New Women New Yorkers

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Culture & events

Countdown to Stories That Move Us: An Evening Celebrating Immigrant Women

In honor of Immigrant Heritage Month, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) will host an evening to celebrate the stories of extraordinary immigrant women making New York City their home. On June 12, Stories That Move Us will feature the storytelling showcase of a group of graduates from our storytelling program in partnership with The Moth, a delicious, off-the-beaten-path dinner by Eat Offbeat and Vanessa’s Dumplings, an open bar, music and other surprises. Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs...

Storytelling program with the Moth

Culture & events

May News: Immigrant women learn how to craft their stories with The Moth Community Program

This month, New Women New Yorkers welcomed a new cohort of our storytelling program in partnership with The Moth. Each year, the collaborative program trains a group of up to fifteen immigrant women in the ins and outs of storytelling: How to identify personal stories and build an interesting one, and how to share it in a captivating and confident way. The four workshops span across two weeks and conclude with a recorded final share to an audience of family...

Frida Kahlo in NYC

Culture & events

¡Que Viva Frida!

An exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum traces how and why the Mexican artist crafted her own image and artistic practice in ways that challenged long-held assumptions on gender, sexuality, and identity. Written by Bruna Shapira Sixty-five years after her passing, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is everywhere. From tattoos, Barbie dolls, Carnival and Halloween customs to an Instagram account with nearly a million subscribers, she has became a pop culture icon. Just to use a word recently incorporated to our vernacular,...

Gyuzel at Brighton Beach, where Central Asian food and old women gossiping in Russian makes her feel at home

Portraits & interviews / Volunteer profiles

NWNY’s program associate Gyuzel Zaripova’s winding road to NYC

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,...