Mentoring: Redefined After School for the 21st Century SummerStyle

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Spring/Summer 2006
Mentoring: Redefined After School for the
st Century
The YW’s Workforce ReEntry Program partners
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Corporate America & unemployed women
By pairing corporate executives with women who need a little
help to realize their full potential, the YW has been the catalyst for
many great experiences and enduring relationships. These rich,
unique mentoring relationships begin in the YW’s ReEntry Employment Program.
A hallmark offering and a consistent part of the YW’s programming since 1978, the ReEntry
Employment Program helps
women compete in a sophisticated job market favoring highly
skilled workers. To be eligible for
the program, women must meet
certain requirements set by the
King & Spalding ReEntry Graduating Class
New York State Department of
Labor, the program’s original sponsor. These requirements include
being at least 21 years of age, holding United States citizenship or a
work permit and possessing a high school diploma or GED.
ReEntry program participants take part in a well-rounded, intense
six-week curriculum that prepares them for today’s workforce.
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SummerStyle
The 2nd Annual YW Summer Soirée
The location, date and time are now official for the YWCA of the City of
New York’s highly anticipated Summer Soirée. Having outgrown last
year’s venue, the W New York Hotel, the Summer Soirée will be held
on Thursday, June
8, 2006 at Cipriani
23rd Street located
inside the historic
Toy Building at 200
Fifth Avenue.
save
the
date
6.8.06
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“Following
the
success of last
year’s
gala,”
Rennie
Roberts,
YWCA-NYC Chief
Executive
Officer
YW After School at Murry Bergtraum High School
Located on the outskirts of Chinatown, near City Hall in Manhattan, the 21st Century Learning Center after school program at Murry
Bergtraum High School (MBHS) represents the YW at its finest;
working in the community, directly involved, making a difference in
the day-to-day lives of New York City’s kids.
In
2005,
having
already worked in
MBHS
for
three
years, the YW was
selected by the New
York State Education
Department, the New
York City Department
of Youth & Community
Development and The
After School Corporation, to continue and Members of the YW’s Chess Club at Murry Bergtraum
expand its program at High School duel after school
the school through 2010. The MBHS program is one of a number
of after school programs run by the YWCA-NYC that are geared
toward providing rich, exciting and educationally rewarding experiences that keep kids engaged and out of trouble during the critical
hours after the school day ends and before many working parents
get home.
The YW’s program offers a combination of fun, lively activities like
Step Team, Salsa Club and Tae Kwon Do, and educationally-driven
efforts such as Career Club, Newspaper Club, Literary Magazine,
Book Club, Law Club and numerous others. Specifically, the four
program areas are Academic Enrichment, Cultural & Performing
Arts, Health & Wellness, and College & Career Preparedness.
Started in 2002 by Tomas Hernandez, a popular bilingual Social Studies teacher, the Cultural Studies Club offers a supportive network
for the school’s bilingual Spanish speaking students. Members
complete homework, tutor each other, practice their language skills,
and work on projects. The club showcases the amazing diversity
of the YW’s programs; when asked how many different countries
are represented in the group, Deliahermin Rodriguez, a lively and
enthusiastic student, shouts out, “raise your hand if you’re from
Mexico!” and a half-dozen hands fly up. “Dominican Republic!” A
half-dozen more. The kids proudly shout out the various nationalities of their classmates. “We have Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican, Salvadoran, Cuban and Peruvian.”
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The Cultural Studies Club is
just one of many clubs that MBHS students can choose from. One
of the others is a sign-language instruction group that allows Murry
Bergtraum’s population of deaf students to have more meaningful
relationships with many of the school’s hearing students, and viceversa. It is so popular that many of the “graduates” of the club have
returned to help teach the next group of students.
an institutional framework for
students to sanction their
peers or remedy their actions.
