On Thanksgiving morning, the dining room at 88th and Columbus was filled with volunteers chopping mountains of carrots and celery, cutting hundreds of slices of bread, and carving dozens of turkeys. “I always love to do this,” said Valery Bratman, who was here for the ninth time. “I think the volunteers that come here, they […]
Year-End Giving Guide: How to Support Us with Cash, Stocks, your IRA, Crypto and More The end of the calendar year is the most popular time to support your favorite causes. This year we’re making it easy by providing plenty of quick and secure ways to donate. With check theft on the rise, authorities say […]
See photos of the Bash here! Watch the Bash video Books about two pressing issues facing New Yorkers claimed the top prizes at our annual Social Justice Never Sleeps Bash as we celebrated another year of investing in people and strengthening community. A capacity crowd filled Monarch Rooftop, enjoying autumn breezes and a closeup view […]
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Books about two pressing issues facing low-income New Yorkers—housing and hunger—have claimed our 2023 book prizes. Food for Hope: How John van Hengel Invented Food Banks for the Hungry by Jeff Gottesfeld [Creston Books] won the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice, while Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism, and Class Bias Build the […]
A chat with Invisible Child author Andrea Elliott Andrea Elliott’s close-up portrait of Dasani Coates, a girl growing up homeless in NYC, sent shock waves through the city when it first landed on the front page of the New York Times in 2013. Incoming Mayor De Blasio invited Dasani to his inauguration and vowed to do better by children like her; outgoing mayor Bloomberg defended his policies but added, “Sometimes some of us are lucky […]
CONTACT: Trish Anderton, Director of PR, Goddard Riverside | tanderton@goddard.org | 929-249-1449 [New York City, September 19, 2023] Every year Goddard Riverside celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people. The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice and Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social […]
Every year we celebrate the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people. The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice and Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice shout out some of the best nonfiction writing of the year for all ages. […]
“You have to empower people and they need to give of themselves, not just receive.” It’s been an exciting summer at Phelps House: Our affordable residence for older adults turned 40, and its social services director, Rebecca Torres, was honored with a Latin Impact Award for her service to the community. Phelps House provides 167 […]
Thirty-two young scholars. More than $137,000 in scholarship awards. Countless rounds of applause, laughter and tears. With apologies to the Barbie movie, Scholarship Day at the Isaacs Center and Goddard Riverside was this summer’s biggest feel-good event. “At the Isaacs Center, I was given the opportunity to learn new skills,” said awardee Precious Ekezie in […]