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.…
FreedomCon 2021 planning team is convening on Monday, August 2 to begin planning FreedomCon 2022. Meeting will be in-person at The Myers Residence with a Zoom link for those who…
Join with UREC Board members and volunteers in the planning of the Daniel Stewart Memorial Award. Daniel was an avid photographer and used his photographic skills on behalf of UREC…
The Building and Properties Committee invites members of the community to join board members in collaborating on a range of projects including restoration of The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence,…
Celebrate the hard work and learning of our teens who were part of the Young Abolitionist Leadership Institute 2021. Economics, Education systems, Web building and Entrepreneurship were the focus of…
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…
UREC Reads will resume virtually with Chapter 14 on August 13 Du Bois, an incredible thinker and author who pushes beyond the limits of the American narrative with his challenging…
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…
Break out your bicycle for a slow roll, stress free ride of 3-5 miles through Arbor Hill and West Hill on Sunday, August 15 from 1pm-2:30pm, beginning and ending at…
Monthly URHPCR Board Meetings are open to the public. Pay us a visit. Listen in on the discussions that inform implementation of the mission-based vision of UREC. Please contact…
Visit the historic places in New York's capital city where history was made and influences life today. The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is included in the Freedom and Opportunity…
COVID-19 has accelerated the decades-long trend of wealth accumulating at the top, while more and more Americans fall into poverty. The time is now to enact a bold policy agenda that doesn't just alleviate poverty, but ends it. Rev. McNeill will discuss the impact of poverty in the Capital Region and New York State and…
BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) kicks off their 2021-22 Season with an outdoor production of BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara. BARBECUE centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose…
BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) kicks off their 2021-22 Season with an outdoor production of BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara. BARBECUE centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose…
BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) kicks off their 2021-22 Season with an outdoor production of BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara. BARBECUE centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose…
BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) kicks off their 2021-22 Season with an outdoor production of BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara. BARBECUE centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose…
BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate New York (BTTUNY) kicks off their 2021-22 Season with an outdoor production of BARBECUE by Robert O’Hara. BARBECUE centers around the O’Mallerys, a dysfunctional group of siblings who come together for a park barbeque in order to stage an emergency intervention for their sister Barbara, whose…