READS – BLACK RECONSTRUCTION IN AMERICA 1860-1880 – cancelled

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

The pioneering work in the study of the role of Black Americans during Reconstruction by the most influential Black intellectual of his time. This pioneering work was the first full-length study of the role black Americans played in the crucial period after the Civil War, when those enslaved had been freed and the attempt was…