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Breaking barriers, inspiring success: Celebrating the achievements of We Speak We LEAD Spring 2023 graduates

Binny, Martha, and Ana are the facilitators of We Speak We LEAD Spring 2023 program. It is uniquely powerful to witness a group of immigrant women celebrating a triumph in their lives. Their ability to open their hearts and share their experiences, breaking through language barriers to communicate their emotions, dreams, and achievements in a language they have learned and embraced as their own, is truly inspiring. These brave and resilient women are graduates of the We Speak We LEAD...

NWNY programs

NWNY’s first Community Mixer of 2023 and maintaining motivation to pursue our goals

Last month, I attended New Women New Yorkers’ first Community Mixer of 2023 at Studio Exhibit, a photography studio in the Lower East Side. It was the first in-person NWNY event I had attended since I started volunteering with the organization in February 2020, right before the world swiftly shut down. I had been looking forward to that moment for a while. Typically, I would have felt hesitant to attend an event on my own where I had not met...

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Sunset on the Roof – A Real Encounter with Real Women

Daniella, our WSWL Outreach & Special Events Assistant and LEAD Alumna, recaps last month’s Sunset on the Roof event, celebrating our Spring 2022 We Speak We LEAD cohort. I guess you know virtual love… until the day finally comes to meet that person face to face. You know what feeling I mean, right? A virtual life. This is exactly what the pandemic has given us – visits, classes, meetings, interviews, even celebrations through a screen. Since the pandemic separated us in 2020,...

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We Speak We LEAD, an opportunity for everything you are looking for! We Speak We LEAD, una oportunidad para todo lo que buscas!

Daniella, our WSWL Outreach & Special Events Assistant and LEAD Alumna, shares with us more about her experience (in Spanish and English) supporting our Spring 2022 We Speak We LEAD series, held in partnership with the We Speak NYC team of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. ENGLISH What is it like to be a woman who arrives or lives in New York in search of new opportunities? I am a professional, but I do not speak English fluently....