BFL’s Freedom House Emergency Shelter held the annual Handprints of the Heart event this May, working with volunteers from Goldman Sachs. Resident families and children took part in crafts, empowerment activities and created a garden on the patio.

Art Connects New York opens the group exhibition, “Ask and I Will Tell” Thursday, May 17th at Amethyst Women’s Project, a Coney-Island based organization serving women adversely impacted by substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and domestic violence.

BFL’s Women’s Day Event on May 5 drew a standing room only crowd from the Secret Garden and Transitional Housing Programs. View the event video.

Art Connects New York (ACNY) launches “Made You Look: Hidden Narratives Unveiled” on May 9, 2012 at Spattered Columns, 491 Broadway, 5th Floor, NYC. Art Connects has a permanent art exhibit at BFL’s Transitional Housing program. In homage of the Hatch-Billops Collection, this new group exhibition features site-specific installation by artists whose practice [...]

Freedom House director Isa Martinez presented at the Organizational Development Session of the HRA Non-Residential Director’s meeting on May 4, highlighting the success of the programs Financial Clinic for residents. The clinic, facilitated by Becky Smith, Director of Strategic Initiatives, The Financial Clinic, is made possible through a grant from [...]