Category: Volunteer profiles
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...
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...
How a young woman journeyed from Kazakhstan to Paris to New York City to start a new life. Written by Tatiana Spiegel On a cold winter day in December, I left my cozy apartment to get acquainted with an unfamiliar face, Gyuzel Zaripova, the program associate for New Women New Yorkers. I approached the West Village restaurant where we’d planned to meet and was warmly greeted by her at the entrance. She was wrapped in a wool coat and scarf,...
New Women New Yorkers is run by a staff of volunteers. Some work on outreach initiatives to spread the word about the organization’s mission, while others work on the blog team or facilitate events and workshops — among a variety of other jobs. We want to introduce you to each of our fantastic volunteers, one by one. Ludmila Leiva, a 26-year-old writer, editor, and illustrator based in Brooklyn, has been volunteering with NWNY since the end of 2015. She...
