Events

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…

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…

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…

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…

Sadly, due to circumstances beyond our control. February Funnies (in April) must be cancelled. Thank you for your interest. Please stay tuned for a reschedule date.  I am afraid COVID…

Please note that The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence will be closed May 2 through May 31. Regular public business hours will resume on Wednesday, June 1. Thank you for…

Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute, one of UREC's signature initiatives, will gather together Focus Group Facilitators for their in-person orientation at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Wednesday, June 8…

Hudson Valley Community College Office of Community & Professional Education will offer a credit free course at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on WEdnesday, June 8. Tour The Myers…

Often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language and hidey-holes, the Underground Railroad was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us…

The Underground Railroad Revisited 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 the…

Be our guests at our free event, planned and presented by the teen participants in our Young Abolitionists Leadership Institute, for a day of food, community, and history at the…

Employees of M&T Bank will volunteer their time at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Tuesday, June 28 between 1pm-4pm. Anyone interested in joining in is welcome to do…