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.