Monthly Archives: May 2021
Albany Can Code and BOCES Classes
The FreeThem Walk Event
May 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Coming to The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Friday, May 28!
194 Livingston Avenue
The FreeTHEM Walk-ers recognize that human trafficking is modern-day slavery, and there are many victims in the United States. To help stop human trafficking, they educate others about the crime and inform them how to identify and help victims. The FreeTHEM Walk is made of a group of abolitionists who will spread awareness to light a path toward freedom for enslaved people today. With help from supporters like you, we believe we can abolish human trafficking in our lifetime.
Every Stop Has A Story —The FreeTHEM Walk-ers are walking nearly 1,000 miles on the Underground Railroad to help raise awareness about modern day slavery, better known as human trafficking. Each individual stop has its own story – Appomattox Courthouse (5.04.21), White House of the Confederacy (5.07.21), Fauquier History Museum at the Old Jail & THe Plains (5.10.21), Bucktown General Store (5.12.21), New Castle Court House (5.15.21), Liberty Bell, President’s House, Belmont Mansion, & Historical Society of PA. (5.17.21), African Burial Grounds (5.21.21), Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence (5.28.21), Gerrit Smith Estate (5.31.21), Harriet Tubman Residence (6.02.21), African American Heritage Corridor (6.19.21), Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center (6.20.21).
Welcome the walkers at The Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence on Friday, May 28!
http://www.thefreethemwalk.com/
Announcing: Immersion Tours. A unique Albany experience.
Starting May 14
Ten Broeck Mansion Re-opens for tours – by pre-registration
Tours available:
Fridays 10 am, 11 am, noon, 1 pm
Saturdays 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm
Thanks to a generous anonymous Trustee, all children’s tours at the Ten Broeck Mansion are again FREE in 2021.
Architecture & Garden Tours – by pre-registration
select Wednesdays 1 pm
Immersion Tours: by pre-registration
The Mansions: Ten Broeck Mansion, Schuyler Mansion Grounds, Historic Cherry Hill
Freedom & Opportunity in Albany: Ten Broeck Mansion, Myers Residence, Irish American Heritage Museum
Albany: Native Voices Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany Institute of History & Art
Save the Dates!
Living History Days: Community Gardening, Art, Health & History Days
June 19, July 10, August 14, September 11 – registration information coming soon
Archaeology Day
In partnership with Hartgen Archaeological Associates
July 24 – registration information coming soon
Art meets History Kits
Free educational kits, self-guided tours, and ever-changing plant id coloring cards available from our garden kiosk
Free Persons of Color in 19th c Albany Panel
We were honored to present our research and new approaches to interpretation at the Ten Broeck Mansion in a panel with Historic Cherry Hill staff and Dr. Kori Graves, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany. Click here to watch the discussion online.
Albany Community Action Partnership – Early Childhood Education
Dear Community Partner,
My name is Kerri Trethaway, an Outreach Coordinator at ACAP (Albany Community Action Partnership) here in Albany. Gail Perry may have been working with you and I am now transitioning to her outreach responsibilities. I am writing you today not only to introduce myself as your representative for ACAP, especially our Early Childhood Education Program (Head Start and Early
Head Start), but also to establish our partnership.
ACAP excels in partnering with families and their child to prepare for success in Kindergarten and beyond. Qualified professionals provide services for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years of age at no
cost to families. Educational materials and curriculum align with most public-school systems in Albany county. Services for children ages 3 years to 5 years correspond with the calendar and
schedules of local school districts. Services for children 6 weeks to 3 years are available 12 months per year from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. These services are also at no cost to families, but a
childcare subsidy is required. In addition, to an array of best practice approaches to early education, several parent workshops, tailored to the needs of families in program are offered.
Other services and opportunities include:
• Nutritious breakfasts and lunches at no cost to families
• Support for well childcare and other medical/health issues
• Opportunities to work closely with classroom teams as a classroom volunteer supporting them to value and promote life -long learning for them and their children
• Being part of program planning and quality improvement – leadership opportunities
• Diapers and formula for infants at no cost to families while children are in program
• Career Service – supports progress of individuals and their families toward economic self-sufficiency.
• Energy Services – our program helps to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.
We are extremely interested in continuing to work with your organization to help provide more resources and support to those in the community who need it . Please consider dispersing our
materials to those who may be interested. Referrals may be sent to our service navigation team at 518-463-3175 option 2 or myself. A significant service we provide at ACAP is a referral of our
customers to appropriate services. We would like to have material and information to share with our staff and customers to facilitate this referral process , so if you have fliers or other
materials, I am interested in sharing this information with our team at ACAP.
If you have any questions/requests, please feel free to contact me at 518 -285-5021. I may also be reached via email at ktrethaway@albanycap.org. Thank you for continuing to work with us to help
families reach their full potential.
Sincerely,
Kerri Trethaway Outreach Coordinator
E: ktrethaway@albanycap.org
P: 518-285-5021
Albany Multi-Craft Apprenticeship Preparation Program Open House
Are you or someone you know interested in pursuing an opportunity to get into the building trades?
Save the date for the May 12th Open House , and spread the word as this may be the opportunity you are waiting for.
Location 29 Broad Street (Behind the John Howe Library and the South End Fire Station)