News from Queens Community House

  • 50 for 50: Meet James Austin

    "In 2018, I started and ran the Gender and Sexuality Alliance at JHS 157. While researching local LGBTQ+ resources, I found Generation Q, QCH’s LGBTQ+ youth center just 10 minutes away. Soon after, my peers and I took a field trip there. The timing was perfect.

  • Queens Community House Appoints Robin Veenstra-VanderWeele as First Chief Program Officer

    Queens, NY — Queens Community House (QCH), one of the borough’s largest nonprofit organizations, has announced the promotion of Robin Veenstra-VanderWeele to the newly created position of Chief Program Officer (CPO).

  • 50 for 50: Meet Paulette Blair

    2023 was a landmark year for Queens Community House, celebrating both our legacy and a new chapter for older adults in the borough.

  • Community Matters: June 2025

    In our latest Community Matters, we highlight QCH marching at the Queens Pride Parade, Queens Power's Mayoral Forum in Brooklyn, our LGBTQ+ youth support being featured on CBS News, and Irwin Nesoff.

  • 50 for 50: Meet Irwin Nesoff

    “I came to the Community House in September 1979 as part of my second-year field placement for social work school. One of our assignments was to write a funding proposal. I submitted a proposal for a Neighborhood Stabilization Project—and it got funded!

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Queens Community House brinda a las personas y las familias las herramientas para enriquecer sus vidas y construir comunidades saludables e inclusivas.