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SUMMARY:Weaving Stories with UREC & Lori Kochanski
DESCRIPTION:  \nCalling ALL regional Albany NY Residents with a story to tell… Looking for the next 2024 “First Friday” thing-to-do? Learn how to weave YOUR story into a unique piece of art that you can take home with you! \nEXPLORE how art\, in this case weaving\, tells a story without words about the artist and their community. These workshops create opportunities for self-expression through making something with your own two hands. Participants may bring an article of clothing or piece of fabric that they no longer wear – and that holds a special memory. Using cardboard looms each participant will weave a small piece of fabric that represents a significant story or moment in their life. \nThere will also be a chance to participate in creating a large-scale community weaving. Weaving and art making has often been a way to retell the story of people gathered in a certain place and time. This community weaving project will be an expression of many stories coming together to tell a story of what it means to be a neighbor. \nThe finished project will become part of a permanent collection to be exhibited at UREC’s FUTURE Interpretive Center on Livingston Avenue. \nSpace is limited! Reserve your spot NOW \nABOUT LORI: Lori Kochanski is a fiber artist with a focus on weaving and knitting. She combines her love of fiber and fabric and people to create storied pieces of art. Lori also works with the city of Albany as a Neighborhood Specialist. Lori’s studio at the Albany Barn is named the Riparian Zone Studio. In nature\, the riparian zone is the fertile\, messy and necessary place where the water meets the land. Her space and time at the Albany Barn have certainly been fertile and necessary for growing and stretching as an artist in community. Today\, Lori finds deep joy in her art and the people she has met through her work. Much like her weaving\, she herself is constantly being transformed.
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/weaving-stories-with-urec-lori-kichanski-05-03/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshops
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SUMMARY:Help Us Make History | 518 Day of Giving
DESCRIPTION:Have you dreamed of making history? Of course\, we all have. And now we have a chance to be a part of local’s day of giving – an opportunity to unite our community around causes in which we truly believe and help nonprofit organizations connect to the larger community. \nPlease join our campaign! We need you to tell your friends and family members about the important work we do and ask them to join us in helping to make a difference. \nGet ready to give! Visit the UREC Donate Page by clicking HERE and make a donation to us and/or to any of the great participating nonprofit organizations. All giving will end at 11:59PM on May 18\, so make sure to get your gift in on time! \nThank you in advance for your generosity!
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/help-us-make-history-518-day-of-giving/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:UREC Reads: How to be an Antiracist - by Ibram X. Kendi - LAST SESSION
DESCRIPTION:Join with others to discuss Kendi’s compelling treatise on antiracism. With his reader-friendly style\, Kendi draws the reader in from the first page to the last. \n“Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America–but even more fundamentally\, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place\, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like\, and how we can play an active role in building it. \nIn his memoir\, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics\, history\, law\, and science–including the story of his own awakening to antiracism–bringing it all together in a cogent\, accessible form. He begins by helping us rethink our most deeply held\, if implicit\, beliefs and our most intimate personal relationships (including beliefs about race and IQ and interracial social relations) and reexamines the policies and larger social arrangements we support. How to Be an Antiracist promises to become an essential book for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.” (https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist) \nUREC Reads will meet on the 2nd Friday of each month as a hybrid event from 5:30-7pm. In-person will be at The Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany with virtual via Zoom. Copies of Kendi’s book are available at local libraries as well as at https://www.thriftbooks.com/ for as little as $4.79\, as well as at Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza (https://www.bhny.com/) and other bookstores. \n\nApril 12 – chapters 16\, 17\, 18\n\nRegister on Zoom using this link – https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdOCgrD0uEtEZCnzA54oakabmdOLx-fgc   \n  \n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/how-to-be-an-antiracist-by-ibram-x-kendi/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240511T140000
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SUMMARY:Tour Experience at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence - appropriate for older children and adults
DESCRIPTION:Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come ‘meet’ Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end the institution of enslavement in New York State and the nation and help Freedom Seekers to freedom while also addressing civil rights issues that are familiar to us today.\n  \nSeniors – $8\nAdults – $10\nChildren 5-12 years – $5\nUnder 5 years – Free\n 
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/tour-experience-at-the-stephen-and-harriet-myers-residence-appropriate-for-older-children-and-adults/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240513T173000
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SUMMARY:Tour Experience at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence - appropriate for older children and adults
DESCRIPTION:Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come ‘meet’ Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end the institution of enslavement in New York State and the nation and help Freedom Seekers to freedom while also addressing civil rights issues that are familiar to us today.\n  \nSeniors – $8\nAdults – $10\nChildren 5-12 years – $5\nUnder 5 years – Free
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/tour-experience-at-the-stephen-and-harriet-myers-residence-appropriate-for-older-children-and-adults-2/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Conversation with Excelsior University Center for Social Justice - Career Meaning
DESCRIPTION:Did you know that 87% of the world’s workforce —67% of the USA’s— is struggling to find meaning in what they do\, or that we are projecting 40%-50% of US occupations to be replaced by technology by 2030\, or that all of us are expected to go through an average of 11.9 occupational changes in our lifetime\, most often across different industries?\nHow do we find career meaning and success in such a rapidly changing world and job market?\nJoin us for a workshop on a model designed to help us find our career purpose and strategy in a way that can be adapted or transferred to the options currently available to us.\nThe workshop will be held on May 15 at 1:30PM ET at the Underground Railroad Education Center (194 Livingston Ave. in Albany NY)\, or via Zoom at https://excelsior.zoom.us/j/93125316468. We are looking forward to seeing you!
