Open Hearts Initiative
@openheartsnyc.bsky.social
Supporting neighbors experiencing homelessness, advocating for housing justice, creating compassionate communities. Click the link to join a chapter!
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Join Upper East Side Open Hearts for their monthly Language Exchange on Sat, 12/6, 4-6pm.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
Monthly Community Language Exchange/Intercambio - December! — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join Upper East Side Open Hearts for their monthly Language Exchange on Sat, 12/6, 4-6pm.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
Join us Thursday, December 4th from 7-8pm.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Join us Thursday, December 4th from 7-8pm.
Join Lower Manhattan Open Hearts on Thurs, 12/4, 5-6:30pm to assemble & distribute winter street care kits!
We’ll be meeting at a church near Union Square to assemble & distribute in the area.
RSVP or donate wishlist items via the link.
#Streetoutreach
We’ll be meeting at a church near Union Square to assemble & distribute in the area.
RSVP or donate wishlist items via the link.
#Streetoutreach
Street Care Kit Assembly and Distribution in Lower Manhattan — Open Hearts Initiative
Our Lower Manhattan Open Hearts chapter is assembling and distributing care kits to neighbors experiencing street homelessness. We need volunteers to help assemble and distribute kits near...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Join Lower Manhattan Open Hearts on Thurs, 12/4, 5-6:30pm to assemble & distribute winter street care kits!
We’ll be meeting at a church near Union Square to assemble & distribute in the area.
RSVP or donate wishlist items via the link.
#Streetoutreach
We’ll be meeting at a church near Union Square to assemble & distribute in the area.
RSVP or donate wishlist items via the link.
#Streetoutreach
In early Nov, Brooklyn Open Hearts held a painting workshop at a shelter in Midwood.
Neighbors relaxed, socialized, & flexed their artistic muscles while painting small canvases.
If you would like to help organize a future art workshop in Brooklyn, contact [email protected].
Neighbors relaxed, socialized, & flexed their artistic muscles while painting small canvases.
If you would like to help organize a future art workshop in Brooklyn, contact [email protected].
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
In early Nov, Brooklyn Open Hearts held a painting workshop at a shelter in Midwood.
Neighbors relaxed, socialized, & flexed their artistic muscles while painting small canvases.
If you would like to help organize a future art workshop in Brooklyn, contact [email protected].
Neighbors relaxed, socialized, & flexed their artistic muscles while painting small canvases.
If you would like to help organize a future art workshop in Brooklyn, contact [email protected].
Join Housing Justice is Racial Justice, our no-experience-required monthly discussion group.
This month's discussion will be about food insecurity, homelessness, & racial justice; & will take place Mon, 11/24 at 7pm.
Click the link below to RSVP & receive the reading.
#HousingJustice
This month's discussion will be about food insecurity, homelessness, & racial justice; & will take place Mon, 11/24 at 7pm.
Click the link below to RSVP & receive the reading.
#HousingJustice
November Discussion: Food Insecurity, Homelessness, and Racial Justice — Open Hearts Initiative
Join us for our monthly Housing Justice is Racial Justice meeting. This month’s topic: food insecurity, homelessness, and racial justice. This is an informal reading and discussion group for OHI ...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Join Housing Justice is Racial Justice, our no-experience-required monthly discussion group.
This month's discussion will be about food insecurity, homelessness, & racial justice; & will take place Mon, 11/24 at 7pm.
Click the link below to RSVP & receive the reading.
#HousingJustice
This month's discussion will be about food insecurity, homelessness, & racial justice; & will take place Mon, 11/24 at 7pm.
Click the link below to RSVP & receive the reading.
#HousingJustice
Do you know how to set up an email account, use Google, or other computer basics?
We could use your help at our Computer Literacy Workshop in the Bronx on Tues 12/2, 11:15am-12:15pm.
No special expertise is required, just comfort with computer basics. Sign up to volunteer by clicking the link.
We could use your help at our Computer Literacy Workshop in the Bronx on Tues 12/2, 11:15am-12:15pm.
No special expertise is required, just comfort with computer basics. Sign up to volunteer by clicking the link.
Help Lead a Computer Literacy Workshop in the Bronx! — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Do you know how to set up an email account, use Google, or other computer basics?
We could use your help at our Computer Literacy Workshop in the Bronx on Tues 12/2, 11:15am-12:15pm.
No special expertise is required, just comfort with computer basics. Sign up to volunteer by clicking the link.
We could use your help at our Computer Literacy Workshop in the Bronx on Tues 12/2, 11:15am-12:15pm.
No special expertise is required, just comfort with computer basics. Sign up to volunteer by clicking the link.
Lower Manhattan Open Hearts held an event at the New Amsterdam Library to share our work & build care kits for homeless neighbors.
Thank you to all who attended & to our volunteers who donated items!
Thank you to all who attended & to our volunteers who donated items!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Lower Manhattan Open Hearts held an event at the New Amsterdam Library to share our work & build care kits for homeless neighbors.
Thank you to all who attended & to our volunteers who donated items!
