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We Speak We LEAD, an opportunity for everything you are looking for! We Speak We LEAD, una oportunidad para todo lo que buscas!

Daniella, our WSWL Outreach & Special Events Assistant and LEAD Alumna, shares with us more about her experience (in Spanish and English) supporting our Spring 2022 We Speak We LEAD series, held in partnership with the We Speak NYC team of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. ENGLISH What is it like to be a woman who arrives or lives in New York in search of new opportunities? I am a professional, but I do not speak English fluently....

Portraits & interviews / Volunteer profiles

NWNY Volunteer Profile: Jan Kliger, Workshop Facilitator & Career Counselor

Meet Jan, a devoted NWNY volunteer workshop facilitator and career counselor passionate about diversity and community. When Jan Kliger and I sat down to chat over a virtual call on a chilly December afternoon, I was immediately struck by her warmth, kindness, and openness.  Jan’s passion for diversity is evident to anyone who talks with her. On the day we met, she had just attended her first Kwanzaa celebration online, which she enthusiastically described as “brilliant.”  Jan has a degree...

Portraits & interviews

4 takeaways from the session Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?

On November 4, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) and the Mayor’ Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence (ENDGBV) partnered to organize the workshop Intimate Partner Violence in the Community: What Can I Do?. The session was led by Training Programs and Initiatives Advisor of the ENDGBV Ermira Uldedaj, a fellow immigrant woman with 13 years of experience working with survivors of gender-based violence. A group of engaged community members and NWNY staff gathered to learn how we can respond to...

Culture & events / Features & analyses

3 steps for getting ready for a job interview

Worried about this important step in the job search process? Fear not! With strategy and the right mindset, you’ll learn the skills to succeed There are thousands of tips on how to make your job search more successful. However, they all boil down to “Do your homework”, i.e. prepare for every step of the  interviewing process. If you are a foreign specialist and an English learner, you may have more “homework” – so much more that you don’t know where...