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Culture & events / Features & analyses

Help Us Celebrate International Migrants Day

Written by Arielle Kandel   Today, December 18, is International Migrants Day — and there’s no better time to extend a welcoming hand to newcomers from all around the world. As a nation of immigrants, most of us have ancestors who came from distant lands and struggled to rebuild their lives here. It’s important to remember that, and to honor our immigrant heritage by helping those who are struggling today, those coming to the United States to seek new opportunities...

Features & analyses / NYC neighborhoods

Deutschland in the US, Part I: tracking German migration

Written by Sabrina Axster This is the first installment of our History of German Immigrants series. Recently, I convinced a Spanish friend of mine to try German food with me. Together we ventured to Zum Schneider in Alphabet City, one of the many German restaurants and beer gardens dotted across the city. While trying to explain to my friend that Zum Schneider really serves Bavarian food and that the dishes from my own region, the Rhineland, are very different (Germany...

Culture & events

Celebrating a successful 2015 and looking ahead

Written by Jahaida Hernández Jesurum and Sabrina Axster Last week, New Women New Yorkers had a big reason to celebrate: Friday’s End-of-Year Bash marked the close of a successful 2015 and a jump-start to raising funds for its 2016 LEAD program series. More than 70 people joined in the celebration at the Old Stone House in Gowanus, Brooklyn for delicious food, cocktails, and an art and fashion sale in which most of the pieces — which included paintings, photographs, and...

Culture & events

An evening with New Women New Yorkers

Written by Jahaida Hernández Jesurum On Thursday, November 12, New Women New Yorkers held its first official Meetup for young women immigrants at a space in Hell’s Kitchen. The guests, women immigrants ages 16 to 35, came from all corners of the world and had varied academic backgrounds. The one thing everyone had in common? They were present for a night of fun and networking, and to receive information on training, leadership, and educational resources and opportunities. Some of them...