Help give the children of East Harlem the summer they deserve

…already challenging circumstances. The opportunity for kids to play outside and enjoy healthy recreation and learning are more important this summer than ever before. At Union Settlement, free day camp…

Winter 2019 Newsletter – Gilberto Agosto

…housing units, they were brand new and sparkling clean,” recalls Gil. “Back then, doors were open and young people could freely travel from one housing complex to another.” Today, things…

Fall 2018 Newsletter – College Readiness

…of New York, New York University, Spelman College, the University of Connecticut, the University of Rhode Island, Syracuse University, Howard University, St. John’s University, Fordham University, and numerous SUNY and…

November 8, 2018

November 8, 2018

…a passionate advocate for the needs of under served communities. Since opening our doors in 1895, we have brought education, wellness and community-building programs to our neighborhood, empowering New Yorkers…

2019 Spring Benefit Sponsors

As of April 2, 2019 Gold Sponsors Kekst CNC Ruth E. Pachman & Donald T. Fallati Rechler Philanthropy Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Silver Sponsors Innisfree M&A Incorporated Szilvia Szmuk-Tanenbaum…

Winter 2019 Newsletter – Laura Johnson

…Where did you grow up/go to school? I was born and raised in East Harlem and lived in the James Weldon Johnson Houses (a New York City Housing Authority development)…

2020 Toasting Union Settlement Honoree

…born in New York City and has lived here virtually all his life. He and his wife, Nancy, recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Dan is a graduate of Georgetown…

February 2, 2020

February 2, 2020

…place in our July poll with 14.4% of the first-place votes. She has now dropped out, and support of Bernie Sanders has increased significantly.” Because most of the focus of…

Silence for the Poor

by David Nocenti Published August 23, 2012 in the New York Nonprofit Press No matter how hard I try, I can’t stop thinking about Edvard Munch’s The Scream. But it…

July 23, 2019

July 23, 2019

…Amy Klobuchar 0.0% Beto O’Rourke 0.0% Tim Ryan 0.0% Andrew Yang 0.0%   Although there was a clear divide between the top four candidates (Biden, Warren, Sanders and Harris) and…