The Robin Hood Foundation Honors Five New York Heroes

Forbes Magazine | December 2, 2004

Robin Hood, one of the city’s leading poverty-fighting organizations, today honored five New Yorkers at the Fifteenth annual Robin Hood Heroes Awards at The Plaza Hotel. The breakfast was attended by leaders from Wall…

2004 Robin Hood Heroes: Ellen Baxter and Julissa Ventura

Robin Hood Foundation | 2004

Executive Director and Resident, Broadway Housing

By age 13, Julissa Ventura had been shuttled between seven different city shelters over the course of three years. When her mother died suddenly, Julissa had four younger siblings to…

Ellen Baxter

Coalition for the Homeless – Safety Net Newsletter | Autumn 2004

As a founding member of the Coalition for the Homeless, Ellen Baxter has a unique perspective on the history and progression of homeless advocacy efforts in New York City….

Kids Aren’t A Buzzword Here

New York Daily News | August 11, 2004

By E.R. Shipp

While one orator after another in Boston lambasted President Bush for failing to follow through on his promise to “leave no child behind” and averred that they would…