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 movement in the United States. Learn more about the many records and resources available that document the work, bravery and leadership of those that fought…
Evaluation of the Award Event and steps moving forward will be the topic of discussion at the February 2022 Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund meeting. If you would like to participate in this committee, please notify Paul Stewart by calling 518-621-7793 or by clicking https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/contact/ If you would like to donate to this fund, please CLICK…
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 addressed moving forward. Join this energetic and enthusiastic planning team. Meeting will be via a Zoom link. Topic: FreedomCon 2022: Toward Change - Toward Equality…
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 get our incredibly large collection of artifacts into a public facing, user friendly database? Then this committee is for YOU! This very active committee needs…
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 of our time. Just Mercy tells the story of Equal Justice Initiative from the early days with a small staff facing the nation’s highest death…
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 highly motivated 7-12th graders historically underrepresented in the sciences. Click HERE to read more about this engaging program. Students participating in the AMC STEP program…
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 brief presentation to attendees at the Women's Luncheon held on Tuesday, February 15 at 1pm at Beverwyck Senior Center in Slingerlands. African American leadership, civil…
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 Mary Liz Stewart, Executive Director, to inform her of your intent to attend. Directions will be provided for accessing the Zoom meeting. Mary Liz Stewart…
Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, independent researchers and Scholars in Residence at Russell Sage College, bring their seminal research on the Underground Railroad movement to Shaker Pointe at Carondelet on Thursday, February 17, 2022. The Underground Railroad, often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night escapes, coded language and hidey-holes, was far more…
Mary Liz and Paul Stewart will share via zoom the results of their Underground Railroad research with Arkell Museum supporters and community members on Tuesday, February 22 at 6:30pm. Their presentation, "A New Interpretation of an Old Story", will address the Underground Railroad, which is often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of night…
Writer of crime fiction and non-fiction, Frankie Bailey, Professor, School of Criminal Justice, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, is a crime fiction writer par excellence. Applying her research into topics related to images of victims, offenders, and criminal justice agents in American culture to her interest in the intersections of criminal justice, mass…
Mary Liz and Paul Stewart will share via zoom the results of their Underground Railroad research with The Conkling Center in Glens Falls, NY on Thursday, February 24 from 2pm-3pm. Their presentation, “A New Interpretation of an Old Story”, will address the Underground Railroad, which is often remembered as being characterized by tunnels, dark of…
A Capital Region Juniors Girl Scout troop will visit The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence from 7pm-8pm on Monday, February 28. They look forward to learning about local Underground Railroad activism and its place in the national and international Underground Railroad story, and they look forward to learning about the relevance of Underground Railroad history…
