New Women New Yorkers

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Books / Immigrant recipes

A mother-daughter book celebrates the diversity of American food

Written by Allie Ginwala Indian-Ish is one of the most interesting cookbook releases of 2019. The author, food writer Priya Krishna, teamed up with her mother Ritu, to share unique recipes from their family. Ritu, an executive at a software company, taught herself how to cook after moving from India to the United States. She created one-of-a-kind recipes that fuse together traditional Indian flavors with staple American dishes. The title is filled with accessible and easy-to-make dishes that have been...

Portraits & interviews

Meet Anastassiya, an admissions counselor at CUNY with a vein for storytelling

She is one of the performers in Finding a Job in America – A Night of Comedy and Horror, an event on December 4th that will feature stories about the funny, challenging, and insightful experiences of immigrant women in their journey to find meaningful employment in New York City Written by Maria Pyaterneva Lower Manhattan, on a dark and cold November evening. Business people leave their offices in a rush. Anastassiya, a facilitator for LEAD, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY)...

Culture & events

NWNY’s Cultural Trips: An exhibit at the Mayor’s House Chronicles the Resilience of Women in New York

An art show honors women whose setbacks and accomplishments have helped make New York an iconic city while examining the most pressing issues of our times, including race, class and gender Written by Bruna Shapira At Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s official residence, a dark bronze sculpture is displayed near the entrance. This faceless figure, with big, injured feet, is a reminder of a complicated past. The house’s first owner, shipping merchant Archibald Gracie, had slaves who built it as a...

Features & analyses

Lessons from Rwanda: What living abroad taught me about communication in NYC

In the most diverse city in the US, intercultural communication reflects and enhances the richness of our communities. Written by Hannah Wood Four years of living and working in Rwanda, a small country in East Africa, has inspired me, an American woman, to believe that a person’s communication style, or choice of language, is a valuable piece of one’s story. Diversity, languages, and accents should be celebrated, not stigmatized.   Back in the US, I find myself carefully examining intercultural...