Meet Valeria

Valeria arrived in the United States five years ago when she was 28 years old. She had left the Dominican Republic with her husband and three children to build a…

January 29, 2014

January 29, 2014

…1948 to serve African American communities whose residents, businesses and institutions had limited access to mainstream financial services. Carver, the largest African-American and Caribbean run bank in the United States,…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Executive Director Note

…all worked so hard to build – is facing collapse. We promise to not sit idly by while that happens. We have joined with the Campaign for Children, United Neighborhood…

December 20, 2013

December 20, 2013

…at a for-profit school but its critical that low-income children have access,” said Rhea who added that the program would help close the “achievement gap that we know is too…

January 1, 2014

January 1, 2014

…Classen, who has yet to speak privately to his son’s mother. “I don’t know if there’s more to it but she said there were other issues from her childhood that…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Participant Profile

…When she became a parent for the first time, she did not know where to go for her son’s early childhood education. Her family told her to come to Union…

June 16, 2015

June 16, 2015

…a settlement house in Louisville, Kentucky. I know first-hand how life changing this work can be. I would also like to thank the Union Settlement staff members who do so…

Summer 2019 Newsletter – AIM Program

…with problematic behavior for long periods of time. And that’s created a lot of problems at home. Parents and caretakers don’t know where to turn, and so a mentor can…

August 19, 2015

August 19, 2015

…not know about these services or how to access them. The Alliance is working to connect East Harlem residents to the services they need. “Promote East Harlem” – East Harlem…

Meet Michelle Cruz

…café was known as a community hub, hosting anything from fundraisers for non-profits to Open Mics for local community artists. Unfortunately, I closed the restaurant in 2016. Financially, I was…