If a student at MBHS commits
an offense that falls under the
purview of the court (such as a
non-violent, misdemeanor-level
offense) school authorities will
be able to refer the case to the Members of the Murry Bergtraum Law Club
with Judge Corriero in his chambers
court. The offending student
must admit to the charge and voluntarily participate in the program
with his or her parent’s permission. Additionally, the student is
assessed by a social worker to further establish the case’s suitability
for the Youth Court program. Students, acting as judge, advocates
and jury, hear the case, and can sentence the offender to perform
community service, offer an oral or written apology, write an essay,
make restitution, or attend a relevant workshop or peer mediation/
conflict resolution session. “Youth Courts offer an early intervention
and prevention option for young people,” said Chada Ngamwajasat,
Community Justice Coordinator for the YW program. “They allow
students to remedy situations in ways that are more appropriate and
meaningful to the offender and the school community, plus they’re a
great way to learn about the law.”
The Film Club offers students the opportunity to collaborate with each
other to produce a movie of the students’ own devising. Noel Tejada,
a member of the club, describes the process of making his group’s
documentary: “We were throwing ideas around, and with the war
and everything, we wanted to do something socially conscious.”
He continues, “Basically, it’s just me and a group of students. We
come up with an idea of what we want to document, and our idea is
military recruitment. It’s sort of an anti-military recruitment piece. We
put our ideas together, and then we had to find people to interview
and think of certain shots that we want to get, and then we download the film and we edit everything.” The students learn to edit the
film at the Chinatown studios of Downtown Community Television,
which is partnering with the YW for this project. Says Tejada, “[The
program] is helpful because it shows you different ways of expressing yourself.”
Teamwork is a theme that
comes up a lot when talking
to participants in the YW’s
MBHS program. Rashad
Bizzell, a member of the Literary Magazine Club, says that
in this program he is learning
“how to work with people,
because I usually work by
myself. I’ve learned how to
The Dance Club at Murry Bergtraum
be a team player.” DescribHigh School
ing the club, he says, “We’ve
been getting submissions from different students. We put them
together, we edit the submissions, and now we’re working on the
layout, the cover and the title of the literary magazine.”
said, “we are thrilled to expand the
Soirée to this great Art Deco location with its international reputation.” This black-tie optional event brings together YW friends, both
old and new, in celebration of the important work the YW has been
doing for nearly 150 years in New York City — empowering women
and embracing diversity.
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The YWCA-NYC’s Summer Soirée is an exciting and stylish celebration where guests can begin the evening sipping on the cocktails made
famous by Harry’s Bar in Venice, Italy. Following the awards ceremony
and dinner, the Summer Soirée’s approximately 350 guests will be able
to dance up a storm to music provided by a special guest DJ.
WNBC News personality Janice Huff will serve as
Host and MC for the 2nd Annual Summer Soirée.
“We are delighted to have Ms. Huff, a native
New Yorker, join us in this very festive event,”
Ms. Roberts said. “Her talents and abilities will
be important to the success of the event and the
exposure it brings to the YW.”
The Internship Program, run by the YW’s Hanaa Arafat, is as practical as the Literary Magazine is artistic. All of the students who take
part in the program receive internships with participating corporations around New York, such as American Express and Sony,
among others. Students also volunteer for various projects. All of the
students who go through the program create résumés and sign-up
for bank accounts, taking important steps on the path to adulthood.
Ms. Huff, a member of WNBC4’s team since
1995, is the meteorologist for WNBC4’s weekJanice Huff
day evening broadcasts as well as for WNBC’s
nationally-televised Saturday edition of “Today.” Additionally, Ms. Huff
hosts “Wednesday’s Child,” a weekly segment about adoption. Ms.
Huff’s youth-oriented community outreach is remarkable and the
YWCA-NYC applauds her work on behalf of youth.
A groundbreaking program that the YW has recently introduced at
MBHS is the Law Club & Youth Court. Lawyers and judges mentor
the club’s students as they learn about the intricacies of the justice
system. The work that the kids do in the classroom and with their
mentors is impressive. Judge Michael Corriero, one the club’s key
mentors, was just awarded the Coalition for After School Funding’s
Advocacy Award “for his commitment to after school and the work
he does with the young people in [the YW’s] program.”
This event is a great opportunity for friends and supporters of the
YWCA-NYC and its progressive mission to give back to the community while participating in New York’s vibrant nightlife. For more
information, please contact Winston Tucker at 212.735.9759
or [email protected].
