Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
Henry Street Happenings
Celebrating the 110 Year Legacy of the NAACP
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 »
Expanded Horizons Celebrates New Class of Scholars
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 »
Seniors Stamp Out Stigma Against Mental Health: Music for the Mind
Voices of Experience, a Henry Street Settlement senior singing group, at Music for the Mind on June 4, 2019. Seniors rose from their seats and danced as Emily Wang and the Voices of Experience, a Henry Street Settlement senior singing group, belted out “La Bamba” while shaking their maracas to the rhythm at the first… Read More »
Music For The Mind on June 4
Above: A public event hosted by Henry Street Settlement Senior Services in fall 2018; see below or here for more information about our upcoming event!
Come See The Best of L.E.S.!
Above: Dancers at last year’s Best of L.E.S. Dance Showcase; see below or here for information on our upcoming event!
Lillian Wald Symposium Asks: Can New York City’s Affordable Housing Crisis Be Resolved?
Above: Henry Street Settlement Executive Director David Garza introduces the panel. “We have no choice but to solve it,” was the opening line from City Comptroller Scott Stringer at Henry Street Settlement’s April 10, 2019, Lillian Wald Symposium, “The answer to the housing crisis is in the history of New York City itself.” Five expert… Read More »
The NAACP at 110
Above: Two of the founders of the NAACP, W.E.B. DuBois and Lillian Wald, who also founded Henry Street Settlement. NOTE: This event is at capacity, but will be broadcast live on our Facebook page.
TAKE ACTION: Rally for the M14 Bus Lines
Image courtesy of Grand Street Democrats. Join Henry Street in showing support for the many LES residents who will be impacted by the proposed changes to the M14 bus lines (click here for more info). If you’re rallying with us on May 1, meet at the Henry Street Senior Center, 334 Madison Street, at 9:45… Read More »
Henry Street Domestic Violence Program Plays Role in New Film
Above: star of A Vigilante Olivia Wilde with Henry Street team members Beverly Atkinson (left) and Theather Huggins (right). Wilde and the filmmakers consulted with Atkinson and Huggins on how to depict survivors’ support groups. Photo by Patrick Lewis/Starpix. Henry Street’s Domestic Violence Program team have always been our all-stars, but now they’re actually movie stars, cast… Read More »
