OP-EDS

…more than twice the number citywide. Union Settlement is one of the larger employers in East Harlem; more than one-third of our workforce lives in the local community. Our staff…

Summer 2020 Newsletter

…it is these two truths: that the failure to uphold the rights of any individual is the failure to uphold the rights of all, and that the tides of change

16 January, 2017

16 January, 2017

…for example, whether the variation in total funding could be explained by the number of seniors who attend a senior center, or whether the number of meals served could explain…

May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

…May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – will have a Mexican theme both because of its date and because East Harlem is a portal community for large numbers of new…

Learn about May’s story…

May immigrated to the United States from Malaysia in 1974. She lives alone, has never married and has no children. She worked for over 30 years as a housekeeper and…

Silence for the Poor

…better than the main auction room at Sotheby’s that one night in May, with bidders in their seats and on the phone, and The Scream sitting silently on an easel,…

Fall 2018 Newsletter – Bianca

…applying as a high school student. But I got it and it has changed my life! Ms. Forbes also helped me navigate the entire admissions process. She even taught me…

August 25, 2021

August 25, 2021

…the highest-cost cities in the United States. The letter calls on Mayor de Blasio to adopt a $17.50 per hour minimum wage for City-funded employees, and to amend existing contracts…

December 20, 2016

December 20, 2016

…of respondents were born in the United States, an additional 11% were from Puerto Rico and the remaining 29% were born elsewhere. Of those born outside of the United States…

Fall 2017 Newsletter – Message from Executive Director

…DACA residents will face deportation as early as next March. This is a humanitarian tragedy. Most DACA recipients came to the United States when they were six years old or…