BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Schenectady County Historical Society - ECPv6.3.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Schenectady County Historical Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://schenectadyhistorical.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Schenectady County Historical Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220305T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220305T153000 DTSTAMP:20240328T114502 CREATED:20220104T210724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220204T160024Z UID:12363-1646488800-1646494200@schenectadyhistorical.org SUMMARY:Mrs. Mary Potter of Schenectady\, New York DESCRIPTION:An historical marker in Oxford\, NC\, describes how the first school founded there in 1889 to educate African Americans received support from Schenectady\, NY benefactor and advocate of equitable educational opportunity\, Mary Potter\, for whom the school was renamed in 1892. Potter served as Secretary for the Presbyterian Board of Missions for Freedmen-Albany\, and donated and raised money for the school which continues to operate within an integrated\, public school system. A descendant and relative of many Mary Potter School alumni\, historian Cheryl Renée Gooch\, Ph.D. explores the intriguing work of Schenectady’s own hidden figure who levered her Presbyterian and social affiliations to garner financial support for the education of African Americans. \nThis program will be presented in a hybrid format: in-person presented at 32 Washington Ave and streamed virtually to registrants. Admission is $8\, or free for members. To register as a non-member please visit schenectadyhistorical.org/tickets. Members do not need to register. A link for this program will be emailed to all Schenectady County Historical Society members and all paid registrants the day of the virtual program. URL:https://schenectadyhistorical.org/event/marypotter/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://schenectadyhistorical.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-2.44.12-PM.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR