The Underground Railroad
Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls extends it thanks to Dr. James Turner of Cornell University for assisting 2007 Freedom Retreat in its trips to Harriet Tubman House. Dr. Turner has given us so many ideas that will make this a memorable trip. The trip will not only heighten the children's knowledge of history but also of geography. To be sure, it is, at the very least, an overnight, bus trip.
Ithaca is thirty minutes form the site of the Harriet Tubman House in Auburn. This college town is also rife with Black history. Among other things, St. James A.M.E. Church is situated in Ithaca. Both Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass spoke at this historic site. In addition, an historic, Elks Lodge is situated in Ithaca with a cornerstone honoring Martin Delaney.
When New York enacted its gradual emancipation statute in 1799, it also established a statewide prison system on the same date. It built its prisons on the route of the Underground Railroad in New York. There is also a prison in Auburn, the site of Harriet Tubman Gravesite. Most prisoners come from five zip codes in New York City.
These trips will be of great benefit to young people and they will provide them with invaluable history lessons. Since most of our children receive only a smattering of Black history in public schools, it is incumbent on us to give them an orientation before they embark on this Freedom Trail.
Harriet Tubman House
In 2005, the Freedom Retreat for Boys visited the Harriet Tubman House. It is located in Auburn, New York and approximately five hours from Kerhonkson, New York. It was an eye-opening trip for the boys. Every Black child should have a kinship with our Revered Ancestors. The Harriet Tubman House is the best place to start to acquire that consciousness.
The drawback to the trip was its length without an overnight stay. The trip was difficult but the boys enjoyed it anyway. It was worth the liniment. The distance should not be a barrier, however. Similarly, cost should not be a barrier given the need for an overnight stay. If we do not teach our children, no one else will.
The 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls operates on a budget which is, approximately, fifty percent of the cost of a traditional, sleep-away summer camp. Volunteerism and donations are keys to our operations, continuously, since 1994.
Parents and guardians are unable to pay the full costs of a two-week program. The travel, food and lodging costs for the Harriet Tubman House are outside the normal expenses for parents and guardians. The survival of our people rests in our children. We give them, in two weeks, more than public school systems provide in nine months.
Hundreds of persons will receive this e-mail. E-mails are periodically disseminated giving a legal analysis of our plight without cost to recipients. Critical thinking is also embedded in each analysis. If most of the contributors herein made a Fifteen-Dollar donation, we could defray the cost of the trip for both boys and girls.
The trip has to be made and we can only hope that our community will rise, immediately to the occasion. If you make a donation, you should also identify your e-mail address on the check or money order. This will assist in giving credit to the donors to 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls. Each donor will receive the children’s yearbook/newsletter of the 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls.
Many sites, documenting our history, exist throughout New York. Some of them are still not highlighted. Our mission, this summer, is to identify many of these sites for our children. This is our “Freedom Trail.” New York is rich in Black history.
There is a reason why towns like Ellenville, near Freedom Retreat, have substantial Black populations, for example. See the Underground Railroad. Sojourner Truth has a marker in her honor at the courthouse in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Also, sites on the “Freedom Trail” can be found along the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. Poughkeepsie is a town with a wealth of Black history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It sits alongside the Hudson River. Our children need to visit and study these sites.
Parents, guardians, sponsors and volunteers are invited to an orientation and buffet at the Cotton Cub, 656 West 125th Street in Harlem on Saturday, June 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For further information, call UAM at 718-834-9034.
Checks and money orders for the Harriet Tubman House should be made payable to and addressed as follows:
2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls
16 Court Street, Ste. 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
Ithaca is thirty minutes form the site of the Harriet Tubman House in Auburn. This college town is also rife with Black history. Among other things, St. James A.M.E. Church is situated in Ithaca. Both Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass spoke at this historic site. In addition, an historic, Elks Lodge is situated in Ithaca with a cornerstone honoring Martin Delaney.
When New York enacted its gradual emancipation statute in 1799, it also established a statewide prison system on the same date. It built its prisons on the route of the Underground Railroad in New York. There is also a prison in Auburn, the site of Harriet Tubman Gravesite. Most prisoners come from five zip codes in New York City.
These trips will be of great benefit to young people and they will provide them with invaluable history lessons. Since most of our children receive only a smattering of Black history in public schools, it is incumbent on us to give them an orientation before they embark on this Freedom Trail.
Harriet Tubman House
In 2005, the Freedom Retreat for Boys visited the Harriet Tubman House. It is located in Auburn, New York and approximately five hours from Kerhonkson, New York. It was an eye-opening trip for the boys. Every Black child should have a kinship with our Revered Ancestors. The Harriet Tubman House is the best place to start to acquire that consciousness.
The drawback to the trip was its length without an overnight stay. The trip was difficult but the boys enjoyed it anyway. It was worth the liniment. The distance should not be a barrier, however. Similarly, cost should not be a barrier given the need for an overnight stay. If we do not teach our children, no one else will.
The 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls operates on a budget which is, approximately, fifty percent of the cost of a traditional, sleep-away summer camp. Volunteerism and donations are keys to our operations, continuously, since 1994.
Parents and guardians are unable to pay the full costs of a two-week program. The travel, food and lodging costs for the Harriet Tubman House are outside the normal expenses for parents and guardians. The survival of our people rests in our children. We give them, in two weeks, more than public school systems provide in nine months.
Hundreds of persons will receive this e-mail. E-mails are periodically disseminated giving a legal analysis of our plight without cost to recipients. Critical thinking is also embedded in each analysis. If most of the contributors herein made a Fifteen-Dollar donation, we could defray the cost of the trip for both boys and girls.
The trip has to be made and we can only hope that our community will rise, immediately to the occasion. If you make a donation, you should also identify your e-mail address on the check or money order. This will assist in giving credit to the donors to 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls. Each donor will receive the children’s yearbook/newsletter of the 2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls.
Many sites, documenting our history, exist throughout New York. Some of them are still not highlighted. Our mission, this summer, is to identify many of these sites for our children. This is our “Freedom Trail.” New York is rich in Black history.
There is a reason why towns like Ellenville, near Freedom Retreat, have substantial Black populations, for example. See the Underground Railroad. Sojourner Truth has a marker in her honor at the courthouse in Kingston, Ulster County, New York.
Also, sites on the “Freedom Trail” can be found along the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. Poughkeepsie is a town with a wealth of Black history in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It sits alongside the Hudson River. Our children need to visit and study these sites.
Parents, guardians, sponsors and volunteers are invited to an orientation and buffet at the Cotton Cub, 656 West 125th Street in Harlem on Saturday, June 30 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. For further information, call UAM at 718-834-9034.
Checks and money orders for the Harriet Tubman House should be made payable to and addressed as follows:
2007 Freedom Retreat for Boys and Girls
16 Court Street, Ste. 1901
Brooklyn, NY 11241
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