Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY troop 88824 are hosting a party for other Girl Scouts on Thursday, December 28 beginning at 1pm at the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Join in on this festive occasion, learn about two historic women of note, and enjoy a craft activity. Interested? Call 518-621-7793 to let us know that…
Please know that, in order for UREC staff to have some family time across the upcoming holidays, UREC will be closed on Saturday, December 30 through Tuesday, January 2. Thank you for your understanding. Hope your holidays are pleasant
Cast your vote for UREC at Target - online, via the Target app or at the store - between January 1 and March 31, 2024. One vote is earned for every eligible purchase. Are you a Target Circle member? You are all set to cast your vote for your favorite non-profit - Underground Railroad Education…
The Executive Board Committee of Underground Railroad Education Center will meet virtually at 4pm on Tuesday, December 12. The Zoom link can be found by clicking HERE . If you are not an Executive Committee member but do have something you would like to have included in the UREC Board Meeting agenda for the January 16…
Join with UREC board members and volunteers to refine and implement a 2024 Fund Development plan for UREC. Events, cultivation of donors, fee-for-service programs, grants are part of any strong fund development plan. Share your creative ideas on how UREC can focus its energies in 2024 to meet its operational and capital goals while supporting…
An Albany Neighborhood Services Tour is scheduled for 5pm on Thursday, January 11 at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Enjoy learning about a new interpretation of an old story in the award-winning, documented Underground Railroad site known as The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, the hub of Underground Railroad activism in Albany and the…
Please take advantage of the many MLK, Jr. Day programs scheduled around the Capital Region on this day of commemoration while The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is closed.
Join this year's MLK Day celebration. On January 16 at 1PM EST Excelsior University will host Darrell Goodwin for a virtual keynote on "Shifting our cultural climate through our co-construction of community", followed by a comments and questions session. Please join us and register HERE. Rev. Darrell L. Goodwin, a Chicago native, brings vast experience…
Join others in honoring the work of 15 local civil rights activists and preview their oral history interviews. Their civil rights involvement included school desegregation in the 1950s, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, working for voter registration in the South and the North, and much more. You are invited to…
Since 1976, every President has designated February as Black History Month and endorsed a theme. The theme for 2024 is African Americans and the Arts. Black history, Black lives, accomplishments, and needs matter in February and every month of the year. Black history is a critical part of US and international history. We must work…
The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language, and hidey-holes, was far more extensive and complex than these ideas have led us to believe. In the midst of significant pro-slavery sentiment, New York State was home to many abolitionists working to abolish the institution of enslavement in…
Join with Paul Stewart and congregants of Westminster Presbyterian Church on Sunday, February 11 for a sermon, "Albany's Underground Railroad and Faith Communities in Action" to be delivered by Paul Stewart at the 10am service. Faith communities were as conflicted as the nation in the antebellum period of American history. Some supported the institution of…
