New Women New Yorkers

Author: ariellekandel

Portraits & interviews

Meet the talented, passionate, and fearless members of our team!

Written by Abbey Kurtz New Women New Yorkers is on the path to success not only because of our strong mission and vision, but because driving our work are dedicated, passionate, and fearless volunteers. Unique and diverse, each NWNY volunteer staff member is motivated by personal migration stories, connections to immigrant communities in NYC or generations of refugee family members, and a deep commitment to women’s issues and equality. As the Volunteer Coordinator, I am so proud to introduce this...

Portraits & interviews

March 2015 Immigration News At a Glance

Written by Kara DeDonato In honor of International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8 every year, the March news digest focuses on women immigrants in the US before turning to local immigration news here in New York.   Women immigrants in the US On March 20, the Migration Policy Institute published a ‘Spotlight’ report, entitled “Immigrant Women in the United States.” The report notes that the number of women immigrants in the United States has steadily increased over the past...

Culture & events

2015 Holocaust Remembrance Day: Honoring Ruth Wachner Pagirsky, a Holocaust survivor who rebuilt her life in New York City

Written by Edil Cuepo   “I take a measure of pride that out of the chaos I was able to bring a sense of meaning to my life and create a future. Yes David, you were right. Our people have survived and kept history alive for over 5,000 years. So have I! I have lost much, but I have never lost my personal integrity and morality. My early lessons have guided me well. I used to wonder if I would...

Portraits & interviews

Meet with Hsuan-Yu Pan, a NY-based woman documentary filmmaker originally from Taiwan

Interview conducted and written by Jahaida Hernandez Jesurum   On a cold April morning in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, I meet with Hsuan-Yu Pan. She opens the door with a warm, charismatic smile that seems to be a permanent feature of her face. We take the elevator to the apartment of one of her friends in the basement where, she explains, she is working on a film segment for BRIC, a Brooklyn-based art and media nonprofit. We are welcomed into the...