Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
With the news this week that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attempted to gain entry to East New York WIN shelter, we wanted to share a set of resources from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest for nonprofits to ensure you are well equipped to handle interactions with ICE. We want the Henry Street Settlement… Read More »
Above: Shaheeda Yasmeen Smith Dancing in the street is among the greatest joys of summer, but Shaheeda Yasmeen Smith has seen too many parties ruined because the organizers didn’t know they needed a permit. “While you’re celebrating Grandmother’s 65th birthday, you definitely don’t want the police to come,” she says. But whether it’s a gathering… Read More »
Above: moderator Katie Vogel with panelists Blanche Wiesen Cook, Clare Coss, Salonee Bhaman, and Ain Gordon. Henry Street Settlement celebrated its queer history (just a bit past Pride Month, on July 18, 2019) with the panel discussion, “Steadies” and “Crushes.” Panelists Blanche Wiesen Cook, Clare Coss, Salonee Bhaman, and Ain Gordon joined moderator Katie Vogel,… Read More »
Henry Street Settlement will hold “Steadies” & “Crushes”: Interpreting Henry Street Settlement’s Queer History, a post-Pride panel discussion, on Thursday, July 18, 2019, 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Settlement’s historic headquarters at 265 Henry Street on the Lower East Side (note, requires walking up one flight of stairs). Click here to RSVP online. Henry… Read More »
Above: dance teacher Sun Woo Park shows students how to move like a robot. Park’s class is organized through the Promoting the Arts Throughout Henry Street (PATHS) program that integrates the arts into every aspect of the Settlement’s vast network of social service programs in transitional and supportive housing, education and employment, and mental health… Read More »
For this issue of Staffing Update, we talked with Henry Street Settlement’s President and CEO David Garza, whose experience and current role within the agency make him uniquely qualified to comment on the benefits—for both jobseekers and employers—of using employment services like Henry Street’s. When Garza came to the Settlement as a job developer in… Read More »
Above: BGR staff and Ryan Vig (second from right) show off the winning 8Culture T-shirt designs. Boys and Girls Republic (BGR)—Henry Street’s youth community center on East Sixth Street, received 30 new pieces of sports equipment in February through a donation from Ryan Vig, the 16-year-old founder of the charity 8Culture. After-school participants at BGR… Read More »
Above: Anna Duensing, Dominique Jean-Louis, Robyn C. Spencer, and L. Joy Williams at Henry Street Settlement, May 29, 2019. “The NAACP is radical history. It’s women’s history. It’s working-class history. It’s a history that we need to know in order to understand the way to move forward,” said Robyn C. Spencer, professor at City University… Read More »
The Expanded Horizons Class of 2019 at the 17th Annual Scholarship Ceremony. Henry Street’s Expanded Horizons College Success program held its 17th Annual Scholarship Ceremony on May 30 in the gym at 301 Henry Street. The event honored the achievements, hard work, and dedication of the program’s current and former participants. Cheers and smiles lit… Read More »
