New Women New Yorkers

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Features & analyses

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,...

Features & analyses

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....

Portraits & interviews / Volunteer profiles

NWNY Volunteer Profile: Jan Kliger, Workshop Facilitator & Career Counselor

Meet Jan, a devoted NWNY volunteer workshop facilitator and career counselor passionate about diversity and community. When Jan Kliger and I sat down to chat over a virtual call on a chilly December afternoon, I was immediately struck by her warmth, kindness, and openness.  Jan’s passion for diversity is evident to anyone who talks with her. On the day we met, she had just attended her first Kwanzaa celebration online, which she enthusiastically described as “brilliant.”  Jan has a degree...

Portraits & interviews

4 takeaways from the session Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?

On November 4, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) and the Mayor’ Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) partnered to organize the workshop Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?. The session was led by Training Programs and Initiatives Advisor of the ENDGBV Ermira Uldedaj, a fellow immigrant woman with 13 years of experience working with survivors of gender-based violence. A group of engaged community members and NWNY staff gathered to learn how we can respond to...