University Settlement will host a May 2 press conference for ROAR: Rejoice! Organize! Activate! Reclaim!, a summer festival event series

ROAR: Rejoice! Organize! Activate! Reclaim!, a festival hosted by University Settlement, will take place every weekend May – August 2022 on New York City’s Lower East Side and in Chinatown. University Settlement and its partners invite interested media to attend a press conference kicking off the initiative, taking place on May 2, 2022 at 10 […]

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University Settlement’s Self-Defense Classes featured on WNYC’s “The United States of Anxiety”

Our self-defense classes were featured on WNYC‘s ‘The United States of Anxiety,’ hosted by Kai Wright. Sammy Yuen, who teaches the classes, shares how he set out to use his martial arts skills to teach the skills they need to protect themselves, explaining:  “Self defense is really about spatial and environmental awareness. I think there is

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University Settlement will honor Cathy Park Hong and its Frontline Staff at 2022 Gala, City Stories: The Power of US

University Settlement is pleased to announce that it will honor Cathy Park Hong, New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize finalist; and its frontline staff, for their unwavering commitment before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic, at its annual gala, City Stories: The Power of US, taking place virtually on April 7, 2022. Cathy

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University Settlement Presented Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Education

Barbara DiGangi, Director of Families Thriving at University Settlement, presented testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Education’s Preliminary Budget Hearing. Download a copy of this testimony – Testimony of University Settlement Before the New York City Council – FY 2022 Joint Preliminary Budget Hearing: Committee on Education Council Member Rita Joseph, Chair

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