Meet Valeria

Valeria arrived in the United States five years ago when she was 28 years old. She had left the Dominican Republic with her husband and three children to build a…

Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Program Spotlight

…anything,” says Imiler Morales, who arrived in the United States from Cuba barely two years ago. Imiler didn’t know a word of English when he came to the U.S. He…

January 29, 2014

January 29, 2014

…1948 to serve African American communities whose residents, businesses and institutions had limited access to mainstream financial services. Carver, the largest African-American and Caribbean run bank in the United States,…

Learn about May’s story…

May immigrated to the United States from Malaysia in 1974. She lives alone, has never married and has no children. She worked for over 30 years as a housekeeper and…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…the two Foundations also broke very exciting news for NYC students and other deserving children in the United States as well. Larry Harper announced they are doubling their original mission…

September 14, 2015

September 14, 2015

…The leaders of the two Foundations also broke very exciting news for NYC students and other deserving children in the United States as well. Larry Harper announced they are doubling…

April 19, 2016

April 19, 2016

…the board of the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development. The support of Union Settlement’s benefactors enables the organization to effect real change. Union Settlement gratefully acknowledges the support…

Community-Building

Connecting People to Their Neighborhood | What We Do Connecting People To Their Neighborhood We engage our neighbors to stay connected, build relationships and advance change in our neighborhood and…

Union Settlement Timeline

…care for the area’s latch-key children and providing intergenerational programs.Union Settlement is a founding member of the East Harlem Partnership for Change, a grassroots organization composed of 14 agencies and…

April 14, 2014

April 14, 2014

…less than a moonshoot we’re planning here,” one source says, “because we’ve had 16 years of false starts on pre-K and an infrastructure that’s ready for it.” That doesn’t change