But the Youth Court component of the club makes it even more
noteworthy. Youth Courts, which are also known as Teen or Peer
Courts, work under the auspices of school authorities and create
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Lehman Brothers
ASK A DOCTOR!
gives back
to Girls GIVE BACK!
Presented in Partnership With
On Friday, December 10th,
the Women’s Initiatives Leading Lehman (WILL) Network at
Lehman Brothers hosted 27
girls from the YWCA-NYC’s
Girls GIVE BACK (Growing
in Voice and Efficacy, Bringing Activism to Community
Kids) program at P.S./I.S.
Girls GIVE BACK! participant in Lehman’s
298. The WILL Network takes
in-house TV studio
on a mission of encouraging,
inspiring and supporting women at Lehman and has been greatly
supportive of the YW and its programs. Through this partnership,
the girls enrolled in Girls GIVE BACK were able to experience a
unique day of exploration and learning about the stock market and
investment banking.
Q: What are some health problems to watch out for in
older women, and are there nutrition or dietary tips they
can use to avoid them?
Answering this issue’s question is Dr. Andrew Gotlin, Medical
Director of the Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center.
A: As March is National Nutrition Month, this question provides
a timely opportunity to discuss osteoporosis and its prevention.
Osteoporosis is a disease that affects the bones, causing them to
become fragile and prone to fracture (breaks). Statistically, in older
women, the hip and spine are the most common sites affected, and
fractures in these areas can lead to significant disability. Women at
risk are those older than 65 years old, and those younger than
65 with certain characteristics such as low body weight, white
or Asian ethnicity, history of fracture, history of falls, low levels of
physical activity, excessive alcohol use, low calcium or vitamin D
intake, hyperthyroidism (an over-active thyroid gland), and women
taking certain medications.
SPOTLIGHT ON OSTEOPOROSIS
Lehman Brothers and YW
staff collaborated to come up
with a host of fun and informative workshops, tours and
games to encourage the girls’
interest in the area of finance.
The Girls GIVE BACK participants arrived in the morning
at Lehman’s main office near
A Lehman volunteer explains the workings
of the stock market to Girls GIVE BACK!
Times Square, after an hourparticipants.
long bus ride from their middle
school in Brownsville, Brooklyn. For most of the girls, this schoolapproved field trip was their first exposure to investment banking
and the stock market. The day began with icebreakers and an introduction to money management, from opening a personal savings
account to an explanation of “bear” and “bull” markets.
In order to minimize the risk of fractures, women at risk can take
steps to protect themselves. One such step is the consistent practice of weight-bearing exercise. Some examples include weightlifting, jogging, hiking, stair-climbing and step aerobics. Another
way to avoid osteoporosis is nutritional, maintaining an adequate
intake of calcium at a dose of 500mg twice a day. This can be taken
either in the form of food (check your labels!) or supplemental
tablets.
If you feel you are at risk for osteoporosis, take the initiative — speak
with your doctor about Bone Density Testing — it is painless, accurate and readily available. If you are diagnosed with the disease,
there are medications available which can help reduce the risk of
fragile bones and fractures.
Founded on the premise that “health care is a right, not a privilege,” Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center, a member
of the William F. Ryan Community Health Network, provides high
quality, comprehensive, affordable, culturally sensitive and multilingual, primary and preventive health care services to children,
adults and seniors. The Ryan/Chelsea-Clinton Center is located at
645 Tenth Avenue, between 45th and 46th Streets. To contact the
Ryan Center, call 212.265.4500.
“One of the goals of the field trip was to also encourage the girls to
explore a wide array of future careers, such as in investment banking or sales and trading” said
Aiko Muro, WILL volunteer
and coordinator of the day’s
events.
A Girls GIVE BACK! participant: right at home
at Lehman Brothers
To “Ask a Doctor” about women’s health, email us at
[email protected] or send us a letter: YWCA-NYC, attn: Ask
a Doctor, 52 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
With the support of Lehman
Brothers, the day was a great
success. The Girls GIVE BACK
program hopes to continue
this partnership and many
others like it in the future.
