New Women New Yorkers

Tagged: women immigrants

Portraits & interviews

NWNY volunteer profiles: Sandra Merrill, 33, LEAD program assistant

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. Extended travel in foreign countries gave native New Yorker Sandra Merrill a taste of the immigrant experience. The 33-year-old East Village resident assists...

Immigrant recipes

How to make the Georgian walnut dessert Churchkhela

  If you have a sweet tooth, you’ll love this recipe for Churchkhela — a dessert log of sugar-coated walnuts that’s a favorite of Khatia, a New Women New Yorkers blogger and native Georgian. Churchkhela takes a while to make, but we promise: It’s worth the wait. Churchkhela Prep time: 4 hours Cooking time: 3 hours Ingredients: 1 1/2 quarts of white grape juice 3/4 cup of sugar 1 cup of flour 40 walnut halves Supplies: 30 inch heavy-duty thread...

Culture & events

A Polychromatic Dinner in Brooklyn for NWNY

Written by Constanza Prieto In the background, nostalgic music played from an old record player as the diners arrived one by one, most of them women of different origins, credentials, and ages. Soon the salon was filled with the rhythm and accents of distant places, while in the kitchen, a series of monochromatic dishes was being prepared. Much like the multicolored dinner soon to be served, the conjunction of each woman and her singularity constituted an incredible kaleidoscope. I had...

Culture & events

NWNY visits Google — and we’re hiring!

New Women New Yorkers kicked off Immigrant Heritage Month with an incredible evening at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, with The Moth and a group of 11 young women immigrants, storytellers for the night. For the very first time, these young immigrant women shared their stories with family and friends, and made us cry, laugh, and feel inspired and energized. Keep an eye out for our upcoming storytelling performance open to the public in July — we’ll be sharing...