Posted by request.
--Moderator, NYHIST-L
* * * * * * *
REGISTER NOW
Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc.
announces
the 6th annual UGR History conference
Underground Railroad: Uncovering the Voices of Women
February 23, 24, 25, 2007
to be held at the College of St. Rose, Albany, New York
Visit <http://www.ugrworkshop.com/>www.ugrworkshop.com for details
Help Us Get The Word Out - Pass This Email On
Endorsement - Billie Luisi-Potts, Executive Director, National Women's
Hall
of Fame
The Capital region Underground Railroad History Project's annual
conference
is the foremost educational event in the nation, offering an
extraordinary
combination of scholarship, grassroots involvement and community
engagement. This year's conference, focusing on the voices of women of
the
Underground Railroad is pioneering, unique and not to be missed.
Endorsement - Clifford Oliver, photographer, re-enactor
The Capital Region Underground Railroad History Project's
Annual Conference is a wonderful educational event, offering
an extraordinary combination of scholarship, entertainment
and grassroots involvement. This year's conference, focusing on
the voices of women of the Underground Railroad is pioneering, unique
and compelling. You would do yourself a great disservice not to
attend.
Endorsement - Judy Wellman, Consulting Historian and Principal
Investigator, Historical new York Research Associates
We might as well be honest: the Capital Region's Underground Railroad
History Conference is the highlight of the year, not only for people in
New
York State but for everyone interested in the Underground Railroad
everywhere. It is an energetic and energizing gathering of citizens,
scholars, artists, and booksellers--a polyphonic collection of people
of
all ages, sharing their voices and their vision. This year's theme of
women
and the Underground Railroad highlights an exceptionally important
topic
and promises to open up new avenues of research, challenging
long-accepted
ideas. If you follow the cutting edge of UGRR work, you won't want to
miss
this!
Endorsement - Fergus M. Bordewich, author of "Bound for Canaan: The
Undergrund Railroad and the War for the Soul of America"
The annual Capitol Region symposium is the gold standard of Underground
Railroad conferences, a national model for other communities which are
in
the process of reclaiming their role in antebellum abolitionist
history.
Year after year, this event has achieved the seemingly impossible:
bringing
together an extraordinary spectrum of attendees, ranging from noted
scholars and authors to large numbers of interested laymen, in spirited
and
informative workshops which both bring history alive and open new
avenues
of research into this much misunderstood phase of American history.
|