YWHAPPENINGS
Networking Project Holiday
Party! (L-R) Jeffrey Walter;
Mohamed Kamel, YW Site
Coordinator,Out-of-School
Time, PS 188 and Jason
Corbett. The Networking
Project is a 21-year-old
program that provides
an opportunity for young
adults with disabilities, 1321 years of age, to become
better self-advocates and
explore issues that are
unique to New York City
youth with disabilities.
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YWSALUTE 2005
The YW Salutes the
New Powers That Be
The 2005 YWCA-NYC Salute
to Women Leaders Luncheon
On November 16, 2005, the YWCA of the City of New York presented
its 32nd Academy of Women Leaders (AWL) Salute Luncheon held
at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in midtown Manhattan. With over 700
attendees, the Salute Luncheon honored 54 outstanding women for
their professional achievements and their commitment to giving back
to their communities.
The 2005 Salute Luncheon brought together several corporate and
non-profit partners of the YWCA-NYC, all in support of the YW and
its mission—empowering women and eliminating racism. With corporate leadership provided by Presenting Sponsor and Co-Chair Bob
Silver of UBS Global Wealth Management and Business Banking and
Co-Chair Lisa Choi of Deloitte & Touche, the Salute festivities began
with a breakfast and VIP reception sponsored by Marsh & McClennan
Companies. Ann Curry, News Anchor for NBC’s nationally syndicated
“Today” served as Host for the Salute Luncheon.
Highlights of the event included a breakfast for the 2005 AWL honorees where guests were entertained by remarks from famed fashion
designer and AWL Class of 1999 inductee, Dana Buchman; presentation of the William I. Spencer Award Scholarships to Felicia Collins
and Chennie Baird sponsored by King & Spalding and Weil, Gotshal
& Manges; and honoring YW Board Member Susan A. Rau with the
Mary Rousmaniere Gordon for her many years of volunteer service at
the YWCA-NYC.
Make plans to join us for Salute 2006 to be held on Thursday,
November 9, 2006 at the Sheraton New York Hotel. For
more information, please call 212.735.9759 or email
[email protected].
(L-R) Host Ann Curry, 2005 Salute
Presenting Sponsor & Chair
and Managing Director for UBS
Global Wealth Management and
Business Banking Bob Silver, YW
CEO Rennie Roberts, and 2005
Salute Co-Chair and Deloitte &
Touche Partner Lisa Choi
Chairman of Weil, Gotshal &
Manges Stephen J. Dannhauser
(left) with William I. Spencer
Awardee Chennie Baird
(L-R) YW’s Patti Binder, Director,
Girls & Young Women’s Leadership Programs, with William I.
Spencer Awardee Felicia Collins
and Michael O’Brien, Managing
Partner of King & Spalding
Br istol-Myer s Squibb’s Jack
Grebb (center) with honorees
Elyse Stock (Bristol-Myers Squibb,
left) and Maria Branco (Keyspan,
right)
(L-R) Honorees Mary Dean (New
York Life) and Marie Lyons (Cravath, Swaine & Moore), Salute
Steering Committee member
and Assistant Director & Senior
Speech Writer for The New York
Times Company Jenny Rider, honoree Donalee Demaio (MetLife
Bank), Salute Class of 1986 honoree Robin Cohn, and YW Board
Member Laure Aubuchon
(L-R) YW Board Member Janet
Bell, YW CEO Rennie Roberts,
Board Member Janet Larose, and
Board President Grace Richardson with fellow Board Member
and Gordon Award recipient
Susan Rau
(L-R) Salute Steer ing Committee member Lisa Cuevas with
honorees Ellen Odoner and
Joanne Ollman (all from Weil,
Gotshal & Manges)
Salute Steer ing Committee
member and Head of Employee
Relations & Diversity at Marsh &
McLennan Barbara Silvan (left)
with honoree Arlene Vaquer
(Guy Car penter & Co., Inc.,
a Marsh & McLennan company)
(L-R) Steering Committee
member Liz Cicco with honorees
Ellen Kraus and Estela Valdez (all
from Bowne & Co.)
