Put on the garden gloves, pick up the rake, and off you go! Would you prefer to work with clippers or a shovel? How about a lawn mower or pitch fork? Are you a gardener? Are you a carpenter? All sorts of garden and grounds activities fill up work party days. Join in the fun.…
Interested in designing curriculum for the Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute? Join with other community members to develop curriculum that will help expand the reach and impact of YALI. Contact Mary Liz Stewart at 518-621-7793 or at to indicate your interest. This is an in-person workgroup that meets at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence.
Lawyer Bryan Stevenson gives a first-person account of his decades helping marginalized Americans who have been unfairly and harshly punished by the U.S. criminal justice system, which disproportionately targets people of color and poor people. More information about Just Mercy is available at https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/just-mercy/summary/ This link, https://youtu.be/x5DfVmtKgzw, will take you to a recording of Bryan…
It is time for the B/P committee to move forward with pre-development planning for the restoration of the interior of The Myers Residence and the building of the Interpretive Center and landscaping of the surrounding grounds, to review property consolidation and Floating Zone Ordinance, as well as vision for the future. The meeting will be…
This event has been rescheduled to May 3, 2022 MLK 2022 EVENT The Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on Nonviolent Social Change is excited to…
The Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund Early Career photography award of Underground Railroad Education Center announces its award recipients for 2022. Award recipients for 2022 include Jahniah Kum, Nikolai Roschko and…
Join Tom Ruller and Mary Liz and Paul Stewart for a virtual discussion of the men and women whose efforts empowered the abolitionist cause and laid the foundation for today’s civil rights…
FreedomCon 2022 planning team is convening on Monday, February 7 to continue planning FreedomCon 2022 - outreach, speakers, tracks, registration, vendors and exhibitors are some of the topics to be…
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…
An unforgettable true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers…
Science and Technology Entry Program The Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) is a program of the Division of Community Outreach and Medical Education at Albany Medical College. It enrolls…
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…
