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 24, 2015

September 24, 2015

…is increasingly on reporters’ radar. A September 23 story on the hyper-local news site DNAinfo, introduced us to a preschool teacher who said she’d be living in a shelter if…

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…

August 19, 2015

August 19, 2015

…a job board – while at the same time benefiting Alliance members by greatly expanding the number and quality of applicants for the open positions. “Buy East Harlem” – Members…

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;…

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 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…

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…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…funding commitment that 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…

November 16, 2015

November 16, 2015

…and earn their way out of poverty. Robin Hood’s board underwrites all operating costs, so 100% of every donation goes directly to serve New Yorkers in need. www.robinhood.org Facebook: facebook.com/robinhood…