This national Underground Railroad training event will be held September 11-14 at Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY. The theme for this training is “Crossings: Bridging the Authentic Underground Railroad Past to the Present.” The format for the training will be two days of workshops with four different tracks, each a half-day in length.
The National Park Service, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (NTF) Program, the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State, the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area, Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center, and Association for the Study of African American Life and History will host the event.
The Underground Railroad is a story of enslaved people who self-liberated and claimed their freedom through migration.
