LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Special Acknowledgement Neighbors to Save Rivington House The 2017 LES Community Hero Awards presented a special acknowledgement for “Neighbors to Save Rivington House” for their...

LES Community Hero – Special Acknowledgement An urban planner by profession, Michael Zisser first came to know University Settlement (US) and the people of the Lower East Side community by working as...

A People’s LES Project with support from FABnyc & Downtown Art Project Coordinator and Lead Artist: Ro Garrido  In April 2019, we began a series of oral history workshops in...

LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY HERO Nominated by Laura Timme, University Settlement  photo by Whitney Browne Monique Flores is the Senior Director of Youth and Community Programs at University Settlement. Monique...