University Settlement’s Barbara DiGangi delivers testimony to City Council Committee on Mental Health

Download a copy of this testimony Chairs Lee and Schulman and committee members, thank you for the opportunity to submit testimony. My name is Barbara DiGangi, and I am the Director of Community Wellness Initiatives at University Settlement.[1] As the first settlement house in the country, University Settlement has partnered with New Yorkers to build […]

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University Settlement appoints Christina Chiu to its Board of Directors

Christina Chiu (Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer, Empire State Realty Trust) has been elected to University Settlement’s Board of Directors, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. At Empire State Realty Trust, Chiu is responsible for capital markets, financial planning & analysis, financial reporting, tax, treasury, investor relations, technology, legal

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University Settlement will honor Viking Global Foundation at 2023 Gala City Stories: A Place to Grow

University Settlement is pleased to announce that it will honor the Viking Global Foundation, the charitable arm of Viking Global Investors, at its annual gala City Stories: A Place to Grow, taking place at Angel Orensanz Foundation on the Lower East Side on Wednesday May 3, 2023. The Viking Global Foundation will receive University Settlement’s

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University Settlement will screen “Rabble Rousers” film and host a panel discussion as part of Lower East Side History Month

University Settlement and the Cooper Square Committee (CSC) will host a screening of the film Rabble Rousers and a panel discussion about the past and future of community activism on the Lower East Side, as part of LES History Month. Date: Wednesday May 31, 2023 Doors Open: 6:30 PM Panel: 6:45 PM Screening: 7:20 PM

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University Settlement’s Jewell Campbell speaks at rally for #JustPay at New York state capitol

Jewell Campbell, University Settlement’s Director of Youth & Community Programs in Manhattan, spoke at the Rally for #JustPay at the New York state capitol in Albany. Her complete remarks: “My name is Jewell Campbell, and I am University Settlement’s Program Director, Youth & Community Programs in Manhattan. Across 30 locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan, University

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The Creative Center at University Settlement presents culminating performance by Heather Woodbury

The Creative Center at University Settlement will host a live works-in-progress performance of Heather Woodbury’s latest work Periodic Fable. Date: March 11, 2023 Time: 6 – 7 pm Location: Speyer Hall, in University Settlement’s historic headquarters at 184 Eldridge St The performance is free and open to the public. In Periodic Fable, Woodbury weaves together

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University Settlement selected as host for ACLS Leading Edge Fellowship program

University Settlement has been selected as a host partner for the 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Leading Edge Fellowship program, the nation’s first Settlement House announced today. Twenty-two nonprofit organizations were selected as hosts for these two-year fellowships, which pair recent PhDs in the humanities and interpretive social sciences with social justice organizations to

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University Settlement appoints Steven Green to its Board of Directors

Steven Green (Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz) has been elected to University Settlement’s Board of Directors, the nation’s first settlement house announced today. Steven is an associate in Wachtell Lipton’s corporate department, where he advises clients on a wide range of transactions. Steven received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was

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University Settlement technology leader Virginia Dotson selected for Okta’s Nonprofit Technology Fellowship

Virginia Dotson, University Settlement’s Senior Director of Data, Business, and Information Technology, has been selected to participate in Okta for Good’s Nonprofit Technology Fellowship for 2023. Okta’s Nonprofit Technology Fellowship aims to empower a diverse collection of rising nonprofit technology leaders to enrich the sector with their experience and become more effective strategic leaders within

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