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May Wong practices the self-defense techniques she’s learning every Tuesday at 11 am at 189 Allen Street on the Lower East Side. Our instructors Kip (in the protective equipment) and Sammy are helping seniors learn the skills they need to protect themselves from rising violence against #AAPI communities, thanks to support from the Alicia and […]
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University Settlement announced today a grant totaling $148,500 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s $105 million in the arts for FY2022, NYSCA has awarded more than $80 million since June 2021. NYSCA funding will be used
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WPIX’s Monica Morales came to the Neighborhood Center to check out the self-defense classes we’re offering to Lower East Side community members in partnership with the Alicia & Jason Lee Foundation. Drop by our location at 189 Allen Street (between Houston and Stanton Streets) Monday-Friday 9 am – 3 pm to learn more!
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Our CEO Melissa Aase writes: At University Settlement, we do a lot of different things, and I’m acutely aware that this can make us hard to understand. We have programs for expecting mothers, and newborns, and children under five. We work with young people in after-school, and summer camp, and college prep. Every year
Why do I work in this field? As a first-generation college student, I struggled in navigating the college process. My parents do not know the American education system, and the experience gave me an understanding of how it feels to be helpless. After graduating college in 2017, I landed my first college advising job.
Talent Search College Advisor Bintou Sankareh on what motivates her to do this work Read More »
University Settlement received nearly $850,000 through the New York City Council’s discretionary awards process for the 2022 Fiscal Year, including significant expanded support for integrated mental health offerings within its Early Childhood Education and Older Adults programs, the social justice agency announced today. The additional awards include $300,000 for University Settlement’s Butterflies program, which provides
University Settlement has hired Laura McGinley as its new Chief External Relations Officer, the NYC social justice agency announced today. Reporting to CEO Melissa Aase, McGinley will lead the Settlement’s Development teams focused on Institutional and Individual Giving, as well as its Marketing and Communications efforts. Her first day with the agency will be November
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Alongside more than 11,000 peer organizations, University Settlement is a member of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS). Last month, University Settlement staffers attended the 2021 IFS Conference: Social Justice – The Unfinished Journey, which took place virtually from Sydney, Australia. A collaborative convening of our international movement, it was an inspiring reminder
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By Melissa Aase, Chief Executive Officer, University Settlement It’s said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions – and that insight comes to mind when I think about foster care systems, which all too often inflict trauma on the children and families they seek to protect. Many are familiar with the term
Protecting kids and supporting families more effectively with holistic engagement Read More »
By Melissa Aase, CEO, University Settlement When our neighbors get involved with University Settlement, it’s often the beginning of a life-long relationship. I love the generational perspective this gives our organization, which so eloquently demonstrates the power of our approach. Steve Steinbrecher first started coming to US in the winter of 1948, when he was
Youth programs – knitting the past to our communities’ future Read More »