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For directions on how to plant your bulbs, please see:
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Flyer for free flower bulb giveaway with cartoon trees and dogs

Love Your Street Day will be giving away daffodil bulbs to beautify and sustain NYC! 🌼🌼🌼

Monday, October 13 at 4:30-6PM @ the N/E Corner of Amsterdam Ave and W. 86th Street - Look for the table!
(First come, first serve! Bulbs will not be distributed before 4:30 PM)

Book Prize Winner Jonathan Blitzer and the Real-Life Impacts of US Immigration | Goddard Riverside Watch a video of the Book Chat here

@jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, author of Everyone Who is Gone is Here sat down with our former director for our yearly book chat. It was an electrifying conversation about the people caught in the middle of US immigration policy with Central America.
Read the full post: goddard.org/jonathan-bli...

Cover of Slow and Sudden Violence with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congratulations to Derek Hyra and @ucpress.bsky.social! Slow and Sudden Violence, which argues that urban uprisings triggered by police killings are connected to the 'slow violence' of racist policies, is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Young Changemakers: Compassionate Kids with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Young Changemakers: Compassionate Kids is shortlisted for our Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice! This book by Stacy C. Bauer, illustrated by Emanuela Ntamack, highlights real children who show compassion through acts of kindness and advocacy. #GoddardBookPrizes

Protect Your People, by Raj Jayadev for @thenewpress.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice! It explores how communities are working together to combat the injustices of mass incarceration. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Where are the Women? with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to @janicehechter.bsky.social and @redchairpress.bsky.social! Where are the Women?, which tells the true story of Girl Scouts who successfully campaigned for the first statue honoring real women in Central Park, is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Pay the People! with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Pay the People! is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize! Congrats to John Driscoll, Morris Pearl, @patrioticmillionaires.org and @thenewpress.bsky.social. Pay the People! argues that fair wages are beneficial to both the economy and societal well-being. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Jina Jeong: Project Park Art with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to Jina Jeong: Project Park Art by Carol Kim with illustrator Flavia Zuncheddu for Picture Window Books! This lovely book, in which Jina, her friends, and local street artists transform graffiti in their local park, is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize! #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Dreaming of Home with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Dreaming of Home by Cristina Jiménez for @stmartinspress.bsky.social is shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize! This moving memoir details the journey of an immigrant activist transforming personal fear into collective empowerment and societal change. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Gifts from the Garbage Truck with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Applause please for Gifts from the Garbage Truck by Andrew Larsen, illustrated by @oriolvidal.bsky.social for @sbkslibrary.bsky.social! This true story about a sanitation worker who salvaged discarded items to create a museum is shortlisted for our youth social justice book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Copaganda with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Shortlisted for our adult social justice book prize: Copaganda, by @equalityalec.bsky.social for @thenewpress.bsky.social! Copaganda exposes the cozy relationship between law enforcement agencies and media outlets, revealing how public perception is shaped to favor the police. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of CALLING ALL FUTURE VOTERS with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congratulations to Laurie Atkins bsky.app/profile/laur... and @gloobooks.bsky.social! CALLING ALL FUTURE VOTERS!, in which a group of young people learn about voting rights and civic engagement as they work to mobilize their community, is shortlisted for our youth book prize. #GoddardBookPrizes

Cover of Backroom Deals in Our Backyards with the words Announcing the 2025 Shortlist

Congrats to Backroom Deals in our Backyards by Miranda S. Spivack bsky.app/profile/mira... for @thenewpress! You're shortlisted for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. This book Investigates the impact of governmental secrecy on local communities. #GoddardBookPrizes

Today we announce the shortlists for our book prizes! The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice and Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice celebrate the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people. #GoddardBookPrizes

He was bulldozed to death when Atlanta cleared his homeless camp. Will there ever be justice? After Cornelius Taylor’s death, the city made promises to change its homelessness policy – but his friends say it didn’t follow through

Great but devastating story by @brycecovert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

LaKisha Williams, director of #DegreesNYC is now in the NCAN's 2025-2026 Policy Council! She joins a group of leaders dedicated to discussing policy strategies with the mission of advancing equal opportunities and affordability in post-secondary education.

Read More: www.ncan.org/news/news.as...

Flyer for celebration: Text: Hello Neighbor! You're invited to the Goddard Bash. 6:30 on Thursday October 29th. Come together with us at Bryant park grill 25 wast 40th street for a night of celebration and to honor this year's social justice book prizes. purchase your tickets, ad, or sponsorship at www.goddard.org.bash

You are invited to our Goddard Bash this October 9th at the Bryant Park Grill. Come have some amazing food and celebrate the hard work at Goddard Riverside. We will also be announcing this year's winners of our Social Justice Book Prize.

