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SUMMARY:JULY 4TH ORATION - THE THIRD RECONSTRUCTION
DESCRIPTION:July 4th Oration is back in person at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Saturday\, July 3 beginning at 11am with an enriching presentation by Rev. Roxanne Booth on The Third Reconstruction and followed by light refreshments.  \nBring a chair and a dish to share if you like. If raining\, we will use the shelter located on the Third Street properties.  \nThis program will be live-streamed for those unable to join in-person. Use these links for Zoom and FaceBook access to virtually join July 4th Oration – \nZoom webinar (preferred):  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83166344669 \nFacebook live: https://www.facebook.com/events/164816699023467/ \n  \nJuly 4th Oration Poster – 8.5 x 11 inches\n  \n\n\nThe Third Reconstruction\nThe first Reconstruction briefly flourished after Emancipation\, and the second Reconstruction ushered in meaningful progress in the civil rights era. But both were met by ferocious reactionary measures that severely curtailed\, and in many cases rolled back\, racial and economic progress. This Third Reconstruction is a profoundly moral awakening of justice-loving people united in a fusion coalition powerful enough to reclaim the possibility of democracy—even in the face of corporate-financed extremism . . .  Click HERE to read more. \n  \nAbout the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival\nIn 1968\, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many others called for a “revolution of values” in America. They sought to build a broad\, fusion movement that could unite poor and impacted communities across the country. Their name was a direct cry from the underside of history: The Poor People’s Campaign . . Click HERE to continue reading . . . \n  \n \n  \nSpeaker – Rev. Roxanne Booth \n  \nRev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth grew up in Catskill\, New York. She is the daughter of the late Samuel and Marjorie Jones. She is a three-time graduate of Howard University in Washington\, DC where she received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science\, the Master of Arts degree in Religious Studies\, and the Master of Divinity degree. She is also a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Hamilton Massachusetts\, having received the Doctor of Ministry degree specializing in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies. \nRev. Dr. Booth was married to the Reverend Antonio Booth on June 19\, 1999. After seven years\nof marriage\, Rev. Dr. Booth and Rev. Antonio Booth accepted to do missions work with the\nForeign Mission Board (FMB) of the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. and moved to the\nKingdom of Swaziland in May 2006. Before marriage Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth served four\nyears as a mission worker in the Kingdom of Swaziland and three years in South Africa with the\nForeign Mission Board from 1991-1998. \nIn July 2004\, Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth planned the Foreign Mission Board’s first HIV/AIDS\nLeadership Empowerment Conference in South Africa. This Conference bought together clergy and\nchurch leaders from National Baptist Churches in Swaziland and South Africa for leadership\ntraining for tackling the spread of HIV/AIDS. At the Conference clergy and church leaders\nreceived relevant information on HIV/AIDS counseling and testing training\, pastoral counseling\nin bereavement and grief as well as information for setting up HIV/AIDS support groups\,\nfeeding programs\, and home-based health care training programs in their churches. \nFrom May 2006 to March 2009\, Rev. Dr. Roxanne Jones Booth was the Foreign Mission Board\nRegional Representative in Swaziland. In Swaziland the mission ministry involved leadership\ndevelopment training with clergy and church leaders of nine National Baptist churches\,\nsupervision of a pre-school and clinic and distribution of scholarships to 75 Swazi students. \nUpon their return to the United States in March 2009\, Rev. Dr. Booth and Rev. Antonio Booth\nserved as Interim Co-Pastors of Riverview Missionary Baptist Church from January 2010 to\nDecember 2010. In March 2011 the two were installed as the permanent Co-Pastors of the\nRiverview Missionary Baptist Church. This is the church were Rev. Dr. Booth was baptized and\nthe church which ordained her for the Gospel ministry. \nCurrently\, Rev. Dr. Booth is an Adjunct Professor at the State University of New York at\nAlbany in the College of Arts and Sciences Africana Studies Department lecturing in\nAfrican/African American Religion. She is also a proud and active life-time member of Delta\nSigma Theta Sorority Inc. and serves as the Dean of the Hudson River Frontier Missionary Baptist Association Congress of Christian Education. \nTo God be the glory!
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/july-4th-oration-the-third-reconstruction/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Garden Explorers visiting The Myers Residence Gardens
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Garden Explorers\, a garden club based in the Capital Region\, will visit the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence gardens on Wednesday\, July 14 at 6pm. Light refreshments will be provided. Interested in joining in? Please call Mary Liz Stewart at 518-621-7793 to let her know you will be participating.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/garden-explorers-visiting-the-myers-residence-gardens/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Work Party days are here!
