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 […]
Thank you to Chair Ayala and the members of the committee for the opportunity to testify at this important hearing. My name is Nathalie Pierre-Louis, and I am the Assistant Program Director at the Resource Center, a program of Goddard Riverside. Goddard is a Settlement House working with New Yorkers from early childhood through older […]
Nancy Brandon’s Opening is Sold Out but You Can Still See her Show Nancy Brandon’s Upper West Side apartment is stuffed with art—the products of more than 60 years of painting. The self-taught artist has fought stereotypes for decades by portraying the joy and solidarity of the Black community. She’s sold out the opening of […]
Watch News 12’s story about Wayne Tyre and the power of 2-Gen! Even when the Goddard Riverside Resource Center is swirling with clients—say, a mom and baby looking for help getting SNAP benefits, an older adult sitting down with a financial counselor, an injured laborer filing for disability—Wayne E Tyre radiates calm. If you come […]
“It’s all the things I’ve always cared about, but right in my own backyard.” Our new board chair at Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center has a wealth of experience with city and state issues. Marcia Bystryn says what drew her to get involved here is the chance to make a difference in her neighborhood. […]
Jason Rice didn’t have the easiest start in life. His mom struggled with addiction. He was in and out of foster care as a child; he became a lonely kid who felt like he never fit in. As a teen he dropped out of school, began using and selling drugs himself, and eventually did jail […]
As the weather cools, many people start thinking about the holidays: What am I making for Thanksgiving dinner? What gifts do I get my family? Do I need to get out my warm boots? Goddard also asks these questions, but on a much larger scale. No matter the season, we keep working with over 20,000 […]
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 […]