This is a hybrid program. 

IN-PERSON at the Albany Public Library (Washington Ave. Branch) or VIRTUALLY on Zoom. To get your required Zoom link, please click “Get Tickets” and register now.

In preparation for a landmark exhibition on the Black Experience in the Adirondacks, Albany Public Library and the Adirondack Experience will host speaker Adam Stewart at the Albany Public Library, also offered as a live-stream Zoom. Adam will offer reflections on the time he spent as a kid in the Adirondacks with Brother Yusuf Burgess. With Project Curator Charles Clark III, we invite the public to join us before the program to share their photos or items that connect them to the Adirondacks.

Adam Stewart is an educator, youth mentor, and outdoorsman whose work bridges classroom learning, community engagement, and environmental stewardship. Adam lived in Albany until 2020, during which he served in several youth and community-focused roles. He worked for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation as an Assistant Director for DeBruce and later as a Coordinator for NYSDEC’s Campership diversity Program. He also supported youth at Equinox House and taught science and math at The Doane Stuart School. In 2020, Adam relocated to Syracuse, where he earned his master’s degree in Special Education from NYU. He now teaches in a 4th-grade co-teaching classroom, specializing in inclusive education. Since 2015, Adam has served as a board member for John Brown Lives!, a human-rights and environmental-justice organization committed to storytelling, outdoor education, and community liberation. His passion for the outdoors informs both his professional work and personal life, as he is a hiker, camper, and advocate for connecting youth—especially those from underserved communities—to nature.