Thank you to all who attended & to our volunteers who donated items!
Recently, Brooklyn Open Hearts organized a free store for unhoused neighbors at Grace Hansen United Methodist Church.
Thanks to those who donated time, items, and funds to help make this event a success!
Want to be part of our next free store in Brooklyn? Email [email protected].
Thanks to those who donated time, items, and funds to help make this event a success!
Want to be part of our next free store in Brooklyn? Email [email protected].
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Recently, Brooklyn Open Hearts organized a free store for unhoused neighbors at Grace Hansen United Methodist Church.
Thanks to those who donated time, items, and funds to help make this event a success!
Want to be part of our next free store in Brooklyn? Email [email protected].
Thanks to those who donated time, items, and funds to help make this event a success!
Want to be part of our next free store in Brooklyn? Email [email protected].
Still have coats? We're still accepting donations!
Bronx Open Hearts is looking for donations of coats or boots for men staying at a South Bronx shelter.
Have any new or gently used items? Arrange a drop-off now through 12/14.
You may also contribute funds to buy new winter gear.
Click the link for info on how to donate.
Have any new or gently used items? Arrange a drop-off now through 12/14.
You may also contribute funds to buy new winter gear.
Click the link for info on how to donate.
Coat and boot drive for neighbors in a Bronx men’s shelter! — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Still have coats? We're still accepting donations!
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Join Virtual Homelessness: Learning from Experience Wed, 11/19, 7-8pm.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
VIRTUAL Homelessness: Learning From Experience Meeting — Open Hearts Initiative
Our monthly Homelessness: Learning From Experience (HLFE) meetings provide a space for unhoused neighbors to share experiences, build connections, and provide input that informs OHI's work. These me...
openheartsinitiative.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join Virtual Homelessness: Learning from Experience Wed, 11/19, 7-8pm.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
Join Upper East Side Open Hearts for their monthly Language Exchange on Sat, 12/6, 4-6pm.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
Monthly Community Language Exchange/Intercambio - December! — Open Hearts Initiative
openheartsinitiative.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join Upper East Side Open Hearts for their monthly Language Exchange on Sat, 12/6, 4-6pm.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
English speakers will practice Spanish, Spanish speakers will practice English!
Dinner will be served & games will be provided for children.
Want to practice your language skills? Click the link to RSVP.
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Join OHI for our upcoming advocacy workshops! These small, interactive workshops are virtual and totally free.
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Join OHI for our upcoming advocacy workshops! These small, interactive workshops are virtual and totally free.
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
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Upper West Side Open Hearts is organizing a Thanksgiving pie distribution at a local shelter.
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
Bring a Thanksgiving Pie for Families in Shelter — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Upper West Side Open Hearts is organizing a Thanksgiving pie distribution at a local shelter.
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
Upper West Side Open Hearts is organizing a Thanksgiving pie distribution at a local shelter.
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
Bring a Thanksgiving Pie for Families in Shelter — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Upper West Side Open Hearts is organizing a Thanksgiving pie distribution at a local shelter.
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
You can help by bringing a pie on Tuesday 11/25 from 3:30-4:30pm (location details upon sign-up) or donating $ to help us fill in the gaps. Sign up and donate via the link below:
Join OHI for our upcoming advocacy workshops! These small, interactive workshops are virtual and totally free.
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Join OHI for our upcoming advocacy workshops! These small, interactive workshops are virtual and totally free.
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Thursday 11/20, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Wednesday 12/10, 6:30-8:30pm: openheartsinitiative.org/events/falla...
Join Virtual Homelessness: Learning from Experience Wed, 11/19, 7-8pm.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
VIRTUAL Homelessness: Learning From Experience Meeting — Open Hearts Initiative
Our monthly Homelessness: Learning From Experience (HLFE) meetings provide a space for unhoused neighbors to share experiences, build connections, and provide input that informs OHI's work. These me...
openheartsinitiative.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Join Virtual Homelessness: Learning from Experience Wed, 11/19, 7-8pm.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
HLFE is both a place for unhoused folks to share experiences & a great opportunity for housed folks to learn & get to know neighbors!
This month's topic: food insecurity.
Want to share or learn more? Click below to RSVP.
Midtown Open Hearts could use a few volunteers to help lead a collaging session in a neighborhood shelter. You don’t need any artistic skills, just a willingness to be creative!
Get to know your neighbors Thursday, 11/20, 7-8pm by clicking below.
Supplies and snacks provided. Location upon RSVP.
Get to know your neighbors Thursday, 11/20, 7-8pm by clicking below.
Supplies and snacks provided. Location upon RSVP.
Collaging in Midtown! — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Midtown Open Hearts could use a few volunteers to help lead a collaging session in a neighborhood shelter. You don’t need any artistic skills, just a willingness to be creative!
Get to know your neighbors Thursday, 11/20, 7-8pm by clicking below.
Supplies and snacks provided. Location upon RSVP.
Get to know your neighbors Thursday, 11/20, 7-8pm by clicking below.
