Community mental health clubhouses are once again fighting for their lives, and TOP members are leading the way. At a lively rally on the City Hall steps in May, TOP members and staff joined four other clubhouses to talk about why it’s important for them to stay open. The programs were defunded last year when […]
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Good Neighbor Awards Celebrate Unique Contributions to Community
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 […]
Goddard Thought Leaders Honored
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 […]
Goddard Ads Engage, Inform Upper West Siders
“When our neighbors thrive, we all do.” That’s the theme of our ad campaign that rolled out across the Upper West Side this month. The colorful ads are displayed on bus shelters, CitiBike stations, store windows and lampposts from West 65th through West 110th Street. Some feature images from our programs, representing our six cause areas. […]
Transcript of Roderick L. Jones’ speech at City Hall
Good morning everyone. I think I wanna spend my couple minutes helping you to understand what it is on the not-for-profit side, not to be paid. If you think back just two years ago during the period of Covid, we had employees who were on the street risking their lives because we deemed them essential. […]
President Roderick L. Jones Speaks Out on City’s Late Payments [Video]
Our president, Rod Jones, remembers the darkest days of COVID—when our frontline staff carried official letters from the city authorizing them to be out delivering services during lockdown. “We had employees on the street risking their lives because we considered them essential,” he said at a boisterous rally in front of City Hall in late […]
Helping College—and Grad School—Dreams Come True
Donate to the Scholarship Fund John Oppong, Jr., grew up just north of Yankee Stadium in the Highbridge neighborhood of the Bronx— “A community that was supportive to students, but it was also a tough environment to find your way and balance life in,” he recalled. With a little help from our partners at the […]
Multi-Gen Pioneer Karenne Berry Named Black Trailblazer
Karenne Berry was taking a taxi to the office recently when she got to chatting with the driver. “She proceeded to tell me about the challenges that her son had and the challenges she had being a mom and trying to be supportive of him,” Berry recalled. “And then I asked her a few questions. […]
#DegreesNYC Helps Lead the Charge for a Powerful New Data System
Every year, nearly a million students attend classes in New York City public schools—the country’s largest school district. But how well are those students doing? Are they on track to graduate? How many will enroll in college, and how many will finish? The data to answer questions like these exists, but it’s scattered among different […]
How Lisette beat a post-pandemic slump—and finished high school
After the pandemic lockdowns, Lisette found herself having a hard time. Finances were tight, and she – like many others – had difficulty focusing. Finishing high school seemed impossible. But a friend suggested she apply to Goddard’s Learning to Work Program at Edward A. Reynolds High School, and she transferred there in 2023. The Learning […]