DESCRIPTION: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. Feel a sense of accomplishment! Help UREC be good stewards of its properties. \nRefreshments and tools are provided. Bring your own tools if you have favorites that you like to use. \nOur ‘Outhouse Moderne` provides restroom facilities. \nNo need to register. Just show up on the day or days of your choice. Look forward to seeing you soon! \nSince we will be outside\, COVID protocols will require us to socially distance and to wear masks if we cannot socially distance. \nWork Party Hours: \n12:30pm – 4:00pm \nWork Party Days: \nJuly 17 \nAugust 14 \nSeptember 18 \nOctober 16
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/work-party-days-are-here/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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SUMMARY:FreedomCon 2021 - Racist Violence is as American as Cherry Pie
DESCRIPTION:SNCC chair H. Rap Brown was excoriated after a July 1967 press conference where he told reporters: “I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America’s culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free\, by any means necessary.”\nFollowing the attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol\, Joe Biden issued a statement that “The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect a true America\, do not represent who we are.” While some Republicans in Congress accused the Democrats and Black Lives Matter movement of normalizing violence and rioting\, other elected officials from both political parties\, including Donald Trump\, echoed Biden’s remarks. Unfortunately\, H. Rap Brown was right. Violence\, especially racist violence directed at African Americans is as “American as cherry pie.”\n  \n\n\nAlan Singer\, PhD\, is a professor of Teaching\, Learning and Technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University\, Hempstead\, New York. Dr. Singer is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket\, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. He is the author of Teaching Global History (Routledge\, 2011)\, New York and Slavery: Time to Teach the Truth (SUNY Press\, Excelsior Editions\, 2008)\, Education Flashpoints\, Fighting for America’s Schools (Routledge 2014)\, Social Studies for Secondary Schools (Routledge\, 4th edition\, 20015)\, New York’s Grand Emancipation Jubilee (SUNY Press\, 2018) and editor of a 268-page secondary school curriculum guide\, New York and Slavery: Complicity and Resistance. In 2011\, the Long Island Conference for the Social Studies awarded Dr. Singer the Mark Rothman Teacher Mentoring Award for his commitment to students and continued excellence in education. He received his Masters and Doctoral degrees from Rutgers University. \nFollow Alan Singer on Facebook\, Twitter and at Daily Kos (https://www.dailykos.com/blog/alan%20singer) \n  \n Today’s event is made possible\, in part\, by an Action Grant from Humanities New York. Humanities New York encourages critical thinking and cultural understanding in the public arena through grants\, programs\, networking and advocacy. Visit humanitiesny.org to learn more.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/libertycon-2021-racist-violence-is-as-american-as-cherry-pie/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:African American Marbleization - An Act of Civil Disobedience
DESCRIPTION:African American Marbleization is a series of sculptures by Yvonne Shortt. It is her response to oppression and racisms of African Americans in art\, history\, and her country. It draws on her personal experience of being a woman of color and her desire to use education\, communication\, research\, and art to further conversation and  action. Shortt portrays everyday people of color and objects used primarily by people of color who are at war with a social\, economic\, and political system that has  undervalued their labor and bodies since the formation of the U.S.A. Through research of the objects\, community conversations\, and redesign the objects take on  new/enhanced forms and meanings. \nA pond installation built with the local community to install sculptures above and under the water of the pond. The sculptures are designed based on everyday artifacts from the time of Myers. It aims to commemorate all the everyday people who each took part in the Underground Railroad movement\, and the importance of how we choose to  live our everyday life to create change. \nSculptures\nA couple of pieces installed above water will be modeled after the pieces of furniture in the Underground Railroad Education Center such as the woodstove in the parlor. We will work with the community members and have them create pieces in the water. The design of these pieces will be based on the everyday life artifacts found through the Center’s archeology program. The above-water sculptures will be visible from the sidewalk and attract viewers\, and as they approach the pond they will see more objects underwater which will create a more intimate experience with the installation. \n  \nCommunity members are welcome to participate in building the sculpture under Yvonne’s direction. Interested? Call Mary Liz Stewart at 518-621-7793 or email via the Contact Us page. Leave a message and Mary Liz will call you back with details. Please plan to commit to participating 9am-12pm from July 26 through July 30.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/african-american-marbleization-an-act-of-civil-disobedience/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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