Zoning laws are exacerbating the housing crisis and segregating our neighborhoods. That’s the message author Richard Kahlenberg drove home in our recent Book Chat about Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don’t See, the winner of last year’s Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. Zoning, which […]
Rod Jones, Angela Henry and Stephan Russo See photos from the Bash on our Facebook page! (You don’t need an account.) Supporters and guests flocked to our annual Bash to celebrate another year of work in the community—and to find out who won our social justice book prizes. Soft lights glowed overhead at our new […]
Getting into college can be a challenge —and for low-income students of color and first-generation students it’s even harder. A recent study by the Pew Research Center found only 20 percent of first-generation students completed college, compared to 82 percent of those who had two parents with bachelors degrees. This summer, as they have for […]
Youth-Led Research Finds Room for Improvement We often hear alarming talk about students not being ready for college. But are colleges and schools ready for students—that is, all the different kinds of students who seek them out? That’s the subject of a new youth-led study released by #DegreesNYC, and their findings are sobering. “We’re living […]
“I’ll never forget Mrs. Heller. Because I lived far from school. And I had to walk a long distance. And a lot of it was uphill. And I was a little girl.” That’s how one story started at “Tell Us Your Stories,” an event at our Columbus Avenue Older Adults Center in June. With the […]
Fighting homelessness, advocating for students with special needs, feeding the community, and empowering women around the world: these are just some of the contributions of the five longtime local volunteers honored with Goddard’s Good Neighbor Awards this year. In addition, State Assembly Member Danny O’Donnell, who is retiring from the legislature, received a Community Champion […]
Here at Goddard Riverside, we’ve always seen our president, Roderick L. Jones, as a trailblazer. But it was gratifying to see him recognized by City and State Magazine, which recently named Jones as one of its Nonprofit Trailblazers for 2024. Jones grew up in the Cypress Hill projects in East New York. He went to […]
Get tickets for Upper West Side’s Got Talent here They may not be famous—yet—but the performers battling for the grand prize at our upcoming show definitely have star power. From a singer who’s appeared throughout the tri-state area, including at the legendary Apollo Theater, to a young dance troupe with multiple TODAY Show performances, these […]
Since becoming the manager of our Community Arts program in 2022, Manon Manavit has put her own stamp on it—adding new performers and events and using the arts to take a fresh look at the challenges faced by our community. She booked a group called Theatre of the Oppressed to do an interactive performance […]
When you come to lunch at our Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center between Tuesday and Friday, Rosa Cruz will be there to check you in—a warm, welcoming face for old and new members alike. For Director Viktoriia Zakhary, it feels like she’s always been there. “When I started in this role, Rosa showed me how everything […]