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SUMMARY:Target Circle Fundraising Program - vote for UREC when you make a purchase
DESCRIPTION:UREC is participating in the Target Circle program! You can vote for us and help direct Target’s giving to benefit UREC by making a purchase online\, at a Target store\, or via the Target app.\nFor full program details and restrictions visit Target Circle at target.com/circle.\nSetting up an account in Target Circle allows you to receive rewards when you make purchases at Target and allows you to vote for your favorite non-profit among those featured. Target Circle is NOT connected to a Target credit card.\nVotes will be tallied in March 2023 and a financial contribution from Target will be generated for UREC based upon the number of votes received from community members.\nVotes can be made via the Target app\, via your online purchases\, and by entering your mobile phone number at checkout.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/target-circle-fundraising-program-vote-when-you-make-a-purchase/
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SUMMARY:Black Resistance
DESCRIPTION:The Albany County Legislative Black Caucus presents a Black History Month Panel on Black Resistance scheduled for February 1 from 5:30-6:30pm at The Black Annex located at 1 Steuben Place\, Albany\, 12207. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. \nJoin with distinguished Albany change-makers to hear their thoughts on relevant contemporary issues and join them in conversation about various justice issues confronting us today. \nModerated by Ms. Arlene Way\, Executive Director\, Arbor Hill Development Corporation. Panelists include Paul a nd Mary Liz Stewart\, “Aprecia” Preem Cabey\, and Dr. El-Ra Adair Radney. \nPlease share this information in your neworks. \nThis is an in-person event. Look forward to seeing you there! \n  \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/black-resistance/
LOCATION:The Blake Annex\, 1 Steuben Place\, Albany\, New York\, 12207
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SUMMARY:The Underground Railroad and Albany's South End
DESCRIPTION:Join with Paul and Mary LIz Stewart to learn about the Underground Railroad and its relationship with Albany’s South End. Bring your questions\, comments\, thoughts about this historic civil rights movement that had an active presence in the city of Albany and continues to inform civil rights efforts toda.\n  \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/the-underground-railroad-and-albanys-south-end/
LOCATION:Howe Library\, 105 Schuyler St\, Albany\, NY\, 12202
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SUMMARY:Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund - Planning Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Evaluation of the Award Event and steps moving forward will be the topic of discussion at the February 7\, 2023 Daniel Stewart Memorial Fund meeting. This award is named in honor of Daniel Stewart who contributed his photography skills to photographically record the happenings of UREC. His life was cut short at the young age of 34 years by a driver who failed to yield the right of way. Daniel is fondly remembered by the support offered to emerging photographers through this award. Efforts to expand this fund and expand its outreach and to plan the annual award ceremony need the thoughtful participation of UREC supporters. Join in this monthly meeting via Zoom using the information below. Contact Paul Stewart at the phone number below for questions and additional information. \nIf you would like to participate in this committee\, please notify Paul Stewart by calling 518-621-7793 or by clicking  https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/contact/ \nIf you would like to donate to this fund\, please CLICK HERE to make an online donation or call Paul Stewart at 518-621-7793. \nZoom meeting information – register using the link below and you will be sent an email with a login link for each monthly meeting – \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcscOqsqD8rHdxiMz_5s2kqPgjK0zuOafy7   \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/daniel-stewart-memorial-fund-planning-committee-meeting/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230208T190000
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SUMMARY:The Underground Railroad Revisited - at Messiah Lutheran Church Community Center
DESCRIPTION: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 our state and nation and it was visited by many who had escaped enslavement and sought a life of freedom. \nJoin with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart\, independent researchers and co-founders of Underground Railroad Education Center as they share a new interpretation of a very old story and explain the various initiatives in which Underground Railroad Education Center is engaged as it works to connect the public with this empowering local history and its relevance for us today.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/the-underground-railroad-revisited-at-messiah-lutheran-church-community-center/
LOCATION:Messiah Lutheran Church Community Center\, 705 Curry Road\, Schenectady\, New York\, 12306
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SUMMARY:"The Interview" - a screening and discussion