(L-R) 2005 Salute Co-Chair Lisa
Choi with honorees Laura Survant
and Teresa Westbrook (all from
Deloitte & Touche)
(L-R) Honorees Tammy Mattson
(Towers Per r in) and Loretta
Moseman (Citigroup Global Consumer Group) with YW Board
Member Claudia Poster
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Fashion designer Dana Buchman
gives a presentation at the Salute
Breakfast, sponsored by Marsh &
McLennan
(L-R) Citigroup honorees Loretta
Moseman and Ana Duarte
McCarthy with last year’s Citigroup honoree Bonnie Howard,
honoree Patricia David, and Vice
President in the Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer at
Citigroup Kevin Thurm
Salute Steer ing Committee
member and Executive
Vice President of Human
Resources for NBC Universal
Eileen Whelley (left) with Host
Ann Curry
(L-R) YW Board President Grace
Richardson with honoree Marilyn
D. Johnson (IBM Corporation)
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT
Individuals and Estates
$20,000 +
A. K. Starr Charitable Trust
Sally T. Butler
Mary F. Crawford
Patricia Geoghegan
Janet W. Prindle
$10,000–19,999
Ruby B. Fleming Trust
Susan E. Rau
Robert H. Silver
Constance A. Tate
$5,000–9,999
Barbara Barrett
Janet D. Bell
Diane D. Fuller
Evelyn E. Guernsey
Janet Y. Larose
Liane Pei
Susan T. Murphy
Dorothy S. Raymond
Larry Rockefeller
Jean W. Schoonover
Beryl L. Snyder
Jane V. Talcott
Lucy R. Waletzky
$2,000–4,999
Margaret R. Chace
Yon K. and Francie Cho
JoAnn Delafield
Brenda McAuliffe
Brian Paul
Marie I. Sanchez
Anthony D. Schlesinger
Edward Sykes Trust
Natica von Althann
$1,000–1,999
Alice C. Brown
Anne S. Davidson
William J. Cullen
Janice Reals Ellig of
Gould, McCoy, Chaddick & Ellig
Barry Jacobson
Suzanne M. Kidd
Antoinette E. La Belle
Ellen Lazarus
Michelle K. Manolis
Charlotte St. Martin
Elizabeth Mayhew
Gillian S. Mestre
Joyce H. Mims
Gerald Odening
Victoria W. Pao
Laura A. Parsons
George J. Petrow
Carol K. Reynolds
Michael L. Schler
Pamela M. Scurry
Marcia Sells
Anna V. Taam
Frank A. Weil
Gloria Winston
Diane Frimmel
Sarah B. Gambrell
Barbara Georgescu
Kimberly D. Hardy
Margaret B. Lowe
Grace Lyu–Volckhausen
Maureen Maldari
Alice Mulvaney
Gretchen R. Nicholas
Robert O’Mara
Claudia Z. Poster
Grace E. Richardson
Rennie C. Roberts
Catherine A. Rockwood Trust
Barbara A. Silvan–Maniscal
Martha S. Sproule
Charlene H. Thomas
Cynthia Vance
Debra Walton
$750–999
Ruth Ainslie
Cheryl Bundy
Helen Chapman
David M. Cohen
H. Hartley du Pont
Rachel Kohler
Judith Leonard
Michael J. O’Brien
Peter S. Wilson
Mary C. Wolf
$250–499
Janet A. Barbiere
Lester F. Bussey, M.D.
