Together let's dash faster and higher than we did in 2022! Join your contribution with the contribution of others in support of a more equitable and just society made possible through the work of UREC - Donate today and throughout this Giving Season to UREC as we link yesterday with today, working together to build…
Please know that, in order for UREC staff to have some family time across the upcoming holidays, UREC will be closed on Saturday, December 30 through Tuesday, January 2. Thank you for your understanding. Hope your holidays are pleasant
Cast your vote for UREC at Target - online, via the Target app or at the store - between January 1 and March 31, 2024. One vote is earned for every eligible purchase. Are you a Target Circle member? You are all set to cast your vote for your favorite non-profit - Underground Railroad Education…
The Executive Board Committee of Underground Railroad Education Center will meet virtually at 4pm on Tuesday, December 12. The Zoom link can be found by clicking HERE . If you are not an Executive Committee member but do have something you would like to have included in the UREC Board Meeting agenda for the January 16…
Join with UREC board members and volunteers to refine and implement a 2024 Fund Development plan for UREC. Events, cultivation of donors, fee-for-service programs, grants are part of any strong fund development plan. Share your creative ideas on how UREC can focus its energies in 2024 to meet its operational and capital goals while supporting…
An Albany Neighborhood Services Tour is scheduled for 5pm on Thursday, January 11 at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence. Enjoy learning about a new interpretation of an old story in the award-winning, documented Underground Railroad site known as The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence, the hub of Underground Railroad activism in Albany and the…
Please take advantage of the many MLK, Jr. Day programs scheduled around the Capital Region on this day of commemoration while The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence is closed.
Join this year's MLK Day celebration. On January 16 at 1PM EST Excelsior University will host Darrell Goodwin for a virtual keynote on "Shifting our cultural climate through our co-construction of community", followed by a comments and questions session. Please join us and register HERE. Rev. Darrell L. Goodwin, a Chicago native, brings vast experience…
Join others in honoring the work of 15 local civil rights activists and preview their oral history interviews. Their civil rights involvement included school desegregation in the 1950s, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 1960s, working for voter registration in the South and the North, and much more. You are invited to…
