New Women New Yorkers

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Culture & events

NWNY visits Chinatown for the Asian American festival

Written by Daria Kurdyukova On May 15, New Women New Yorkers participated in the 36th Annual Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Festival in Chinatown for the second year in a row. Organized by the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, the theme of the festival was to promote voter registration and to encourage all attendees to vote in the upcoming local elections. There were six volunteers on hand to help Arielle, founder and director of NWNY, introduce new immigrant women...

Culture & events

An inspiring evening with 4 accomplished women immigrants

Written by Netsanet Tekeda Alemu To mark the completion of two spring series of the LEAD program and the graduation of 18 young women immigrants from the program, New Women New Yorkers held a roundtable discussion at the Mid-Manhattan New York Public Library (NYPL) on May 3. The panel consisted of four inspiring and successful immigrant women. Arielle Kandel, founder and director of NWNY, welcomed the panelists and participants, and thanked NYPL for their generosity and continued support of the...

Features & analyses

Deportations are ripping families apart

Written by Sabrina Axster Deportations are a divisive issue — especially now. The Obama administration has initiated the largest numbers of deportations yet, and despite the common idea that violent criminal undocumented migrants are those most often deported, reality paints a different picture. Closer analysis reveals that deportations affect immigrants of all stripes, often with serious consequences for their families. Here, we’ll look at a few core issues surrounding deportations, including who is most often deported and why, the consequences...

Culture & events

An immigrant’s guide to making friends in New York

Written by Edil Cuepo Even for an extrovert like myself, moving to a new place initially meant having zero friends, zero confidence, and zero fun. Back home in Manila, my friends had been my security blanket since I was a child. No matter what happened in my life I always knew I had them. It was not until I moved thousands of miles away from them that I experienced having no sense of community — other than my family —...