Mary Cademartori
Thomas Chilton
Jaime D. Cohen
William F. Coursen
Helene F. Craner
Catherine G. Curran
Marianne G. Diwik
Steven Emmert
Martha M. Ferry
Roopa M. Foley
Toni K. Goodale
Suzanne D. Harris
John S. Herman
Louisa Holland
Andrea B. Karsian
Margaret M. Keane
Estate of Susi Klempau
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Klesius
Cynthia Kling
Larry Kravetz
Kaplow Communications
$500–749
Diane Abbey
Mary L. Alter
Laure C. Aubuchon
Barbara Blasso
William B. Brannan
Diane Burke
John Conti
Jamie Drake
Sally E. Durdan
Monica E. Fisher
Dana H. Freyer
Claire P. Gutekunst
Mark Kenyon
Kenneth Koen
Wayne Lawson
Cathy G. Lazaroff
Evelyn S. Lewis–Enright
Maria T. Lopez–Oña
Charles Manna
Marjorie Marker
Tammy Mattson
Leslie M. Mazza
Linda Modico
Joseph Montebello
David Nass
Lindsay North
Lia Pascale
Polly Passonneau
Jeffrey Peltier
Anne Perkins
Deirdre E. Riou
Ellen Rose
Lori and Luisa Rozencwaig
Valerie W. Rusch
Margaret Russell
Jacqueline Salvatore
Paul Schlesinger
Nora Sheehan
Nancy Sirles
Jean F. Smith
Matthew Smyth
Barbara A. Spencer
Susan N. Spencer
Monica L. Stoddard
Grace Sun
Laura Survant
Steve Tager
Marcos Vigil and
Anilu Vazquez–Ubarri
Linda Verdon
Joyce Wallis Walsh
Scott Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Whelan III
Mary K. Woods
Thank you also to those individuals who support the YW with gifts below $250. Your support is very much appreciated.
Corporations and Foundations
$100,000+
The Clark Foundation
The Starr Foundation
$50,000–99,999
The Afterschool Corporation
The Frances L. & Edwin L. Cummings
Memorial Fund
The Pinkerton Foundation
UBS Financial Services Inc.
$25,000–49,999
American Express Company
Bristol–Myers Squibb Company
Consolidated Edison Company
of New York, Inc.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation
Deloitte & Touche LLP
JPMorgan Chase
Marsh & McLennan Companies
The Ambrose Monell Foundation
United States Trust Company
of New York
The Wasily Family Foundation
$10,000–24,999
Arrow Electronics, Inc.
AT&T
Berkeley College
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Liz Claiborne Inc.
Colgate–Palmolive Company
Credit Suisse First Boston LLC
Ernst & Young LLP
General Electric (Client Business
Services, Inc.)
HSBC Bank USA
IBM Corporation
King & Spalding LLP
KPMG LLP
Lehman Brothers
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Power Authority
Northern Trust Bank
Patrina Foundation
The Rockefeller Group
Towers Perrin
United Technologies Corporation
Wachovia
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
$5,000–9,999
Bowne & Co., Inc.
EMC Corporation
Grey Healthcare Group, Inc.
Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman
KeySpan Corporation
Pfizer Inc
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Proskauer Rose LLP
New York Stock Exchange
Tiffany & Co.
$2,500–4,999
New York University Hospitals Center
Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP
Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP
Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP
MDB Group, Inc.
M.P. Agency, Inc.
Sterling National Bank
Torys LLP
XL Foundation
$500–999
Committee on Futures Regulation
of the Association of the Bar of
the City of New York
SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance
Company, Inc.
TriMont Real Estate Advisors
$250–499
YMCA of Greater New York
Xpedx
$1,000–2,499
A.D. Winston Service, Inc.
Managed Funds Association
Government
City of New York, Administration for
Children’s Services
City of New York, Department of Youth
and Community Development
City of New York, Department of Education
New York City Council Member
Gale Brewer
State of New York, Department of Labor
State of New York, Office of Temporary
Disability Assistance
State of New York, Department
of Education
US Department of Agriculture
(List as of 3/1/06)
(list as of 3/1/06)
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First YW
Family Resource Center
Opens its Doors
(Mentoring — continued from page 1)
Computer training is especially
emphasized in MicroSoft Office programs such as Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook, as well as in an introduction to the internet
as a resource for employment. Career development workshops are
also offered to help participants assess their skills, work values and
career goals. These workshops provide up-to-date information on
résumé preparation, interviewing skills, letter writing and job search
techniques.
The YWCA-NYC’s first Family Resource Center (FRC) opened its
doors in January 2006, offering the surrounding community a host
of support services. Located at 500 West 56th Street in Manhattan’s Clinton neighborhood, the FRC is close to the YWCA-NYC Polly
Dodge Early Learning Center, which has been offering high-quality
affordable childcare for more than 28 years. The decision to open the
first FRC alongside the long-standing childcare facility was inspired by
the YW’s renewed focus on effecting community-wide change.
