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Real People. Real Lives: Meet Anna, from Poland

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Real People. Real Lives, a NWNY photo exhibit on immigrant women, we are looking back to some of the participants’ stories. The exhibit featured photographs of 16 women in iconic NYC spots and neighborhoods by Dru Blumensheid. The portraits, along with audio recorded interviews, show a nuanced and multi-layered picture of the immigrant women who make NYC their home, the barriers and isolation they experience, as well the hopes, dreams and talents they bring with...

Portraits & interviews

An interview by Guardian Life of Arielle Kandel, NWNY’s founder and CEO

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America supports New Women New Yorkers’ LEAD workforce development program and capacity building, volunteer initiatives, and two events in 2019. Read an interview by Guardian Life of Arielle Kandel, New Women New Yorkers’ founder and Chief Executive Officer. Repost from original article, available here: https://www.guardianlife.com/helping-immigrant-women-in-the-workplace Helping immigrant women in the workplace A third of immigrant women are out of the workforce. This organization plans to change that. Growing up, Arielle Kandel was surrounded by...

Portraits & interviews

July News: LinkedIn visit, LEAD series & graduates, Stories That Move Us

New Women New Yorkers wishes you a happy holiday weekend! Celebrate immigrants on July 4th by supporting our work and ensuring that NYC continues to be a welcoming place for newcomers. Latest news Workforce development programs This month, we took a group of 22 LEAD participants to the NYC offices of LinkedIn for our quarterly field visit, which included a workshop on how to use LinkedIn for job search and networking, coaching by a LinkedIn employee, and a tour of their offices...

Culture & events

Stories That Move Us showcases real-life tales of immigrant women

“I am going to take you for a journey to a very remote area in Pakistan,” educator Safida said before describing the wildlife and landscape of the village she was born in. There, she got married at the young age of 11. Girls’ education wasn’t culturally accepted and she had access to schools intermittently. But Safida eventually earned a master’s degree and became the first female school principal in Northern Pakistan. “I went through a lot, but here I am,...