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 […]
“We are a community that banged pots and pans at 7 PM at the start of the COVID pandemic. Tonight, we gather to bang the pots again.” With those words, Steve Anderson, president of the Upper West Side Coalition, set the tone for our Good Neighbor Awards celebration. It was a time to come together […]
Four Capitol Hall residents sat in a row of chairs in the common room. Behind them, four barbering students from The School for Cooperative Technical Education (CoOp Tech) practiced their hair-cutting skills under the supervision of their teacher Tarik Golden. “We’re very excited to finally have them here,” said Capitol Hall Program Director Alex Badia, […]
Our first annual Children’s Book Giveaway had it all: perfect weather, excited children, bookmarks you could color, free Spider-Man library cards from the New York Public Library, and a reading by a special guest! A steady stream of families perused the tables set up outside our Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, piled with free brand-new books […]
“Thank you for your tireless work and advocacy on behalf of every West Sider—and East Sider—and for your commitment to creating a more just and equitable society.” With those words, State Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal presented Goddard Riverside President Roderick L. Jones with a plaque naming him the Louis B. York Justice Award honoree. […]