New Women New Yorkers

Author: ariellekandel

Portraits & interviews

July News: LinkedIn visit, LEAD series & graduates, Stories That Move Us

New Women New Yorkers wishes you a happy holiday weekend! Celebrate immigrants on July 4th by supporting our work and ensuring that NYC continues to be a welcoming place for newcomers. Latest news Workforce development programs This month, we took a group of 22 LEAD participants to the NYC offices of LinkedIn for our quarterly field visit, which included a workshop on how to use LinkedIn for job search and networking, coaching by a LinkedIn employee, and a tour of their offices...

Culture & events

Stories That Move Us showcases real-life tales of immigrant women

“I am going to take you for a journey to a very remote area in Pakistan,” educator Safida said before describing the wildlife and landscape of the village she was born in. There, she got married at the young age of 11. Girls’ education wasn’t culturally accepted and she had access to schools intermittently. But Safida eventually earned a master’s degree and became the first female school principal in Northern Pakistan. “I went through a lot, but here I am,...

Immigrant Report

Culture & events

Uplifting the voices and stories of immigrant communities

Immigrant Report, an online publication dedicated to the stories of immigrants, is launching a fundraising campaign to keep amplifying the voice of authors like Ratna Goradia, an Indian fiction writer who lives in Southern California. Read her short story The Tumeric is Gone and find out more about the crowdfunding in the video below: The Tumeric is Gone My mother always says, “before god, comes food” which is to say you cannot do anything worthwhile on an empty stomach. Food...

Culture & events

Countdown to Stories That Move Us: An Evening Celebrating Immigrant Women

In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) will host an evening to celebrate the stories of extraordinary immigrant women making New York City their home. On June 12, Stories That Move Us will feature the storytelling showcase of a group of graduates from our storytelling program in partnership with The Moth, a delicious, off-the-beaten-path dinner by Eat Offbeat and Vanessa’s Dumplings, an open bar, music and other surprises. Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs...