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The Florence Farming and Lumber Association

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

Join with Paul Stewart to learn more about the Florence Farming and Lumber Association, an economic development plan organized by Stephen Myers and set up in Florence, New York.  This…

Niskayuna 7th graders to visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence

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

125 7th graders from the Niskayuna Central School District will be rotating through 5 stations at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn about the Underground Railroad, how it…

Freedom 2027 – October Planning Meeting

National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum 5255 Pleasant Balley Road, Peterboro, New York

The Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State is launching Freedom 2027 – New York’s Abolition Bicentennial initiative to acknowledge and commemorate the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of legal…

Reimagining I-787 at The Myers Residence Campus

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

Chat with Department of Transportation staff to learn about the five plans that have been developed around the idea of redesigning Interstate 787 in Albany, NY. Bring your ideas, your…

Public History Class visits The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence

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

SUNY Albany's graduate public history class HIS 501 “Introduction to Public History” will be visiting The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Wednesday, October 30 for an immersion into local…

Pan-African Friday Folklore: Stories Under The Stars

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

A family evening of culture, words of wisdom, and precautionary tales In the backyard of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Gather the family and join us at dusk for…

FreedomCon 2024 – The Reparations Debate

Virtual via Zoom

Debate over reparations for formerly enslaved Africans and their descendants is not new. In 1989, Rep. John Conyers introduced bills to create an education fund to support Black college and…

The Underground Railroad Revisited at Brunswick Community Library

Brunswick Community Library 4118 State Highway 2, Troy, NY

Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart of Underground Railroad Education Center at Brunswick Community Library to learn things about the Underground Railroad movement that you may never have heard…

Understanding the UGRR from the letters of Stephen Myers

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

Join with Paul Stewart to learn more about about the Underground Railroad from the words of Stephen Myers as contained in his letters. Stephen Myers, born enslaved, manumitted, leading abolitionist,…