Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunity for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social service, arts, and health care programs.
(Above: Camp Henry youth at a sneak peek of The House on Henry Street, summer 2018) On September 17, 2018, Henry Street Settlement will open a permanent interactive exhibition, The House on Henry Street, in conjunction with its 125th anniversary celebration. The exhibit explores themes of social activism, urban poverty and public health through the lens… Read More »
Everyone is in on Henry Street Settlement’s 125th birthday celebration—including our founder, Lillian Wald! Our doll-sized mascot is showing up in photographs from the Lower East Side to Texas to Belize! Team members and community ambassadors are making the rounds with Flat Lillian to educate the public about our history and inspire interest in the upcoming… Read More »
Above: Voter registration at a July 2016 Henry Street Settlement event “This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” Thurgood Marshall Make Your Voice Heard: Register to Vote at Henry Street Important elections are coming up! Walk in and register to vote at five Henry Street locations on the Lower East Side!… Read More »
Have you always wanted to learn guitar or take an improv class? Now is your chance! Adult and youth class registration is now open for fall 2018 classes at Abrons Arts Center at the Henry Street Settlement. Dance, music, theater, visual arts, and more, including private instrumental music classes, are available for all levels. Abrons… Read More »
You can help some of the thousands of children at Henry Street, including those living in our homeless shelters and attending our education programs, through our inaugural Back-to-School Campaign. A gift registry on Amazon makes it easy for our generous supporters to supply kids with backpacks and other essentials. Shipping information will be included on each… Read More »
Community members celebrate at Abrons Arts Center’s 2nd Annual Summer Block Party, one of the most recent CAB-funded projects. Photo by Cesarin Mateo Arts programs for homeless youth and a Spanish-speaking senior support group were among the projects funded in June by Henry Street Settlement’s Community Advisory Board (CAB) through a unique participatory budgeting process…. Read More »
Above: Present-day New York City immigrants contributed their stories to the Tenement Museum’s Your Story, Our Story exhibit. When Halina Kaczmarczyk, a poet from Poland, and Juana Bailon, an immigrant from Mexico, enrolled in Henry Street Settlement’s English languages classes, they didn’t know that their stories might become part the Tenement Museum’s permanent collection of immigrant… Read More »
The Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP) graduates celebrating their success at the graduation ceremony on June 22, 2018. Henry Street Settlement celebrated the success of its most recent Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP) graduates at a ceremony featuring a keynote address by New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou . The event was held on June… Read More »
On a blazing Thursday, a team of high school and college students kept crisp their enticing stocks of oregano, blueberries, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots, and tomatoes under a shady tent top. They had set up the recognizable GrowNYC tent in front of Abrons Arts Center at 7 a.m. in time for their produce delivery from a Bronx warehouse—and… Read More »
Henry Street seniors, top left, rally at City Hall with Council Member Margaret Chin, foreground, for adequate funding for programs for older adults. Participants in Henry Street programs raised their voices at New York City Hall in June, campaigning for causes close to our hearts. Youth from Henry Street’s Urban Family Center (UFC) shelter joined… Read More »
