The New York Women’s Foundation Annual Neighborhood Dinner is back, and this year we have so much to celebrate!  

Join us as we honor exceptional women whose courage and leadership have transformed their communities for women and families with our Neighborhood Leadership Awards. To cap off the evening, we’ll commemorate our 35th Anniversary by honoring our Board Alumnae with a Lifetime Achievement Award for their deep and longstanding commitment to our mission to create an equitable and just future for all women and girls.

The Neighborhood Dinner will be held in Chinatown to highlight the heritage and culture of the Chinese community and to stand in solidarity with Asian Americans against hate and discrimination.  

Click here to make a donation in support of the event.

2022 Neighborhood Dinner Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Alumnae of The New York Women’s Foundation Board of Directors

View the full list.

Neighborhood Leadership Awards

Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, Urban Health Plan (Bronx)

La’Shawn Allen-Muhammad, Central Brooklyn EDC (Brooklyn)

Saeeda Dunston, Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. (Queens)

Yesenia Mata, La Colmena (Staten Island)

Jo-Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation (Manhattan)

2022 Neighborhood Dinner Steering Committee

Meeka Bondy, Co-Chair

Kwanza Butler, Co-Chair 

Eileen Kelly, Co-Chair

Angie Wang, Co-Chair

Elizabeth Wang, Co-Chair

Karen Asner 

Meeka Bondy 

Dardalie Brooks 

Lorie Honor  

Sophia Michelen  

Rashidah Siddiqui  

Terrylynn Smith  

Yvette Stacey Cumberbatch 

Dorothy Q. Thomas 

Catherine E. van Kampen  

Jasmine Zheng 

The New York Women’s Foundation Annual Neighborhood Dinner is back, and this year we have so much to celebrate!  

Join us as we honor exceptional women whose courage and leadership have transformed their communities for women and families with our Neighborhood Leadership Awards. We’ll commemorate our 35th Anniversary by honoring our Board Alumnae with a Lifetime Achievement Award for their deep and longstanding commitment to our mission to create an equitable and just future for all women and girls.

The Neighborhood Dinner will be held in Chinatown to highlight the heritage and culture of the Chinese community and to stand in solidarity with Asian Americans against hate and discrimination.  

Click here to make a donation in support of the event.

2022 Neighborhood Dinner Honorees

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Alumnae of The New York Women’s Foundation Board of Directors

View the full list.

Neighborhood Leadership Awards

Paloma Izquierdo-Hernandez, Urban Health Plan (Bronx)

La’Shawn Allen-Muhammad, Central Brooklyn EDC (Brooklyn)

Saeeda Dunston, Elmcor Youth and Adult Activities, Inc. (Queens)

Yesenia Mata, La Colmena (Staten Island)

Jo-Ann Yoo, Asian American Federation (Manhattan)

2022 Neighborhood Dinner Steering Committee

Meeka Bondy, Co-Chair

Kwanza Butler, Co-Chair 

Eileen Kelly, Co-Chair

Angie Wang, Co-Chair

Elizabeth Wang, Co-Chair

Karen Asner 

Meeka Bondy 

Dardalie Brooks 

Lorie Honor  

Sophia Michelen  

Rashidah Siddiqui  

Terrylynn Smith  

Yvette Stacey Cumberbatch 

Dorothy Q. Thomas 

Catherine E. van Kampen  

Jasmine Zheng