April 24, 2024: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Environmental Injustice”
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 04/24/2024 Environmental Injustice”
March 27, 2024: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Women’s Health & Wellness”
Guest Panelists:
Jacqueline Diaz, Founder, The Steven Spectrum Career Project
Carmela Frattasi, National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach
Angelica Marie, Founder & Owner, Valiosa Wellness
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 03/27/2024 Health & Wellness”
February 28, 2024: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking Awareness”
Guest Panelists:
Paige Nyer, Assistant District Attorney
Elizabeth De Jesus, The Cottontail Corner, El Centro Pedagogico
Sgt. Mona Lawrence, NYPD DV Unit
Lauren Kay, Stop Stalking Us (Video Resource)
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 02/28/2024 IPV and Stalking”
January 24, 2024: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Caregiving Part II, Applying for Medicaid”
Guest Panelists: Representatives from
Sunnyside Community Services – scsny.org
Carino Law – carinolaw.com
Queensboro Council for Social Welfare – [email protected]
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 01/24/2024 Caregiving Part II”
November 15, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Caregiving, A Women’s Issue”
Guest Panelists: Representatives from
Queensboro Council for Social Welfare – [email protected]
Sunnyside Community Services – scsny.org
Carino Law – carinolaw.com
Topics included:
Legal issues affecting caregivers
Caregiving services
Self-care for caregivers
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 11/15/2023 Caregiving”
October 25, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Domestic Violence Awareness: A Women’s Issue Virtual Panel”
Guest Panelists: Representatives from
Queens District Attorney Domestic Violence Bureau – queensda.org
Safe Horizon – safehorizon.org
Mount Sinai Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention Program – mountsinai.org
Sakhi for South Asian Women – sakhi.org
Violence Intervention Program – vipmujeres.org
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 10/25/2023 Domestic Violence Awareness”
September 27, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Human Trafficking: A Women’s Issue Virtual Panel”
Guest Panelists: Representatives from
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women — catwinternational.org
New York County District Attorney’s Office — manhattanda.org
NOW NYC — nownyc.org
PACT — WeArePact.org
Zonta International District 3 — zontadistrictthree.org
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
To receive a copy of the PowerPoint slides for the above presentation, please email [email protected] with the subject line, “Slides from Women’s Issues Think Tank 09/27/2023 Human Trafficking Awareness”
June 28, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Gender Equity in Education and Developments in Title IX”
Guest Presenters:
Shiwali Patel, Director of Justice for Student Survivors & Senior Counsel at National Women’s Law Center
Zoey Brewer, Policy Organizer at Know Your IX
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
May 24, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Inequities in Women’s Health”
Guest Presenter: Giovina Lara Collura, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai / NYC Health + Hospitals / Queens
Our Guest Presenter shared knowledge, did Q&A, & discussed actions to take to improve women’s healthcare & close the inequities gap.
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
April 26, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Sexual Assault Awareness”
Guest Presenters:
Lindsey Curtis – Training, Outreach & Education Supervisor, Mount Sinai Sexual Assault & Violence Intervention Program (SAVI)
Assistant District Attorney Eric Rosenbaum – Chief, Special Victims Bureau, Queens County District Attorney’s Office
Our guest presenters shared their knowledge, answered questions, and led a conversation with the goal of finding actions CWNY and our community can take to protect women from sexual assault, collaborate with partner organizations, and more.
March 22, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Pay Equity”
Guest Panelists:
Beverly Cooper Neufeld– President, PowHer New York
Jessica Ramey Stender– Policy Director & Deputy Legal Director, Equal Rights Advocates
This discussion on pay equity included the pay gap for women, equal pay for equal work, wage discrimination, pay transparency, and more.
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
February 22, 2023: Women’s Issues Think Tank: “Stalking Awareness”
Guest Panelists:
Dana Fleitman – Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC)
Paige L. Nyer – Domestic Violence Bureau, Queens County District Attorney’s Office
Our Women’s Issues Think Tank Guest Panelists each month lead us in finding actions CWNY & our community can take to advance the cause, raise awareness, help find solutions, & answer questions.
March 11, 2021: “First But Not the Last” – A Women’s History Month Discussion
Guest Speakers:
- Melinda Katz, Queens District Attorney
- Juanita Holmes, NYPD Chief of Patrol
CWNY had a “First But Not The Last” discussion celebrating Women’s History Month with Queens’ first female District Attorney, Melinda Katz and the NYPD’s first female Chief of Patrol, Juanita Holmes. They spoke about gender equality in the workplace – Challenges of being the only woman in the room and a female leader, and the realization of having opened a door that was previously closed to women.
March 8, 2021: International Women’s Day GPK Foundation Panel
CWNY participated in the International Women’s Day Panel Discussion Hosted by GPK Foundation.
Click here to check out the flyer.
Nov 15, 2020: St. John’s Women in Philanthropy Discussion
In celebration of National Philanthropy Day on November 15, Victoria Pilotti, CWNY President, proudly joined an inspirational conversation with St. John’s alumnae pioneers on women helping women in underserved communities.
Panelists:
- Jennifer Daniel, ’07TCB, Founder/Executive Director, Princess Chambers Inc.
- Andreia Gibau, ’18CPS, Miss New York USA 2020
- Victoria Pilotti, Ed.D. ’90GEd, ’11Ed.D, President, Center for the Women of New York (CWNY)
- Patricia A. Shea, ’62Ed, Founder and Executive Director of MOMMAS House
Aug 22, 2020: Global Human Trafficking Zoom Conference
The PowerPoint slides from the above conference are available here:
June 27, 2020: Global Forum on Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking During & Post COVID-19
The PowerPoint from the above presentation is available here in PDF format:
June 11, 2020: Korean Women’s Issues Roundtable
This meeting focused on issues of domestic violence, human trafficking, forced marriage, elder abuse, compulsive gambling and alcoholism.
May 7, 2020: South Asian Roundtable Discussion on Women’s Issues
This conference call touched on issues of domestic violence, human trafficking, forced marriage, and suicide.