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By Melissa Aase, CEO of University Settlement This year I found words for something that has long bothered me: “toxic positivity,” the knee-jerk reaction to put on a smile and just move on, to say
WPIX’s Monica Morales came to the Neighborhood Center to check out the self-defense classes we’re offering to Lower East Side community members in partnership with the Alicia & Jason Lee Foundation. Drop by our location
Alongside more than 11,000 peer organizations, University Settlement is a member of the International Federation of Settlements and Neighbourhood Centres (IFS). Last month, University Settlement staffers attended the 2021 IFS Conference: Social Justice – The Unfinished
The Alicia and Jason Lee Foundation will partner with University Settlement to provide free self-defense classes for their neighbors, many of whom are Asian, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Responding to the rise in unprovoked
Our CEO Melissa Aase writes: Last week, we wrapped up summer camp at 14 schools and community centers on the Lower East Side and across Brooklyn. Camp was often terrifically inspiring this year, and we were thrilled to welcome our
Long-Serving Board Member and Outgoing Co-Chair Alan Winters Remains on Board Executive Committee New York, NY, June 11 2021 – University Settlement, the pioneering NYC social justice agency, has announced that Renée Eubanks will
NEW YORK, NY, May 21 2021 – The Creative Center at University Settlement has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support The Creative Center Training Institute for Artists and Administrators in Arts in Healthcare
Last week Barbara DiGangi, Director of Families Thriving at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Health and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction. Read the full testimony below or click here.
Yesterday Marilus Castellanos, Senior Program Director of Early Childhood Mental Health and Family Wellness at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the New York City Council’s Committee on Health and Committee on Mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction. Read the
Yesterday, Michele Rodriguez, Program Director of Older Adults at University Settlement, submitted testimony to the NYC Council hearing on COVID and Seniors: Protecting Older Adults in the Community. Here’s what she had to say: —