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/community-conversation-with-excelsior-university-center-for-social-justice-careers/
LOCATION:Hybrid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240516T163000
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SUMMARY:Girl Scout Troop 88824 meeting at The Myers Residence – join us!
DESCRIPTION:Girl Scouts of Northeastern NY have started a new troop that meets at The Myers Residence every other Thursday from 4:30pm-5:30pm. Join in the fun! If interested\, or if you have questions\, please contact Amelia Paul\,  the UREC Family\, Youth and Senior Program Coordinator\, at 518-621-7793. Great things are happening at The Myers Residence!
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/girl-scout-troop-88824-meeting-at-the-myers-residence-join-us/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T000000
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SUMMARY:Help Us Make History - 518 Day of Giving
DESCRIPTION:Today is the Day – 518 Day of Giving!\nToday is the last opportunity to participate. \nPlease join our campaign! We need you to tell your friends and family members about the important work we do and ask them to join us in helping to make a difference. \nVisit the UREC Donate Page today by clicking HERE and make a donation to us and/or to any of the great participating nonprofit organizations. All giving will end at 11:59PM on May 18\, so make sure to get your gift in on time! \nThank you in advance for your generosity!
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/help-us-make-history-518-day-of-giving-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T120000
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SUMMARY:Discovering the Frank Brothers - Freeborn Men of Color\, Soldiers of Independence
DESCRIPTION:Shirley Green will speak about her recent book\, Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers\, Freeborn Men of Color\, Soldiers of Independence (Westholme Publishing; 2023). The narrative follows the lives of William and Benjamin Frank\, two brothers who enlisted in Second Rhode Island Regiment during the American Revolutionary War in the spring of 1777. Their military experiences quickly diverged\, and Dr. Green explores their stories to provide context and substance to the Black experience during the war years\, as well as underscore the significant distinction between free Blacks in military service and those who had been enslaved\, and how they responded in different ways to the harsh realities of racism.\n\nRegister for Discovering the Frank Brothers – Freeborn Men of Color\, Soldiers of Independence\n\nShirley L. Green received her Ph.D. in history from Bowling Green State University after a twenty-six-year career in law enforcement. She is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Toledo and Bowling Green State University. She is currently the Director of the Toledo Police Museum in Toledo\, Ohio.\n\n\nWednesday\, May 22\n12:00pm – 1:00pm EST\n\n\nAdditional Information available at https://nyslibrary.libcal.com/event/12176372
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/discovering-the-frank-brothers-freeborn-men-of-color-soldiers-of-independence/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240528T173000
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SUMMARY:Tour Experience at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence - appropriate for families
DESCRIPTION:Join with Paul and Mary Liz Stewart at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence to learn the real story about the Underground Railroad. Hidey holes? Nope. Dark of night? Nope. Come ‘meet’ Stephen and Harriet Myers and their colleagues to learn about the challenges they faced as they worked to end the institution of enslavement in New York State and the nation and help Freedom Seekers to freedom while also addressing civil rights issues that are familiar to us today.\nSeniors – $8\nAdults – $10\nChildren 5-12 years – $5\nUnder 5 years – Free
URL:https://undergroundrailroadhistory.org/event/tour-experience-at-the-stephen-and-harriet-myers-residence-appropriate-for-families/
LOCATION:The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence\, 194 Livingston Avenue\, Albany\, NY\, 12210\, United States
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