Riverstroll honored
Our Riverstroll program has been honored with inclusion in the National Park Service Underground Railroad program that seeks to coordinate preservation and education efforts nationwide and integrate local historical places, museums, and interpretive programs associated with the Underground Railroad into a mosaic of community, regional, and national stories.

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Now you can give online! We are encouraging those who have benefited from Camp AKWAABA, and our program with students at #39 School, to help us expand our programming by making your tax-deductible contribution through GuideStar online or by mailing it directly to us (click here for our address).

Our culminating event of the "Steps Toward Freedom" program with the fifth grade students took place on Friday, June 6 at #39 School. The program, funded by The New York State Council on the Arts, #39 School, and AKWAABA: The Heritage Associates, encouraged the students to research Rochester's Freedom Movement of the 19th Century. The children demonstrated what they learned through an African dance, acting in the play "Who is Frederick Douglass?," reciting original poems, singing freedom songs, creating a freedom quilt, researching the meaning of Adinkra symbols, and other related artistic activities. AKWAABA Associates provided Underground Railroad research, tours, taught African dance techniques, created characterizations of "freedom seekers," and helped the children rehearse their program parts.

Calendar of 2008 Events
June (ongoing) :: "Steps Toward Freedom" activities with the fifth grade students at #39 school. This school residency program is sponsored by funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, #39 School and AKWAABA.

June 24 :: We will receive the Civic Award from Visit Rochester at their Annual Meeting.

July 12 :: Roberson Family Reunion Riverstroll Tour.

August 3 :: Kenley Konnection Riverstroll Tour for educators from Southern California.

August 4 through 15 :: Camp AKWAABA activities for twenty children ages 9-11 who will be immersed in the history of this area's Underground Railroad activity. They will participate in trips, historical performances, musical and craft activities related to this history.

September 9 :: Riverstroll Tour for the American Association of State and Local History Conference attendees. The tour will include visits to the Susan B. Anthony House and the Underground Railroad Exhibit at the Rochester Museum and Science Center.

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