CONTACT: Trish Anderton, Director of PR, Goddard Riverside | tanderton@goddard.org | 929-249-1449 Images available on request Books about two pressing issues facing low-income New Yorkers—housing and hunger—have claimed Goddard Riverside’s 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 […]
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“Changing the Odds” Summit Challenges NYC to Shatter the Barriers to Higher Ed
Event: Changing the Odds Summit Date and Time: September 27, 2023 from 9 AM to 1 PM Place: Goddard Riverside Bernie Wohl Center, 647 Columbus Ave. (between 91st and 92nd) Hosts: #DegreesNYC and the Student Success Network Contact: Trish Anderton, tanderton@goddard.org | 929-249-1449 or fill out this form to register as a member of the […]
Rockabill Development, Goddard Riverside, and NYC HPD Close on $38 Million to Transform Illegal Upper West Side Hotel into Permanent Supportive Housing
Media Contacts: Kelly Magee [Rockabill]: kelly@rivetpr.com Trish Anderton [Goddard]: TAnderton@goddard.org Project Images: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/wgasy6ca0ay39eqj2gtb3/h?dl=0&rlkey=rlov3ndcq59sl69wtvcxp2tpe Rockabill Development, Goddard Riverside, and NYC HPD Close on $38 Million to Transform Illegal Upper West Side Hotel into Permanent Supportive Housing Deal marks the preservation and revival of Single Room Occupancies (SROs), a fundamental source of affordable housing for the most […]
Goddard Riverside Options Institute Launches Online College Access Training January 30, 2023
Goddard Riverside Options Institute Launches Online College Access Training January 30, 2023 Contact: Trish Anderton, Director of Public Relations | tanderton@goddard.org | (m) 929-219-1449 Options Institute, Goddard Riverside’s college access training organization, is releasing its hallmark Foundations Course as a multi modal, resource rich, online learning system created specifically for school and Community Based Organization […]
“Sanctuary” and “Invisible Child” win Goddard Riverside Social Justice Book Prizes
Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City, by Andrea Elliott (Random House) and Sanctuary: Kip Tiernan and Rosie’s Place, the Nation’s First Shelter for Women, by Christine McDonnell and Victoria Tentler-Krylov (Candlewick Press) have won Goddard Riverside’s 2022 social justice book prizes. Invisible Child follows eight years in the life of Dasani, a […]
Shortlists Released for 2022 Social Justice Book Prizes
Learn more about our book prizes Ten compelling titles are shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice and the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. The winners of both prizes will be announced online on October 13. The Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice, […]
Goddard Riverside Book Fair to Transform into Summertime Children’s Book Giveaway
Contact: Trish Anderton, Director of Public Relationstanderton@goddard.org 929-249-1449Information: goddard.org/bookfair [NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022]—Goddard Riverside’s holiday book sale is changing its format and its place on the calendar, the organization announced today. “We have loved sharing the Book Fair with you every November for the last 35 years,” said Roderick L. Jones, executive director of the Upper […]
New York City Council Calls on Mayor for Greater Investments into Affordable Housing
Quotes from Rod Jones and other spokespeople from several non-profits about investments going into affordable and supportive housing. Read about it here.
Goddard Riverside, Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center Partner to Deliver over 2,000 Holiday Meals with the Help of Hundreds of Local Volunteers
Annual Holiday Tradition Continues Under Strategic Partnership Between Goddard Riverside and Isaacs Center Began Earlier This Year to Help Provide Meals and Resources on Both Sides of Central Park CONTACT: Brad Weekes | BWeekes@kivvit.com | 347.207.2048 Hundreds of Community Members Come Together to Cook, Serve, and Distribute Thousands of Meals Distributions to Fight Food Insecurity […]
Goddard Riverside Book Fair Returns In-Person in November 2021
Contact: Trish Anderton, Director of Public Relations tanderton@goddard.org 929-249-1449 Information: goddard.org/bookfair2021 [NEW YORK, New York, November 9, 2021]—After going online-only last year due to COVID, the Goddard Riverside Book Fair is returning to in-person shopping. The beloved Upper West Side event will offer brand-new books for half price November 20 and 21 at Goddard Riverside’s headquarters, 593 Columbus (and 88). “Shoppers tell us the Book Fair isn’t just about books—it’s […]