Supplies and snacks provided. Location upon RSVP.
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Last week, the Queensborough Community College SACNAS Club and Douglaston Open Hearts brought women from a nearby shelter to campus for a tour, info session, and a free book fair!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Last week, the Queensborough Community College SACNAS Club and Douglaston Open Hearts brought women from a nearby shelter to campus for a tour, info session, and a free book fair!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
Join Midtown Open Hearts Mon, 11/24, 3-4:30 PM to help your neighbors navigate the housing search process!
Volunteers will work 1:1 with shelter residents as they make accounts, find housing websites, and apply for housing!
Brief training provided upon RSVP. To join, click the link below.
Volunteers will work 1:1 with shelter residents as they make accounts, find housing websites, and apply for housing!
Brief training provided upon RSVP. To join, click the link below.
Volunteers Needed for Housing Search Tech Support — Open Hearts Initiative
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November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Join Midtown Open Hearts Mon, 11/24, 3-4:30 PM to help your neighbors navigate the housing search process!
Volunteers will work 1:1 with shelter residents as they make accounts, find housing websites, and apply for housing!
Brief training provided upon RSVP. To join, click the link below.
Volunteers will work 1:1 with shelter residents as they make accounts, find housing websites, and apply for housing!
Brief training provided upon RSVP. To join, click the link below.
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Looking for a tangible way to support unhoused neighbors? Help Upper West Side Open Hearts distribute care kits directly to neighbors experiencing street homelessness!
Saturday 11/15 @ 10am. Can’t make it? Donate supplies to fill the kits!
To volunteer in person or donate, click the link below.
Saturday 11/15 @ 10am. Can’t make it? Donate supplies to fill the kits!
To volunteer in person or donate, click the link below.
UWS Street Care Kit Distribution! — Open Hearts Initiative
Our Upper West Side Open Hearts chapter is distributing care kits to neighbors experiencing street homelessness. We need volunteers to help distribute kits on the UWS (location upon RSVP)...
openheartsinitiative.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Looking for a tangible way to support unhoused neighbors? Help Upper West Side Open Hearts distribute care kits directly to neighbors experiencing street homelessness!
Saturday 11/15 @ 10am. Can’t make it? Donate supplies to fill the kits!
To volunteer in person or donate, click the link below.
Saturday 11/15 @ 10am. Can’t make it? Donate supplies to fill the kits!
To volunteer in person or donate, click the link below.
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The Policy & Advocacy Committee is a group of members who work with OHI staff to shape our organization’s city & state policy advocacy.
Our next meeting: 11/12, 7-8pm on Zoom.
Help determine our policy priorities for the coming year!
To RSVP: openheartsinitiative.org/events/polic...
Our next meeting: 11/12, 7-8pm on Zoom.
Help determine our policy priorities for the coming year!
To RSVP: openheartsinitiative.org/events/polic...
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Policy & Advocacy Committee is a group of members who work with OHI staff to shape our organization’s city & state policy advocacy.
Our next meeting: 11/12, 7-8pm on Zoom.
Help determine our policy priorities for the coming year!
To RSVP: openheartsinitiative.org/events/polic...
Our next meeting: 11/12, 7-8pm on Zoom.
Help determine our policy priorities for the coming year!
To RSVP: openheartsinitiative.org/events/polic...
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We're still accepting donations!
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We're still accepting donations!
Last week, the Queensborough Community College SACNAS Club and Douglaston Open Hearts brought women from a nearby shelter to campus for a tour, info session, and a free book fair!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
November 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Last week, the Queensborough Community College SACNAS Club and Douglaston Open Hearts brought women from a nearby shelter to campus for a tour, info session, and a free book fair!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
It was a campus-wide effort to support unhoused neighbors. Thank you to QCC for the warm welcome!
RSVP by clicking the link below.
Bronx Open Hearts Chapter Meeting — Open Hearts Initiative
Do you live, work, or go to school in the Bronx and want to connect with other neighbors organizing to welcome and support folks experiencing homelessness in our neighborhood? Join Bronx Open Hearts ...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
RSVP by clicking the link below.
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Join Lower Manhattan Open Hearts to learn about homelessness together & pack care kits for homeless neighbors!
We’ll be at the New Amsterdam Library on Tuesday 11/18 from 5:30-6:30pm. RSVP or donate:
We’ll be at the New Amsterdam Library on Tuesday 11/18 from 5:30-6:30pm. RSVP or donate:
Learn & Pack Care Kits in Lower Manhattan — Open Hearts Initiative
Join Lower Manhattan Open Hearts to learn about homelessness together and pack care kits for homeless neighbors. All are welcome, and refreshments are provided! RSVP to attend here or using the...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Join Lower Manhattan Open Hearts to learn about homelessness together & pack care kits for homeless neighbors!
We’ll be at the New Amsterdam Library on Tuesday 11/18 from 5:30-6:30pm. RSVP or donate:
We’ll be at the New Amsterdam Library on Tuesday 11/18 from 5:30-6:30pm. RSVP or donate: