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Ships in the Night is a short film focused on hospital staff experiences early in the COVID-19 pandemic The Creative Center at University Settlement will host a virtual screening of Ships in the Night, a short film focused on the everyday struggles of hospital staff, and a panel discussion engaging with the film and its …
Interested in a little learning this summer? What about connecting with like-minded people? Join the Families Thriving team for our August workshop series. It’s our hope that these offerings will provide knowledge and resources you’re seeking, new connections and make you feel a little less alone. Expect our spaces to be a mix of information …
In “This Manhattan Park Was Once A Gem. Now It’s a ‘No Man’s Land,‘” the New York Times’ Winnie Hu reports on community efforts to revitalize Sara D. Roosevelt Park, interviewing our neighborhood advocates including our friend K Webster of the SDR Park Coalition and our CEO Melissa Aase: The loss of the [Sara D. …
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Are you passionate about providing mental health support to your fellow New Yorkers? University Settlement’s Mental Health & Wellness teams are recruiting social workers for a range of positions of varying seniority. Opportunities exist for social workers interested in providing direct therapy in clinical, home, and community settlings, as well as for experienced social workers …
University Settlement is HIRING for Mental Health and Wellness Positions! Read More »
As we consider today’s egregious Supreme Court decision to overturn settled law protecting the right to privacy, and in particular the right to abortion, we believe we must state a simple fact: University Settlement believes that women and girls are human beings with human rights, including the right to bodily autonomy and integrity. Why would …
Are you passionate about working with young people as they develop emotionally, grow into leaders, and achieve? University Settlement’s youth programs create safe, fun, purpose-driven environments that engage more than 3,400 youth every year as they begin to build their futures. We are now hiring for group leaders in youth development programs in Manhattan and …
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University Settlement in partnership with BRIC is pleased to announce the third cycle of the Brooklyn-based Intergenerational Community Arts Council (ICAC), a multigenerational team of residents developing joyous, values-driven arts programming by, for, and with members of the Ingersoll, Whitman, Farragut and Atlantic Terminal NYCHA houses and surrounding Brooklyn neighborhoods. This cycle running from February …
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The Creative Center at University Settlement has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Training Institute for Artists and Administrators in Arts-in-Healthcare and Creative Aging for 2022, the agency announced today. The Creative Center’s Training Institute, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, …
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. This summer, ROAR will: Energize public spaces including Sara D. Roosevelt (SDR) Park Celebrate the people and cultures of Chinatown and the LES …
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 …