Spring/Summer 2018 Newsletter – Executive Director Note

…able to attract a sufficient number of certified teachers and other educators to meet staffing requirements. This situation creates tremendous hardship for the low-income families that we serve in the…

Summer 2019 Newsletter – AIM Program

…three years. The number of participants we can take on has also increased from 12 to 16. I’m excited about collaborating with other Union Settlement youth programs to expand our…

2022 Benefit Honoree

…important work of a variety of nonprofit organizations. He has been honored to receive a number of recognitions for his work. In 2021 he was invested as Archon Grand Orator…

May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

…May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – will have a Mexican theme both because of its date and because East Harlem is a portal community for large numbers of new…

September 24, 2015

September 24, 2015

…her recent profile of a Head Start teacher trying to make ends meet in San Francisco on wages that only marginally exceed the amount her students’ families earn. (Full disclosure,…

News Archive 2009

…Needs The Guardian (UK) – This feature article includes a profile of a Union Settlement student in a citizenship class. October 23rd, 2009 Students Receive Lesson in ‘Green’ Eating NY1 – Local first graders visit…

Business Courses

…obligations, and financial projections. To graduate, the students must develop a business plan accurate enough to apply for financing at any institution that provides loans to start-ups or newly established…

May 11, 2015

May 11, 2015

…counseling, to social events and much more. Currently, the Education Center hosts Union Settlement’s high school equivalency classes in the morning, which teach about 40 students each day, and about…

May 15, 2015

May 15, 2015

…classes in the morning, which teach about 40 students each day, and about 120 children in after-school programming, which offers children ages 5 to 12 a fun, stimulating environment where…

September 23, 2015

September 23, 2015

…they may be more consumed by how they’ll pay for food and rent and repay their students loans, he said. The fast food industry’s $15 an hour wage is going…