Get your tickets at: www.goddard.org/bash

Presentation on emergency preparedness with person showing how to use a fire extinguisher

older adults watching a presentation

Group photo with presenters from national guard with members of the Isaacs center

When an emergency hits, it’s always good to be prepared.
The New York Homeland Security And Emergency Services came to the Isaacs Center to give a presentation on emergency planning. If you missed it or need a refresher, you can always read more at:
www.prepare.ny.gov

2-Care Campaign — New Yorkers United for Child Care Join our end of year donation drive. Become a monthly member and make a major impact!

www.united4childcare.org/2-care

People rallying in the rain

Goddard Riverside team member with a sign that says New Yorkers Pay 14 billion for child care out of their own pockets

Goddard Riverside is proud to sign the 2-Care Campaign with NY4Childcare and @unhny.bsky.social to expand childcare to NYC's 2-year-old's while continuing to invest in and shore up Universal 3-K and Pre-K so our childcare system works for children, parents and providers alike.

Flyer for career opportunity seminar in the clean energy sector.

Join WomenNYC on Sept 13 at the Greg Jackson Center from 10 AM–2 PM for a free career-launching event! Learn how to use your current skills to break into NYC’s growing clean energy sector.

Free tools, expert insights, job titles matched to your skills, and more!

Scan or go to bit.ly/3VfwgEE

I was glad to donate bags of fresh produce 🥦🍅🥕 for our seniors at @goddardriverside.bsky.social!

Access to healthy food is essential, and our older neighbors deserve nothing less. I’m thankful for the work Goddard Riverside does to support our community and I am proud to help support these efforts.

Flyer for rent freeze clinic. Meet attorneys for advice and help applying for the S.C.R.I.E. Rent Freeze To be eligible, you much be: 62 years or older Live in a Mitchell-Lama or other rent regulated apartment Have a household income of 50,000 or less Spend more than 1/3 of your income on rent Live in and be the named tenant of your apartment Please bring: Current and or prior lease proof of age for all household members like photo ID Proof of income like tax returns, pay stubs, social security letter Don't worry if you can't find some documents. Bring what you can!

Goddard Riverside and Volunteers of Legal Service will be hosting a Rent Freeze Clinic!
Thursday, September 18th, from 10 AM to 12 PM; Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center 250 West 65th St.
RSVP by Sept 10th by emailing Viktoriia Zakhary at vzakhary@goddard.org or call (212)874-0860.

Flyer in the shape of a composition notebook announcing a backpack giveaway at Manhattanville for children K to 12. 1 PM to 3 PM. 1430 Amsterdam Avenue; Building 4, ground floor.

Our Manhatanville Resource Center is giving away backpacks and school supplies until Friday, September 12, or until supplies last. Come through, Monday-Friday, from 1-3PM at 1430 Amsterdam Avenue; Building 4, ground floor.

Flyer for book chat. Q and A with Jonathan Blitzer, author of "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: the United States, Central America, and the Making Of A Crisis." Moderated by Stephan Russo, former executive director at goddard riverside. September 18, at 6 PM, Bernie Wohl Center. 647 Columbus Avenue. Register for free at Join us for a book chat with Jonathan Blitzer, author of "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: the United States, Central America, and the Making Of A Crisis" and winner of our 2024 Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice. Thursday, September 18th, at 6 PM; Bernie Wohl Center 647 Columbus Ave, NY, NY 10025 Register for free at: goddard.org/bookchat-blitzer

Join us for a book chat with @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social, author of "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here" and winner of our 2024 Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice.
Thursday, September 18th, at 6 PM; Bernie Wohl Center 647 Columbus Ave
Register: goddard.org/bookchat-blitzer

Turn your love for cooking into a career! Our free culinary training program is actively enrolling. We have morning and evening classes with many perks for NYC residents 18-24 years old. Hurry up, because classes start September 2nd!
To Apply: Scan QR code or go to linktr.ee/IsaacsEdWork...

Pardeice McGoy of our Options Institute with Assembly Higher Education Chair Alicia Hyndman

Gov Kathy Hochul addessing an audience

Congrats to all the New Yorkers who applied for free community college under @governor.ny.gov's CUNY/SUNY Reconnect program! Pardeice McGoy of our Options center attended and chatted with Assembly Higher Education Chair Alicia Hyndman. Learn more & apply here: www.governor.ny.gov/news/governo....

A library during the day

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