Helping Your Child — and Yourself — Cope with COVID Trauma

Marina Fradera has fond memories of attending our Head Start program as a child. Now she still spends her days in children’s classrooms—but as a trauma specialist, she’s helping young people get through tough times. Check out her advice for adults and children on handing pandemic stresses.

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Goddard Riverside strives toward a fair and just society where all people can make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families. We serve more than 20,000 New Yorkers each year with programs ranging from Early Childhood Education to Senior Centers.

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A sketch of the future 419 East 91st Street showing a seven-story building with two columns of windows

Learn about plans for our East 91st Street Safe Haven

Our new Safe Haven on the Upper East Side will help people make the journey from homeless to permanently housed.

Flyer for the Gala conversation series with the headline Social Justice Never Sleeps in gold against a purple background with an image of the NYC sklyine, a large moon rising behind it, and a row of raised fists of all skin tones in front

Watch the Gala video!

Did you miss the Gala? Or maybe you just want to watch it again? See it here, including a look back at our year, highlights of the Social Justice Never Sleeps conversations, a song from our Young People’s Chorus and the announcement of our book prize winners!