Ethnic Festival

Ethnic Festival

August 28, 2024 Union Settlement’s Ethnic Festival & Back to School Summer Jam Book Bag Giveaway is a day-long celebration of East Harlem and its unique cultures through music, dance,…

September 21, 2015

September 21, 2015

…teachers, the sources said. The drain has been caused by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Pre-K for All expansion, which has successfully brought free preschool to an estimated 70,000 4-year-olds across…

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2014

…and some Christmas gifts. “I got him a bunch of educational stuff,” said Mr. Classen. “There’s one that is a book, and you press a button and it will read…

December 8, 2023 – Toy Store Comes to East Harlem

December 8, 2023 – Toy Store Comes to East Harlem

Union Settlement returned this holiday season to host our annual Book and Toy Drive with a twist. We turned our community room into a toy store, complete with a photo…

Youth Development and Opportunity

Youth Development and Opportunity

…youth, almost exclusively African-American and Latino, who are more than twice as likely to be “disconnected.” Founded in 1964, our College Readiness program has provided more than 20,000 low-income students…

August 12, 2015

…of Adult Continuing Education at Barry University and Assistant Dean of Students at Marquette University. Ms. Martinez holds a B.A. in Spanish and M.A. in Spanish/Latin American Literature from Hunter…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…in East Palo Alto. In 2002, Good Tidings dedicated another LeRoy Neiman Art Center for Youth at Amesti School in Watsonville, which serves migrant farm worker and Native American families….

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…in East Palo Alto. In 2002, Good Tidings dedicated another LeRoy Neiman Art Center for Youth at Amesti School in Watsonville, which serves migrant farm worker and Native American families….

April 19, 2016

April 19, 2016

…Pugh is President and Chief Executive Officer of Carver Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation’s largest African- and Caribbean-American managed banks. Founded in Harlem in 1948, Carver is dedicated…

December 20, 2016

December 20, 2016

…is 102 years old. Respondents represented a diverse mix of ethnic and racial backgrounds. A majority (58.5%) identified themselves as Latino or Hispanic, and 41% as African American or black….