Goddard Riverside’s Options Center partnered with NYC College Line to host its first LIVE WEBINAR! This online meeting for college access professionals and students provided tips and tools to help students get ready to embark on the college careers. Statistics show that the majority of college freshmen who leave in their first year do so […]
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Goddard Riverside Youth Rally for Summer Employment
New York, NY – On Wednesday, June 11, teens from the Goddard Riverside Beacon program joined with hundreds of youth and supporters on the steps of City Hall to rally for an expansion to the City’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP). The youth called on Mayor de Blasio to fully fund the City Council’s $14.2 […]
Hudson Warehouse to Expand Partnership with Goddard Riverside Community Arts Program
Last week, the West Side Spirit ran a feature on The Other Shakespeare in the Park, highlighting Hudson Warehouse as a burgeoning theater company with deepening roots on the Upper West Side. Highlighted within the story was the partnership with our community arts program at the Bernie Wohl Center. To date, Hudson Warehouse has conducted […]
Goddard Riverside Early Education Teachers Make a Case for Play on WNYC Radio
In light of the city’s expansion of universal Pre-K slots in the city, administrators, parents and the public are reviewing the curriculum and quality of these programs to determine what the model of early childhood education should be. In a recent interview with WNYC Radio, early childhood education teachers Regina Gallagher and Elizabeth Uraga explain […]
Goddard Green Keepers Honored by the Broadway Malls Association
Goddard Riverside’s Green Keepers were honored at the 2014 Broadway Mall Association Gala. The Green Keepers – Goddard Riverside’s social enterprise business – is a vocational training program that trains formerly homeless men and women as horticulturalists. The Green Keepers have been a partner with the Broadway Malls for nearly 20 years, and employs our […]
Goddard Riverside Celebrates its Annual Meeting and Welcomes New Board Members David S. Phillips and Nancy Rochford
On Tuesday, May 20, Goddard Riverside Community Center hosted its Annual Meeting – the organization’s yearly gathering of its board of directors, staff, and members of the community – to celebrate the accomplishments of the past year. Yesterday, Goddard Riverside welcomed two new members to the board: David S. Phillips, Chief Investment Officer and Vice […]
OPTIONS Students Announced their College Choices on Decision Day
NEW YORK, NY – On Thursday, May 1, 100 New York City students, including 10 seniors from our Options Center, announced their college choices at the annual National College Decision Day Draft Event, sponsored by Citi and the New York College Collective. The Collective designed this event to promote and support a college-going culture and […]
In the News: Affordable Housing for Older Adults in NYC
In her article The Home They Can Afford Is Ever More Elusive for Older New Yorkers, New York Times reporter Vivian Yee interviewed Parvati Devi — member of Goddard Riverside’s advocacy group The Family Council — who shared some of her housing challenges.
Regina Gallagher Joins City Leaders on Universal Pre-K Panel
NEW YORK, NY – On Wednesday, April 23, Bank Street College of Education hosted a panel discussion titled, Universal Pre-K in New York City: Quality & Equity in the Face of Rapid Expansion. The event was part of the College’s Niemeyer Series, an annual forum focused on contemporary issues in education. Featured on the panel […]
Goddard Riverside Partnered with World Book Night to Spread the Love of Reading
On April 23, 2014, 25,000 volunteers across the country gave away half a million free books in more than 6,000 towns and cities across America, and on the upper West Side at Goddard Riverside Community Center for World Book Night (WBN). WBN is an ambitious campaign to give thousands of free, specially printed paperbacks to […]