While there are many other job
training programs in New York City,
the YW offers participants a true
mentoring partnership with corporate America. By working with
forward-thinking companies and
firms like Lehman Brothers, Weil,
Gotshal & Manges, King & Spalding
and Barclays Capital (all of whom
Barclays Capital ReEntry Graduating Class
have adopted ReEntry classes) the
YW seeks to forge new friendships and learning opportunities for the
women in the program.
The FRC provides parents,
guardians and community
members with assistance,
support and general information. In addition to services
such as educational and
employment training, computer skills workshops and
affordable health care referrals, the FRC hopes to spread
FRC receives $5,000 grant from Citibank. (L-R)
awareness in the commu- FRC Director Leila Rivera-Reyes, Citibank Vice
nity about the importance of President Deborah Jefferson,YW CEO Rennie
Roberts and NYC Councilwoman Gale Brewer
home-school communications
in the educational process, financial literacy, planning for the future,
and the importance of nutrition and health to a family’s well-being.
But perhaps the most unique aspect of the YW’s ReEntry program is its
focus on the individual. From the beginning of the program, the participants are paired with mentors from
the corporate world who share all they
can about today’s workforce, from
details about their field, to management styles, organizational structures,
process of decision making and
the day-to-day requirements of
their current careers. Mentors and
Weil, Gotshal & Manges ReEntry
Graduating Class
mentees meet weekly to discuss
progress, career development and upcoming projects.
The success of the center relies heavily on partnerships with surrounding businesses, organizations and local government. With the help of
Councilwoman Gale Brewer, an FRC Advisory Council was formed
and consists of community members representing a variety of backgrounds and interests. Businesses and organizations on the Council
include Citibank, Washington Mutual, Chase Manhattan Bank, Time
Warner, CBS, the New York Public Library, various tenant associations, local high schools and other nonprofits. These newfound relationships have already begun to flourish. In late January, the FRC
received a $5,000 grant from the local Citibank branch to partner
and produce a financial literacy program for the Center, thanks to the
support of FRC Advisory Council Member Deborah Jefferson.
“I learned that my mentee has so many skills that would assist her in
getting a job,” said Lisa Zebrowski, a King & Spalding paralegal who
participated as a mentor. “It just took talking things out and some
creative language to ‘sell’ those traits to a potential employer.”
By spending this extra time in a mentor relationship, program participants are able to complement their intense job training with a
more personal experience. And inevitably, friendships develop. As
mentors and mentees work through
tasks and projects together, share
personal stories and inspire each
other, they find themselves in a
mutually gratifying and enriching
experience.
“As far as partnerships go,” said Leila Rivera-Reyes, Director of the
Family Resource Center, “we’ve hit the ground running.”
YWHAPPENINGS
“I have been so inspired by my
mentee’s positive attitude and willLehman Brothers ReEntry Graduating Class
ingness to devote so much time
and energy to the program,” said Jessica Schnack, Public Relations Manager at King & Spalding and past program mentor. “It has
reminded me how much mileage you can get from hard work and a
positive outlook when facing a challenge.”
Superstar Queen Latifah (fifth from left) at the
Curvation Project Confidence Awards held on
February 21st in New York City. The event paid
tribute to five national crusaders who have
dedicated time and energy to local programs
that build women’s confidence. (L-R) YWCANYC Director of Development & Marketing
Jerome D. Grant; Patrice Bennett-Hammond,
Racial Justice Coordinator at YWCA Bergen
C o u n t y ; G a b r i e l l e G a l l u c c i , P ro g ra m
Consultant for YWCA-USA; Glenda DuBoise,
Chair of the YWCA-USA National Coordinating
Board; Queen Latifah; YWCA-USA Director of
Development Onica Makwakwa and YWCAUSA CEO Peggy Sanchez Mills, and YWCANYC CEO Rennie Roberts.
