Watch a video of the Book Chat here Jonathan Blitzer’s Everyone Who is Gone is Here takes a panoramic look at US immigration policy regarding Central America over the last several decades. But it’s never boring or bureaucratic, because it’s relentlessly focused on the people caught up in those policies—from a doctor dealing with the […]
The National College Attainment Network (NCAN) has listed its 2025-2026 Policy Council Members and our very own Dr. LaKisha Williams, Director of #DegreesNYC at the Options Center is among the leaders chosen. The Policy Council is a group made up of leaders from across the country dedicated to discussing policy strategies with the mission of […]
Jiany Lopez dropped out of high school during a turbulent time in her life. She came to our Learning to Work program a few years ago, looking to finish high school and figure out her next steps. Learning to Work is embedded at the Edward A. Reynolds Transfer High School. It helps students overcome barriers […]
At Goddard, Lifelong Learning is one of our core values. Linda Aka, a case manager at our Resource Center, is showing us how to do it— while helping others and thriving in the process. In less than a year, Linda has gone from an internship to her new role, in a career that she began […]
Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center are excited to announce that we have formally merged as of June 2025. We launched our partnership nearly four years ago with a sense that our goals and strengths complemented each other—and that sense has only grown as we’ve become one team. “The Isaacs Center had a great unifying […]
A woman approached a table with a sign that read Quick Loans and Pawn Shop. The agent behind the sign immediately picked up her cellphone and launched into an animated conversation. “I’m busy! I’m on the phone!” she told the customer. Scenes like this played out all around the large meeting room at the CUNY […]
Update: TOP and other small clubhouses have been funded for another year in the city budget. We’re grateful to Council Members Gale Brewer and Linda Lee, and everyone who supported our bid for funding. Community mental health clubhouses are once again fighting for their lives, and TOP members are leading the way. At a lively […]
Our Children’s Book Giveaway this year was hosted by our West Side Beacon program with the help of volunteers from the Kulu Foundation and Target. Along with a chance to grab some free books, children also got to sit down and listen to Dianna Wilson Sirkvsky, our 2024 Goddard Riverside/CBC Youth Book Prize for Social […]
One grows and distributes food. Another fights tirelessly for her unhoused neighbors. Another gives prom gowns to teens who otherwise might not be able to afford them. Two more are unpaid directors of small community organizations and one passionately tends the flower beds in a section of Riverside Park. As always, our Good Neighbor […]
Staff members from our president to our uptown homeless outreach team have been recognized recently for their impact on the community. President Roderick L. Jones and Resource Center director Wayne Tyre were honored by City and State Magazine for the second year in a row. Jones was named to the Nonprofit Trailblazers list for the […]