Fall 2018 Newsletter – Bianca

…head down a different path in college or beyond, I always can! Thankfully, I know I’ll always have Ms. Forbes for advice just a phone call or email away.  …

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,…

Reform NYPD Now

…been adopted by the police departments in Boston, San Francisco, Tucson, and elsewhere. • Strengthening the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), including providing the CCRB with the authority to impose…

April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

…Obama’s second presidential term. Mr. Castro graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School. At age 26, Mr. Castro became San Antonio’s youngest city council member. He was elected the…

September 24, 2015

September 24, 2015

…her recent profile of a Head Start teacher trying to make ends meet in San Francisco on wages that only marginally exceed the amount her students’ families earn. (Full disclosure,…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Executive Director Note

…able to attract a sufficient number of certified teachers and other educators to meet staffing requirements. This situation creates tremendous hardship for the low-income families that we serve in the…

Summer 2019 Newsletter – AIM Program

…three years. The number of participants we can take on has also increased from 12 to 16. I’m excited about collaborating with other Union Settlement youth programs to expand our…

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,…

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…