2000 marks the tenth year of the Foundation's New York City based Settlement House-Author Residency program.

Andrea Davis Pinkney, editor and author of picture books and young adult novels visited Jacob Riis Settlement in Queens the week of April 10. Readers ranging from ages five through thirteen were given one of Ms. Pinkney books to read before she arrived. She brought literature alive through song, music and slides, and conducted writing exercises to entice the readers to tell their own stories. When her five-day residency ended, over one-hundred-and-fifty readers said their good-byes to Ms. Pinkney, but all wondered when she would return to Jacob Riis. Some budding writers had completed the stories they started when Ms. Pinkney met with them. Others were motivated to read more of her books and anxious to discuss them with the visiting author.