New Women New Yorkers

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Culture & events

How 9 New Women New Yorkers from 3 continents spent Christmas Eve

        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...

Culture & events

Presenting our LEAD Program for young women immigrants!

We’re very excited to launch in February our very first program for young women immigrants, the LEAD Program, in partnership with Atlas: DIY!  IMPORTANT: We’re starting the 1st session of the LEAD Program on February 18! Workshops will take place every Wednesday from 4:30pm to 7pm through May.     The LEAD Program run in partnership with Atlas: DIY is a 3-month skills training and leadership development program for young women immigrants between the ages of 16 and 24. Workshops of 3 hours...

Culture & events

Immigration & Women Events Calendar, December 2014

Written by Arielle Kandel   As the winter approaches and the weather gets colder, take the time to visit some of the very interesting exhibitions on display in New York City this month by a number of immigrant artists and around themes exploring the immigrant experience. And don’t forget Giving Tuesday on December 2nd – please help us empower young women immigrants by supporting our upcoming Leadership Development & Community Organizing Program, we’ll be launching our very first crowdfunding campaign...

NYC neighborhoods

The Financial District, NYC’s first immigrant neighborhood

Written by Arielle Kandel   Getting out of the Wall Street subway station, in the very heart of the financial district, I felt almost instantly blinded by the immense, modern skyscrapers dominating the narrow streets. I wandered in the neighborhood on several mornings over the winter, wrapped up in my coat to keep warm. It was painfully cold, and still relatively early, and I crossed the path of just a few tourists and latecomer Wall Street employees hurrying in their...