Harriet Tubman put everything on the line to ensure others could live freely. Today, Black women are still leading, fighting, and showing up to maintain that legacy and that should include the right to rest without guilt. These two observances on the same day are no coincidence but a reminder that while action is powerful, so is stillness.

Last year, on June 14, representatives from the Underground Railroad Consortium of New York State (URCNYS) held a public meeting at Hope Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in Utica to discuss the proposed Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad New York Corridor.