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…

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

…Sumner Houses. For Wyatt, the decision came down to simple economics. “There have been too many times I’ve had to book a train on Christmas day to come back to…

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2014

…midterms, especially when paired with the duties of fatherhood, could crush any 21-year old, but Giovanni Classen, who recently became a single father to his 1-year-old son, Ezio, seems to…

Winter 2019 Newsletter – Intergenerational Tutoring Program

…on that journey with a single young person. They begin by meeting a student who wants to read a book, but feels that they will not be able to do…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…will be increase the number of art classes at Union Settlement from three to five days per week. The ceremony also featured the first look at a mural created by…

March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014

…not have specific details on how the disbursement of funds would work, but said his office is coordinating with a number of organizations such as the Red Cross, Union Settlement,…

April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014

…attempt at answering some of those plaguing questions. What are the odds of getting a seat? The numbers are daunting. The city has just 20,000 pre-K spaces at the moment;…

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…

May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

…Comptroller’s office and AARP New York—now in its second year—will nearly double the number of Shred Day Events throughout the city “Identity theft is a very real threat – it…