Author: Joy Leonard

 Our Summer Arts and Leadership Academy for girls aged 10-15 is off to a super start. We are full (at 25 participants) with a waiting list, and our summer 2018 […]

Once again New Settlement’s Program for Girls & Young Women is collaborating with Bronx Lebanon Hospital to organize a Denim Day Bronx March, taking a stand against sexual assault and victim blaming. […]

It may not feel like summer yet, but applications for the Summer Youth Employment Program are already available online, and the deadline is Friday, March 16!! Don’t miss out on […]

For the fourth consecutive year, our Next Level Dancers (part of New Settlement’s Program for Girls & Young Women) will be featured in Momma’s Hip-Hop Kitchen, the Soup Kitchen for […]

It’s snowing outside (as of the date of this post), BUT our Spring Semester is underway. It’s not too late to get involved –  although many classes have already begun, […]

IN MY WORDS is a FREE week-long intensive arts workshop offered by New Settlement’s Program for Girls & Young Women, incorporating music, poetry, art, theater & filmmaking for young women […]

Girls EnCourage®, ages 12-18 (Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm) Meets at 1514 Townsend Ave., Community Room 1 Developed by Girls Inc., this program develops girls’ sense of adventure and problem solving, increasing strength, […]

The Program for Girls & Young Women is off to a great start for the Fall 2017 semester, and classes are underway. But there are still spaces left in many […]

Our spring break arts intensive, In My Words, is made possible each year by the generous gifts of many amazing individuals. On Friday, November 17th, we will devote an evening […]