The New York Women’s Foundation^®

hosts

The 2011 Queens Neighborhood Dinner

organized by

The Circle of Sisters for Social Change

And Will Honor

Alice Cardona

FORMER NYWF BOARD PRESIDENT

Kwanghee Kim

FORMER NYWF BOARD MEMBER

Seema Agnani

CHHAYA CDC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Robina Niaz

TURNING POINT FOR FAMILIES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The New York Women’s Foundation^® (NYWF) will host The 2011 Queens Neighborhood Dinner on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 from 6:00PM to 9:00PM at Riverview Restaurant and Lounge in Long Island City, Queens. The annual event, this year 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 involvement in neighborhood-based work on behalf of women and girls. This year’s dinner will honor four prominent women leaders from Queens; the Lifetime Achievement Awardees include Alice Cardona, Former NYWF Board President and Kwanghee Kim, Former NYWF Board Member, in addition, the Neighborhood Leadership Awardees include Seema Agnani, Chhaya CDC Executive Director and Robina Niaz, Turning Point for Women and  Families Executive Director.

The event will be emceed by Cindy Rodriguez, WNYC-New York Public Radio Reporter and will feature guest speaker, Vivian Lee, NY1 News Anchor and Reporter. The dinner is an opportunity to share in the rich and diverse cultures that Queens has to offer. Attendees will experience food from a local restaurateur, live music from Brazilian Jazz Band, Grupo Kriuolo and a special Samba dance class. NYWF invites you to meet its extraordinary Queens Grantees Partners whose advocacy makes Queens a thriving borough for businesses, women and families.

The 2011 Queens Neighborhood dinner is sponsored by TD Bank, M&T Bank, Amalgamated Bank, Jack and Dorothy Kupferberg Family Foundation, Hyatt Bass, Karen Bigman, Anne Delaney, Dalia Cohen, Julie Fenster, Linda Rappaport, Ann Short,  Judy Hall, Agnes Gund, Serpico, Serpico & Siddiqui, P.C.,  W Magazine, Davines North America, L’ Oréal, Jan M. Cook, J.D., Independent Beauty Consultant and Veritex.

ABOUT NYWF: The New York Women’s Foundation^® is a cross-cultural alliance of women, serving as a voice for women and a force for change. The Foundation identifies innovative organizations that are effecting change in the communities they serve for women. NYWF strategically funds organizations and programs that move women, girls and families toward long-term economic security through individual transformation and systemic change, mobilizing leaders and community partners as philanthropists and change agents. NYWF funds programs that promote economic security and justice; anti-violence and safety; and health, sexual rights and reproductive justice for women and girls in New York City.

For further information about The New York Women’s Foundation^®, please visit www.nywf.org.

WHEN:                          Tuesday, October 25, 2011

                                    6:00PM to 9:00PM

WHERE:                        Riverview Restaurant and Lounge

                                    2-01 50^th Avenue 

Long Island City, New York