The Spirit of Giving Tour: NYC's History of Helping Immigrants and the Needy
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Join us for this special day-after-Thanksgiving event!
Perhaps more than any city in the world, New York has perhaps the most extraordinarily rich and multifacted history of helping our newest arrivals, the poor, and children and families in crisis. This online experience will take us on a journey from the 17th century to the present covering the following:
Early History: The Churches and Relief for the Poor
Almshouses and Orphanages
African Free School and Charity Schooling
The Settlement House Movement
Private Philanthropy
Trade Unions
Mutual Aid Societies/Immigrant Communities
Religious Organizations/Houses of Worship
The Role of Government
Services for Seniors
Non-Profit Organizations
Your organizer and guide to NYC History,
Hank
hankorenstein@gmail.com
646-596-3005
(pictured above: NY Orphan Asylum founded in 1806 by Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton and other women, Picture Collection, the NY Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations).