Category: Culture & events
Written by Edil Cuepo “I take a measure of pride that out of the chaos I was able to bring a sense of meaning to my life and create a future. Yes David, you were right. Our people have survived and kept history alive for over 5,000 years. So have I! I have lost much, but I have never lost my personal integrity and morality. My early lessons have guided me well. I used to wonder if I would...
Written by Sabrina Axster On March 14, 2015, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) held its Launch Party at the Centre for Social Innovation to celebrate its first flagship program, LEAD. Close to 150 guests joined the NWNY team and its partners for an evening of inspiration and entertainment, featuring several keynote addresses, a silent auction, and more. Centre for Social Innovation, March 14, 6:30pm: NWNY team members are busy attending to final details before the event starts. Bartenders are...
Written by Arielle Kandel February is the shortest month of the year, but there is still plenty to do! We’ve put together selected lectures and talks, festivals, exhibitions, and other events, some related to the immigrant experience in the US and in NY in particular, others to women and feminism. If you come across another amazing event we forgot to mention, feel free to add it in the “Leave a Reply” section at the bottom of the post! February...
Abbey From Long Island, New York; great-granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe (Germany, Poland and Lithuania) Where I was on Christmas Eve: Astoria, NY What I did: Played hide and seek with my cat… and celebrated the end of Hanukah Arielle From Paris, France; granddaughter of immigrants from Eastern Europe (Poland and Germany) Where I was on Christmas Eve: Paris, France What I did: Celebrated last day of Hanukah, before having a...
