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Personal Branding Statements, or How to Tell Your Story in Three Sentences!

Leveraging her publishing expertise, NWNY volunteer Diane Oshin helped NWNY community members craft personal branding statements that spoke to their professional purpose, core values, and uniqueness. On Thursday, May 13, a small group of NWNY community members attended a unique Community Education Workshop, learning how to craft true-to-self yet attention-grabbing personal branding statements. Lucky for us, Diane Oshin, a devoted NWNY volunteer and career coach, acted as our steadfast facilitator. Wielding her 30 years of experience in the publishing industry,...

Features & analyses

Asian-American Heritage Month: an Opportunity to Reflect on Diversity, Discrimination, and Change

On the occasion of Asian-American Heritage Month and the increasing violence against the AAPI communities, we interviewed our volunteer Jessie Lee to talk about this momentum Asian-American Heritage Month is an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) to the history and culture of the US. But it is also an opportunity to reflect on the struggles that these communities face in our country. Since the pandemic started, they have experienced a dramatic increase in...

Financial empowerment

Financial Empowerment Sessions: Retirement Planning in the US and Investing Basics

In April, we had the pleasure of offering to our community members two additional Financial Empowerment workshops in collaboration with Guardian Life. During these sessions, Guardian Life’s professionals offered new financial knowledge and tools for participants to navigate the retirement and investment systems in the US. Our 2021 Financial Empowerment series, in collaboration with Guardian Life, has come to an end. This series allowed participants to gain basic financial knowledge, share their experiences in financial services, and dispel myths about...

Books

Spring Booklist: The Beauty and Strength of the Human Spirit Awakening

Celebrating four excellent AAPI contributions to American literature, here is a list of the books I suggest you read The advent of spring in New York City was accompanied by a stronger than usual sigh of relief. Even if the despair and upheaval of 2020 had not quite left us, something about the abundant sunshine seemed to make it easier to handle. But alongside the renewed sense of hope, spring also delivered a long-overdue awakening for many Americans regarding the...