Over the past few months, New Women New Yorkers has kept busy with outreach events, LEAD Program workshops, field trips around New York City, picnics, and even a fashion show. The volunteers who work with NWNY are dedicated to helping young women immigrants integrate into city life and follow their dreams. Here a few photos of participants and volunteers spreading the word about NWNY throughout Summer 2016.
Written by Aneta Molenda Stories of immigration often leave out an important piece of the changing American landscape: the steadily growing number of second generation immigrants. There are more than 20 million adults who are US-born children of immigrants. There are another 16 million under the age of 18. Their stories are particularly important in a place like New York City, often hailed as a mecca of diversity where cultures collide, collaborate, and create. It is estimated that one out...
Anna’s photograph and story were curated as part of the photo and storytelling exhibit, “Real People. Real Lives. Women Immigrants of New York.” Growing up in a liberal family, I was acutely aware of the human rights limitations in Russia. At seventeen, I took the leap of moving to the US in search of freedom of thought and choice. My first job was at a restaurant in New York City. I was navigating a new country while learning to live...
Written by Emily Barnard Each installment of the series “Home Away from Home” will feature a young woman immigrant and the place in New York City that reminds her most of her home country, providing comfort and easing the stresses of starting life in a new country. Steps from the 36 Avenue N-Train station in Astoria, Queens, there is a Brazilian market that Santos (São Paulo state) native Nara Roberta calls her home away from home. Rio Market sells the...