educational alliance

The Educational Alliance has a new leader. A short time ago, the large Lower East Side not-for-profit announced the appointment of Alan van Capelle as chief executive officer.  Formerly, van Capelle headed the Jewish advocacy organization Bend the Arc. ...

All this month, we're featuring articles from the Lower East Side Long-Term Recovery Group, a coalition that formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The latest installment in the LES Ready series comes from the Educational Alliance and addresses...

Additional details concerning the Seward Park Project are continuing to come in this morning.   We're learning that an Educational Alliance pilot program, the country's first two-generation school for low income families, will have a place in the big LES...

Recently we sat down to talk with Joanna Samuels, the executive director of the Manny Cantor Center, a multi-purpose community facility opening at the Educational Alliance later this year. For many months, the historic settlement house's flagship building at...

There’s a new free outdoor Pop Up Festival opening this week in the LES thanks to the Educational Alliance. Summer in Seward Park  is part of a series of kick-off festivities for the Manny Cantor Center, the Alliance's new state-of-the-art...

There's big news tonight from the Educational Alliance, one of the Lower East Side's largest and oldest non-profit organizations. Robin Bernstein is resigning as president and CEO, after 25 years with the social service agency.  In a lengthy letter...

Recently we caught up with Michelle Sarna, the new head of the Educational Alliance Preschool, to see how things are going after her first few months working on the Lower East Side.  The historic social service organization is undergoing...

The Educational Alliance is putting the word out that starting this coming Monday they'll be serving kosher breakfast and lunch at the Whittaker Senior Center. Meals will be served weekdays at 8:30 a.m. and noon, at 232 East Broadway. ...

We stopped by P.S. 142 Friday afternoon, where Halloween may have come late for more than 100 kids but it was no less festive.  Hurricane Sandy, of course, foiled "trick-or-treating" on the Lower East Side.  At P.S. 142, on...

We've received many inquiries from folks wanting to volunteer their time and donate money and supplies. Here are a few requests for help that we have gathered; send details of other efforts to info@thelodownny.com and we will keep the list going. The...