Sentences with phrase «new immigrant women»

She has had the opportunity to explore child birth from different perspectives by: developing and teaching Prenatal Yoga classes, caring for pregnant social high risk and new immigrant women at the Northeast Health Centre, and by working in Nunavut as a Maternal Newborn Health Services Consultant for the Government of Nunavut.

Not exact matches

After the rallies, immigrant rights groups will join LGBTQ, African - American and women's organizations this summer to push for the election of new leaders, Salas said, adding that they hope to see more support from Americans who aren't immigrants.

Mallory says that A Day Without Woman supports both IWD and IWS, but that the inspiration for the movement came from the Feb. 16 Day Without Immigrants strike, as well as the Yemeni - American - lead bodega shutdown in New York City.

Kicking off «She Made It,» a new Megyn Kelly TODAY series showcasing successful women, Megyn welcomes Barbara Minuzzi, a 29 - year - old Brazilian immigrant and venture capitalist who's rocking male - dominated Silicon Valley.

Jasmine is a unique organization in Israel that is dedicated to the commercial, professional and personal advancement of Jewish, Ethiopian, Ultra-Orthodox, Arab, Druze, Bedouin, Christian, new immigrant and Circassian women who are small business owners.

«At a time when President Trump is declaring a war on women, the LGBT communities and our immigrant communities, it is imperative that we unite around issues that will protect New Yorkers and their rights,» the letter signed by all eight members of the IDC and delivered to Felder's office.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership,» Giove said.

Trump's selection of senior advisors and cabinet officials with white supremacist, racist, anti-Semitic, and Islamophobic views only serves to heighten the threat that millions of New Yorkers are now facing — most immediately immigrants, Muslims, and women,» said Bill Lipton's the WFP's state director.

In addition to the warrant forgiveness program, a resource fair will be held onsite, featuring the Dominican Women's Development Center, Northern Manhattan Improvement Coalition, Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Manhattan Community Board 12, New York Public Library and the Washington Heights Corner Project.

«Phasing out the unfair tip credit would improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of struggling New Yorkers, many of them women, workers of color and immigrants.

Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins will hosted the rally in partnership with other elected officials and community groups throughout Westchester County including the Immigration Justice Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, the Lower Hudson Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, Cabrini Immigrant Services, Community Voices Heard, the Yonkers Islamic Center, the Muslim American Society of Upper New York, St. Catherine AME Zion Church, Calvary Baptist Church, the Minister's Fellowship Council of White Plains and Vicinity, the Westchester Black Women's Political Caucus, and Temple Beth Shalom in Hastings - on - Hudson.

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

The New York Immigration Coalition organized the march, which was sponsored by 85 organizations representing immigrant rights and advocacy, legal services, labor, faith, civil rights, LGBTQI, women's rights and anti-violence groups.

Bringing up his three college - age daughters who he said are frightened about the new direction of the country, Cuomo ripped what he called the new «extreme right wing agenda that will trample on our rights» and has placed women, immigrants and members of the LGBT community under attack.

«We recognize and we need to, again, have another discussion on community - based organizations that serve marginalized communities, immigrant communities, either the Asian community, organizations that serve women and girls and communities of color and recognize that they are disproportionately under - resourced in the city of New York,» she said.

Jaoui also raised $ 2500 from Jeannette Castillo, an unemployed Yonkers woman; $ 1000 from Wendy Estevez, a «consultant» to Washington Heights nightclub Arka Lounge; $ 3000 from Bronx daycare operator Luis Ducasse; and $ 2500 from New Jersey attorney Oscar Herasme, a former assistant DA in the New York County District Attorney's office who specializes in anti-money laundering and immigrant affinity fraud matters.

Also at 6 p.m., the New York Women's Foundation presents a panel discussion on the power of immigrant communities, Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn.

IDC members prevented passage of vital legislation that would protect immigrants, women, LGBTQ New Yorkers, workers, the environment and civil rights.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership.»

Cuomo's national strategy also explains other high - profile actions, including his belated embrace of a «women's agenda,» his refusal to permit «fracking» for natural gas even after repeatedly promising to do so, his anti-gun Safe Act, his embrace of the teachers unions he had once sharply criticized, and his recent high - profile crackdown on Korean - owned nail salons in the city that, according to a deeply flawed report in the New York Times, were exploiting their immigrant workers, said the source.

Senators Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jessie Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law, enacting the Dream Act - which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid, a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers, and putting limits on the amount of money donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

It was the horrific Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York's Greenwich Village that took the lives of 146 mostly young immigrant women and changed the course of history.

But sources said the governor considered several third - party creations before settling on the Women's Equality Party, including an education - themed organization (Astorino beat him to the punch with his «Stop Common Core» initiative) and a «New Americans» Party to focus on immigrants rights, another W.F.P. priority.

Termed the «New York Promise Agenda,» the broad - based proposals include criminal justice reform, voting access, women's rights protections, fighting homelessness, preventing faith - based discrimination, protecting the environment, and improving immigrants rights and access to education.

In a video, Sens. Diane Savino, Jose Peralta, Tony Avella, Jesse Hamilton, David Carlucci, Marisol Alcantara and David Valesky discuss adding the protections for a woman's right to choose abortion in the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision into state law; enacting the Dream Act, which would allow the children of undocumented immigrants to receive college aid; a law to protect the rights of transgender New Yorkers; and putting limits on the amount of money that donors can give to campaigns, among other items.

She said with President - elect Donald Trump in power in Washington in January, Democrats in the New York Legislature and governor's office could be an important firewall and be national leaders against policies that could harm women and immigrants.