DESCRIPTION:For Black History Month Kingston 2023\, The Library at the A.J. Williams- Myers African Roots Center\, ENJAN (End the New Jim Crow Action Network) Kingston\, and the YWCA Ulster County are going to host a screening of the documentary “The Interview” co-sponsored by RAPP (Releasing Aging People from Prisons) and the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice. You can enjoy this impactful documentary and have some good conversations and refreshments!! \n\n\n\n\n     A little bit about the film: “The Interview” asks viewers to confront their feelings about justice and mercy while revealing the heavy toll our current legal system takes on incarcerated people and their families. You can take a look at the flyer for more information or email isispascuala@gmail.com.\n     This event will take place Thursday 2/16 at 6pm at the Restorative Justice Center (733 Broadway Kingston\, NY 12401). There will be a panel discussion to take place after the showing! This Event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please reserve your spot here https://bhmkingston2023arcywcaenjan.eventbrite.com or email me at isispascuala@gmail.com to reserve your spot. We are looking forward to seeing you there!\n\n\n\n     While this is an in-person event\, Underground Railroad Education Center and the Library at the AJ WIlliams Myers African Roots Center in Kingston\, NY are collaborating on sharing virtual events in our networks. Please support the Roots Library efforts. Attend if you are near Kingston. Help spread the word if you can.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/the-interview-a-screening-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Stephen Myers and the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION:Join Mary Liz and Paul Stewart as they discuss Harriet and Stephen Myers\, Black abolitionists whose residence was a headquarters for Underground Railroad activity in the Capital Region in the mid-1850’s. The Myers serve as a lasting legacy for social justice and reform.\n\nTheir home is now a museum and community place for gathering that serves as a reckoning space with the past\, and also inspires future generations.\nThis virtual presentation is hosted by Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site and is organized by David Brooks\, Schoharie Crossing Education Director. \nThis virtual presentation will be available through Webex. Click HERE to access the Webex link. The Webex link will goes live at 6:50pm. \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/stephen-myers-and-the-underground-railroad/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:Black Authors in the Hudson Valley Book Talk - Janell Hobson and   "When God Lost Her Tongue"
DESCRIPTION:This is a hybrid event via Zoom (link below) and in-person at Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary (address below) \nWhen God Lost Her Tongue explores historical consciousness as captured through the Black feminist imagination that re-centers the perspectives of Black women in the African Diaspora\, and revisits how Black women’s transatlantic histories are re-imagined and politicized in our contemporary moment. \nConnecting select historical case studies – from the Caribbean\, the African continent\, North America\, and Europe – while also examining the retelling of these histories in the work of present-day writers and artists\, Janell Hobson utilizes a Black feminist lens to rescue the narratives of African-descended women\, which have been marginalized\, erased\, forgotten\, and/or mis-remembered. African goddesses crossing the Atlantic with captive Africans. Women leaders igniting the Haitian Revolution. Unnamed Black women in European paintings. African women on different sides of the “door of no return” during the era of the transatlantic slave trade. Even ubiquitous “Black queens” heralded and signified in a Beyoncé music video or a Janelle Monáe lyric. And then there are those whose names we will never forget\, like the iconic Harriet Tubman. \nThis critical interdisciplinary intervention will be key reading for students and researchers studying African American women\, Black feminisms\, feminist methodologies\, Africana studies\, and women and gender studies. (https://www.routledge.com/When-God-Lost-Her-Tongue-Historical-Consciousness-and-the-Black-Feminist/Hobson/p/book/9780367198343) \n  \nZoom link – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87387017444 \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/black-authors-in-the-hudson-valley-book-talk-janell-hobson-and-when-god-lost-her-tongue/
LOCATION:Professor Java’s Coffee Sanctuary\, Shoppers Plaza - 145 Wolf Road\, Albany\, NY\, 12205
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SUMMARY:Anti-Slavery in Columbia County and the Region
DESCRIPTION:Columbia County was an important and vibrant community in the first half of the 19th century. Temperance\, reform movements and Underground Railroad activity were part of the antebellum period. Numerous freedom seekers\, such as Peter Wheeler pictured here\, made their way to the region\, some to settle\, some to find respite before moving on\, knowing that support was available from abolitionists\, both black and white\, who made the region their home. \nThe Underground Railroad Education Center brings to the public the historically documented accounts of both freedom seekers and abolitionists\, highlighting the leadership roles occupied by African Americans abolitionists\, identifying who they were\, what they did\, where they engaged in their activities as they sought to ensure that the promises of our nation’s Declaration of Independence were available to all. \nThis virtual program is presented by the Underground Railroad Education Center in Albany and Hosted by the Columbia County Libraries Association. \nTo register email: columbiacountylibraries@gmail.com
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/anti-slavery-in-columbia-county-and-the-region/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Underground Railroad: a New Interpretation of an Old Story
DESCRIPTION: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 our state and nation and it was visited by many who had escaped enslavement and sought a life of freedom. Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart\, independent researchers and co-founders of Underground Railroad Education Center as they share a new interpretation of a very old story and explain the various initiatives in which Underground Railroad Education Center is engaged as it works to connect the public with this empowering local history and its relevance for us today.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/the-underground-railroad-a-new-interpretation-of-an-old-story-2/
LOCATION:Messiah Lutheran Church\, 2850 Guilderland Avenue\, Schenectady\, NY\, 12306
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