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Henry Street Settlement Hosts Domestic Violence Awareness Conference

Click here to see photos from this event » Elected officials – including District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr., U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer – were among the speakers at Henry Street Settlement’s annual Domestic Violence Awareness Conference held December 10th at the Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center to recognize Domestic… Read More »

Seniors Celebrate at Fall Heritage Festival

Click here to see photos from this event on Facebook » Henry Street Senior Center’s Fall Heritage Festival was ablaze in color as seniors – dressed in festive costumes reflecting their ethnic heritage — partied beneath a canopy of colorful international flags. The festival, held on Tuesday in a Vladeck Houses courtyard, attracted hundreds of… Read More »

Ready For Fall, Thanks to Volunteers

Employees of Credit Suisse — a longtime corporate partner of Henry Street —  have been stepping away from their desks to help with some of the Settlement’s early fall projects. On Tuesday, September 16, volunteers assisted with a large donation of thousands of pairs of athletic shoes, which were distributed to residents at Henry Street’s… Read More »

New Year, New Shoes

Children in Henry Street Settlement’s shelters are headed back to school with some new shoes, thanks to an extremely large and generous donation of new athletic shoes. Henry Street Settlement distributed over 5,000 pairs of new donated shoes to the men, women and children living in Henry Street’s supportive and transitional housing shelters as well… Read More »

Abrons Arts Center an Artforum Fall 2014 Pick

Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center was featured in the September Artforum as a presenter of some of the top picks for the fall season. Claudia LaRocco said of the Center, “Abrons Arts Center’s beautiful little Henry Street Settlement Playhouse is celebrating one hundred years (take that, you half-centurians!). Much more importantly (real-estate nostalgia is for… Read More »

George Barber Munroe (1922 – 2014)

George Barber Munroe, a longtime member of Henry Street’s Board of Directors and former Chairman of the Executive Committee, passed away on August 19, at the age of 92. Munroe, the former CEO of Phelps Dodge Corporation was a truly a Renaissance man: professional basketball star, veteran of the U.S. Navy, Rhodes Scholar and lawyer…. Read More »

Jobs at new Hotel Indigo Available to LES Residents

Local residents will be given 30 percent of the more than 100 jobs expected to be created when the Hotel Indigo opens on Orchard Street next year through an agreement reached between Assemblyman Sheldon Silver, the Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN) and the InterContinental Hotel Group. LESEN will use its extensive resources within the… Read More »

Four Generations at Henry Street

For Carlos Montañez, a senior at Brooklyn College, Henry Street Settlement is family. Carlos is the fourth generation of his family—including his great grandmother, grandmother and parents—to be a part of the Henry Street community. The family’s affiliation with Henry Street began with his grandmother, Maria Silva who, when she moved to the neighborhood, worked… Read More »

Summer Success for Rising Seniors

Sho Toloue, a Henry Street college counselor, stood in front of mouth-watering image of brightly colored macarons projected on a screen. “Do we have any bakers here today?” she asked. The macarons, unfortunately, were not a snack, but rather a tool that Sho and Izzy Fortuna, another college counselor, were using to teach the rising… Read More »

Buy Your Veggies From Henry Street Youth

Click here to see photos from the Youthmarket’s opening day » On the opening day of this year’s Lower East Side Youthmarket, Henry Street Settlement’s Tiana and Phylisha Conyers, both graduates of Project Rise, helped with the busy lunchtime rush, as Lower East Side residents purchased fresh local fruits and vegetables. Tiana and Phylisha helped… Read More »

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