Hochul championed Roe v. Wade, women's equality, and the New York Dream Act, which if passed this year would have provided college financial aid for the children of undocumented immigrants.

«Speaker Mark - Viverito has worked tirelessly securing justice in the courts and prisons, uplifting the voice of young women and immigrant New Yorkers, and delivering crucial victories for vulnerable communities in the last four city budgets,» they said.

She says with President Trump in power in Washington in January, New York, Democrats in the legislature and the governor's office could be an important firewall and be a national leader against policies that could harm women, and immigrants.

She says with President Trump in power in Washington in January, New York, democrats in the legislature and the governor's office could be an important firewall and be a national leader against policies that could harm women, and immigrants.

The study, published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, assessed the differences in preeclampsia and eclampsia rates among immigrants and native - born women in six high - immigration countries — Australia (Victoria), Canada (Ontario), Denmark, Sweden, Spain (Catalonia and Valencia) and the United States (California, New Jersey and New York City).

She lives in a home with other immigrant women and she learns better ways to «fit in» among New Yorkers.

After making the stomach - churning long boat ride over, Ellis moves into a boarding house in the titular New York borough with other single women, most of them fellow immigrants, sharing meals and experiences.

One per - centers are taking it on the chin at the movies these days with recent releases like «The Founder» and «Get Out,» and now the latest cinematic smack out of Sundance, Beatriz at Dinner, a sly and telling exposé of class in America as seen through the eyes of a Mexican immigrant woman named Beatriz (Salma Hayek, «Savages»), a new - age holistic healer who works at a cancer rehabilitation center, does private massage therapy on the side, lives with her pet goats and drives a broken - down Volkswagen.

Eilis (Saoirse Ronan, in a phenomenal portrayal of gradual but unstoppable transformation), an Irish immigrant who comes to New York City to seek a job and a more fulfilling life, changes from a shy, unassertive woman who is torn between two worlds into one who is confident, able and willing to speak her mind, and more certain about what she wants from life.

At a community action group comprised of Mexican immigrants, one woman explains of the terrible ordeal she and her daughters went through to get across the border, and her utter determination to make this new life for herself and her family speaks volumes about the significance of multi-cultural communities and building homes away from home.

But according to media reports, immigrant rights groups are being flooded with calls from fearful parents, along with pregnant women afraid to go to the hospital and crime victims afraid to call the police — all affected by the new law.

The news is backed up by recent deals with major publishers for first novels, like Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven, an immigrant tale of two women, two cultures, family secrets and the fight to find a new life in America, sold to NAL this year by veteran agent Jill Marsal.

In 1911 I happened to be in New York when the Triangle Shirtwaist factory caught fire, killing nearly a hundred and fifty people, most of them young immigrant women.

2012 — Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program, New York Foundation for the Arts, Brooklyn 2010 — Art workshops at Centre d'art des Pénitents Noirs, Aubagne, France 2008 — Wampner Visiting Artist, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 2004 - 6 — Creative Classrooms, New York, Bronx and Manhattan Parochial Schools 2004 — Visiting Artist, State University of New York, Fredonia 2002 - 4 — Studio - In - A-School, New York, PS15 and PS297, Brooklyn 2002 — Oyster Arts Inc., New York, an organization sponsoring women's shelters art programs 2000 — Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville — Visiting Artist, Pace University, New York, NY 1993 — Visiting Artist, University of Memphis, Tennessee 1987 - 88 — Visiting Artist, University of Arizona, Tucson

At the Whitney, she will show new large - scale paintings, including one of a Latino runner's club and another of the women's cabinet to the New York City mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, where she was part of the 2015 fellowship progrnew large - scale paintings, including one of a Latino runner's club and another of the women's cabinet to the New York City mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, where she was part of the 2015 fellowship progrNew York City mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, where she was part of the 2015 fellowship program.

But her scenes of domestic life carry deep complexities in both form and content, tracing the artist's personal history as an immigrant, as a woman, and as an artist to create arresting depictions of intimate life: whether it's a shared quiet moment with her husband (Her Widening Gyre, 2011) or a table set for tea (Tea Time in New Haven, Enugu, 2013).

Rather than doing that, Mexico City - born photographer Amanda Gutiérrez seeks to document her surroundings as she ventures through Brooklyn's Sunset Park, focusing both on her «subjective experience as a Mexican woman living and working in New York» and painting a photographic portrait of the neighborhood's Mexican immigrant community.

Women Immigrants of New York.

Women Immigrants of New York,» which opens on February 17 at the Queens Museum, features art and fashion photography from immigrant wWomen Immigrants of New York,» which opens on February 17 at the Queens Museum, features art and fashion photography from immigrant womenwomen.

2014 Metanoia: Practices of Exhaustion, Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Art, Art, Art: The Modern Woman, Raw Space, New York, NY, U.S. Hinterlands: Nuevos Paisajes, Centro de la Imagen, Santo Domingo, D.R. 2013 Immigrant too, NoMAA Gallery, New York, NY, U.S. Premio Joven de la Imagen, Centro de la Imagen, Santo Domingo, D.R. ttff / 13 + ARC Magazine New Media 2013, part of the Trinity & Tobago Film Festival 2013, Trinidad y Tobago.

Women Immigrants of New York» runs from February 17 to March 18 at the Queens Museum.

Her most recent works portray a group of 15 women employed by the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs in New York City, together at work, but also in the private spaces of their homes.

Over the past 12 months, the A2J Sector has begun — slowly and tentatively — to reach out to include social agencies — often staffed by «non-lawyers», but working on the frontlines of the A2J crisis — that offer support and resources to women, to men, to children, to the mentally ill, to new immigrants, etc..

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