The New York Women's Foundation®

New York Night by Andrea Arroyo

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
6:00 - 9:00 PM

Riverview Restaurant and Lounge
2-01 50th Avenue
Long Island City, Queens

NYWF’s annual Neighborhood Dinner, organized by the Circle of Sisters for Social Change*, honors outstanding women leaders from all five boroughs of New York City who have demonstrated long–term dedication to their communities through their involvement in neighborhood-based work on behalf of women and girls.

This year, the 2011 Queens Neighborhood Dinner will honor four prominent women leaders from Queens whose presence enriches the Borough of Queens with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Neighborhood Leadership Award.

Join us, and experience culinary delights food from a local restaurateur as well as music and dance classes from the Queens Brazilian community. Meet NYWF’s extraordinary grantee partners in Queens whose advocacy makes Queens a thriving borough for businesses, women and families.

Ticket information:

$75.00 – general admission and VIP goodie bag
$150.00 – general admission, cocktail reception and VIP goodie bag
$300.00 – includes general admission, cocktail reception, VIP goodie bag; Samba dance class

Come and celebrate the power of community and activist philanthropy!

I cannot attend the Dinner, but would like to make a donation
to the Foundation in honor of the event.

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES

Alice Cardona
Former NYWF Board President

Alice Cardona is one of the founders of the NYWF and past Board President. She was an active member of National Conference of Puerto Rican Women and co–founder of Hispanic Women’s Center. As the Assistant Director of the New York State Division for Women, she advocated for bilingual education and women’s rights. Since her retirement in 1995, Cardona dedicated herself to participate as a member or founder in a variety of organizations.

"I would never have survived if I didn’t have fists. You need to know how to look someone in the eye. You have to know
how to walk the street."

Kwanghee Kim
Former NYWF Board Member

Kwanghee Kim is a pioneer, women’s rights advocate, and leader of the New York Asian American community. Kwanghee founded the Korean American Family Service Center (KAFSC) in 1989 to support and empower survivors of domestic violence and their children. Ms. Kim is currently on the advisory board of the Korean American Community Foundation and Korean American Human Service Providers Association, and an active member of Korean Women’s International Network (KOWIN).

"I wanted to create a new generation, not only a Korean generation; made up of not only Korean women,
but American women."

NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP AWARDEES

Seema Agnani
Chhaya CDC, Executive Director

Seema Agnani is a co–founder and the Executive Director of Chhaya CDC, a Queens–based organization whose mission is to create more stable and sustainable communities by increasing civic participation and addressing the housing and community development needs of New York’s South Asians, new immigrants and their neighbors.

"There are so many challenges involved for the immigrants. We help them navigate their way around the city and participate in the city’s civic life, so they are part of the development of the city."

Robina Niaz
Turning Point for Women and Families, Executive Director

Robina Niaz is the founder and Executive Director of Queens–based Turning Point for Women and Families which addresses domestic violence in the Muslim community in New York City. As a social worker, activist and fierce advocate of Muslim women’s rights, Robina was named a CNN Hero in November 2009.

"We believe that women have strength inherently in them.
Our job is to help them find it."

FEATURED SPEAKER

Vivian Lee
NY1 Anchor and Reporter

EMCEE

Cindy Rodriguez
WNYC New York Public Radio, Reporter

ENTERTAINMENT

Live music with Brazilian Jazz Band Grupo Kriuolo

SPECIAL FEATURE

Cocktail Reception and Samba Dance Class

Committee Co-Chairs

Karen Bigman
Aiyoung Choi

Committee Vice-Chairs

Martha Baker
Fran Barrett
Dalia Cohen
Susanne R. De Arellano
Anne E.Delaney
Kimberly E. Donaldson
Julie Fenster
Eboni Gates
Tonya Gayle
Kawana King
Ann Short
Rashidah Siddiqui
Sandy Watson

To purchase tickets, click here.

For more information, please contact Madeline Holder at
(212) 261-4637 or mholder@nywf.org.

Directions to the Riverview Restaurant & Lounge
By Public Transportation:
Take the number 7 train to Vernon-Jackson station (one stop east of Grand Central Station). Make a right and walk until you can’t go straight. Make a left turn and Riverview is on the corner by the East River.

From Manhattan via Queens Bridge:
Take 59th Street Bridge (Lower Level). Stay on the right lane. Make a right at Jackson Avenue. Right on 48th Ave. Head toward East River. Make a left at Center Blvd. The Riverview Restaurant is on the corner of 49th Ave. and Center Blvd.

*The Circle of Sisters for Social Change (COS) is a volunteer group of working women who come together to support the mission of the NYWF. COS welcomes socially conscious women to harness financial resources, create professional networks and build a collective voice for social change philanthropy in New York City. To learn more about COS at www.nywf.org/volunteer.html