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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...

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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...