Ms. Ruth Taub is our Teaching Artist Hero of the Month.Why?
In December, Ruth Taube’s supervisor at the Henry Street Settlement took her aside and broke the bad news. Budget cuts meant Ruth was out of a job. Henry Street was being forced to eliminate the Home Planning Workshop, the program that Ms. Taube had been running since 1966.
By the way, Ms. Taube is 85 years old.
Her supervisor told her she could continue to run the program as a volunteer. She said "no thank you." thinking “I can always find another job.”
Her students complained vociferously to the right people and the New York City Housing Authority found the money to pay her, somehow.
Ms. Taube is back at work!
Full article and audio at the New York Times.
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