New Women New Yorkers

Author: ariellekandel

Features & analyses

Lessons from Rwanda: What living abroad taught me about communication in NYC

In the most diverse city in the US, intercultural communication reflects and enhances the richness of our communities. Written by Hannah Wood Four years of living and working in Rwanda, a small country in East Africa, has inspired me, an American woman, to believe that a person’s communication style, or choice of language, is a valuable piece of one’s story. Diversity, languages, and accents should be celebrated, not stigmatized.   Back in the US, I find myself carefully examining intercultural...

Portraits & interviews

October News: Our Year-End Event and Much More

We are excited to invite you to our year-end event, Finding a Job in America – A Night of Comedy and Horror by Immigrant Women, which will take place on Wednesday, December 4 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm at LMHQ in Lower Manhattan. Join us to celebrate one more year serving immigrant women in New York City! The event will feature performances and stories by our LEAD graduates and participants, about their experience of the job search. It promises to be a fun and inspiring evening! Get your ticket here, before...

Portraits & interviews / Real People. Real Lives.

Real People. Real Lives: Meet Anna, from Russia

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives, a NWNY photo exhibit on immigrant women, we are looking back to some of the participants’ stories. The exhibit featured photographs of 16 women in iconic NYC spots and neighborhoods by Dru Blumensheid. The portraits, along with audio recorded interviews, show a nuanced and multi-layered picture of the immigrant women who make NYC their home, the barriers and isolation they experience, as well the hopes, dreams and talents they bring with them....

Portraits & interviews / Volunteer profiles

NWNY volunteer profiles: Vesna Jaksic Lowe, blog editor

Meet Vesna, the editor behind our blog and a newsletter that selects works by immigrants and children of immigrants who write about identity, belonging and multicultural life Volunteers are the driving force of our workforce development, community building, and storytelling programs serving immigrant women in New York City. They lead, manage, and operate all key programs and activities of the organization, and are an integral part of New Women New Yorkers’ cross-community vision. This week, we would like to introduce...