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YWCA-NYC Board of Directors
and at Goldman Sachs. She is a graduate of The Wharton School at
the University of Pennsylvania and holds an M.B.A. in Finance.
adds 4
Tracey A. Zaccone is a partner in the New York
office of the international law firm King & Spalding. Her
practice focuses principally on merger and acquisition and private equity transactions. Prior to King &
Spalding, she was an associate at Cravath, Swaine
& Moore in New York. She is a member of Phi Beta
Kappa and received her J.D. degree magna cum
laude from Boston University School of Law where
she was executive editor of Law Review.
Four outstanding women have joined the YWCA of the City of New
York’s Board of Directors. With the addition of Marianne Gray Diwik,
Maria T. Lopez-Oña, Susan T. Murphy and Tracey A. Zaccone, the
YW’s Board now numbers 31. “I am thrilled that these talented women
have chosen the YW as a means of giving back and share the organization’s commitment to serving low-income women, girls and their
families,” notes YW CEO Rennie Roberts.
Marianne Gray Diwik, after a long career as a
Global Telecoms Equity Analyst at firms including
Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan, has switched
her focus to her family and several non-profit roles.
After retiring from JPMorgan, she moved to London
and became active with several fund-raising efforts
including The Royal Academy of Art. She has a B.A.
from Wellesley College.
Susan T. Murphy is a Senior Vice President and
Director of Staffing for Lehman Brothers, a global
institutional investment bank serving corporate, institutional, government and private clients worldwide.
She leads “experienced hire” recruiting for the Firm,
driving strategy and policy and managing internal
recruiters, search firm relationships and recruitingrelated programs and processes. She also founded and chaired the
Lehman Brothers’ Women’s Initiatives Leading Lehman (WILL) Philanthropy Committee. She holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Fordham
University’s Graduate School of Business Administration and a B.A. in
English from Mount Holyoke College.
Maria T. Lopez-Oña is currently a Director in the
Fixed Income Division of Credit Suisse in New York
where she is responsible for relationship management of key institutional clients and for sales of credit
and structured products. She has also held positions at Credit Suisse First Boston in Philadelphia
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
Established in 1858, the YWCA of the City of New York is one of the nation’s oldest non-profit organizations. Our mission is to empower
the City’s women, girls and their families and to eliminate racism. Our programs provide childcare at Early Learning Centers in
Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island; new Family Resource Centers that offer programs on parenting, job training, financial literacy,
and health and nutrition in the communities where our Early Learning Centers are located; employment training for women; after
school programs for children, girls and young adults, and for youth with disabilities. We serve as a leading advocate for women,
girls and diversity.
YWCA-NYC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT
Barbara Barrett
2ND VICE PRESIDENT
Constance A. Tate
Diane D. Fuller
CHAIR
SECRETARY
Claudia Zeitz Poster
1ST VICE PRESIDENT
Susan E. Rau
Grace E. Richardson
World YW Focuses on HIV/AIDS
TREASURER
Laure C. Aubuchon
Maria T. Lopez-Oña
Janet Dewart Bell
Grace Lyu-Volckhausen
Cheryl L. Bundy
Brenda McAuliffe
Margaret Rennolds Chace
Susan T. Murphy
Mary F. Crawford
Liane Pei
Anne S. Davidson
Alma Rangel
Marianne Gray Diwik
Marie Sanchez
H. Hartley du Pont
Marcia Lynn Sells
Patricia Geoghegan
Beryl L. Snyder
Evelyn E. Guernsey
Jane V. Talcott
Kimberly D. Hardy
Natica von Althann
Janet Y. Larose
Lynn O’Connor Vos
Tracey A. Zaccone
(L-R) YWCA-NYC Board Chair Constance Tate,YWCA-NYC CEO
Rennie Roberts, World YWCA General Secretary Dr. Musimbi
Kanyoro, YWCA-NYC Board Member Natica von Althann and
YWCA-NYC Board President Grace Richardson
Sponsored by The US Trust Company of New
York, Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, the General Secretary
of the World YWCA, gave a presentation on issues
affecting women across the globe on March 1,
2006. Dr. Kanyoro primarily spoke about HIV/
AIDS, equal access to educational and economic
resources, and the importance of philanthropy in
the corporate sector.
Rennie Roberts
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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New York, NY 10004
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