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NFBPWC-NYC Panel Discussion on Gender-Based Violence

November 30, 2022 by Voyka Soto Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Advocacy, Calendar Events, Events, News Tagged With: #16daysofactivism #genderbasedviolence #idevaw #orangetheworld #unesco #unsustainabledevelopmentgoals #violenceagainstwomen #stoptheviolence

NFBPWC-NYC Advocacy Victories

January 9, 2019 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

  • Governor Cuomo laid out an ambitious Justice Agenda for his first 100 Days in office – 20 items detailed below
  • Assembly woman Crystal Peoples-Stokes is named Assembly Majority Leader – that makes 4 women in NYS’s top positions! https://buffalonews.com/2018/12/17/peoples-stokes-named-assembly-majority-leader/
  • Wage Data Transparency Law to pass in NYC Council – Rally on Thursday
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Int. 633 would require all city agencies to provide pay and employment equity data annually to the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS). Such data would include, for each employee within such agencies: the date of hire, the current job title, the current job category, the current job title category provided by the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the initial compensation upon date of hire, the total current compensation, the start date of such employee’s currently held position, the total number of hours worked, and the gender and racial group of such employee, if available. DCAS would be required to provide the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council with an annual report including the above data provided by city agencies, both disaggregated and aggregated, as well as recommendations to address problems associated with pay and employment equity.
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GOVERNOR CUOMO UNVEILS AGENDA FOR FIRST 100 DAYS – 2019 JUSTICE AGENDA (Press release 12/17/2018)

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, photo by Diana Robinson/Flickr/Creative Commons

In the face of the federal government’s assault on New York, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today unveiled his “2019 Justice Agenda,” urging the legislature to act in the first 100 days of the next legislative session. The Governor’s agenda represents a suite of ambitious proposals to ensure the promise of full, true justice for all, including economic justice, social justice, racial justice.

Governor Cuomo announced the agenda in a speech hosted by the Roosevelt Institute. This year, in the face of the nation’s biggest social crisis, and with the federal government seeking to undo generations of progress, Governor Cuomo broke with tradition, laying out his legislative agenda in December 2018 instead of waiting until the State of the State address to enable the Legislature to commence action on these top priorities immediately upon convening. 

“Let this agenda be New York’s Declaration of Independence. We declare independence from this federal government’s policies. We disconnect from the nationalism, and the racism, and the chaos, and the xenophobia, and the misogyny, and the discrimination, and the dissembling of this Washington administration,”                                       Governor Cuomo said. “We proclaim our Federal Government’s policy not only regressive, not only repugnant to New York values, we declare it un-American. Let us pass this ambitious progressive agenda as New York’s restoration of true democracy, restoring fairness, progress and pride.”

The 20-point agenda includes:

Ensure a Progressive Tax System: While the federal government prioritizes tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy, Governor Cuomo believes in a just, progressive tax system that taxes its citizens based on their ability to pay. The Governor will maintain the state’s progressive income tax with a millionaire’s tax, while permanently capping regressive local property taxes at 2%.

Cut Middle Class Taxes while Fighting to repeal SALT: The federal government’s cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions was a devastating and targeted assault on New York that has increased taxes on New Yorkers and reduced home values. Governor Cuomo will continue to lead the fight to repeal the cap on SALT while in New York continuing tax cuts for middle class families. 

Protect Quality, Affordable Health Care: While the federal government and radical judges continue to roll back the Affordable Care Act and tear away health care from millions of Americans, Governor Cuomo will take action to make sure New Yorkers are protected. The Governor will work to codify the health exchange into law and pass a law to ensure preexisting conditions continue to be covered by insurance companies regardless of what happens at the federal level.

Codify Reproductive Rights: In the face of the federal assault on women’s reproductive rights, including a Supreme Court that threatens to roll back Roe v. Wade, Governor Cuomo will fight to pass the Reproductive Health Act and the Comprehensive Contraceptive Coverage Act within the first 30 days of the new session.

Enshrine Gender Equality into Law: Nearly a century after it was first proposed, New York State has still not passed the Equal Rights Amendment to protect against discrimination on the basis of sex in our State constitution. To right this decades-old wrong, Governor Cuomo will push to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to add sex as a protected class.

Combat Gun Violence: 2018 was by far the worst year for school shootings in American history. To once again lead the nation on gun safety, Governor Cuomo will push to pass the Red Flag Law, ban bump stocks and extend the waiting period for purchasing a gun from three days to 10 days.

Launch a $150 Billion Infrastructure Plan: While the federal government fails to make progress on an infrastructure plan, Governor Cuomo will expand on New York’s nation-leading $100 billion infrastructure plan — building new airports, bridges and train stations all across the state — by investing an additional $150 billion in our infrastructure that will create hundreds of thousands of jobs. 

Fund and Restructure the MTA While Easing Traffic in New York City’s Business District: After decades of neglect and diffused responsibility, the MTA is in dire need of funding and reorganization. Governor Cuomo will fix the MTA by passing congestion pricing and overhauling the outdated structure of the authority in order to build a reliable, state of the art mass transit system with a steady funding stream and a structure that supports operational excellence.

Ensure Education Equity: After requiring data on how local schools distribute funds in last year’s budget, it’s clear that poorer schools too often do not receive an equitable share of funding from their school districts. Governor Cuomo will fight for an education system where districts distribute funding based on need and fairness to ensure that every child receives a quality education.

Pass the Dream Act: While the federal government has declared war on new immigrants, New York is standing up for our immigrant communities. This year, New York will pass the Dream Act once and for all to ensure a higher education system that opens the door of opportunity to all of our children.

Launch the Green New Deal: The federal government still denies climate change, remarkably turning a blind eye to their own government’s scientific report. New York will be the most progressive state in the nation in moving to renewables and growing the new sustainable green economy. The Green New Deal will make New York’s electricity 100% carbon neutral by 2040 and put the state on the path to eliminating its carbon footprint. 

Ensure Clean, Safe Drinking Water for All: Industrial toxins have infiltrated many of our communities’ drinking water systems, but the federal Environmental Protection Agency has been slow to test and regulate chemicals and to regulate pollution. Governor Cuomo will invest in our water infrastructure and clean our water for our children and our children’s children. 

Improve Our Democracy: To continue New York’s progressive path of justice for all, Governor Cuomo will protect our democracy to make sure our government truly represents the people. While the federal government works to disenfranchise voters, Governor Cuomo will encourage citizens to engage in the democratic process by allowing voting by mail, enacting early voting, instituting same day and automatic voter registration, synchronizing federal and state elections and make Election Day a State Holiday to ensure as many people as possible participate in the democratic process.

Increase Trust in the Democratic System: To ensure our government is for the people, by the people, Governor Cuomo will close the LLC loophole, ban corporate campaign contributions, overhaul our campaign finance system and end outside income for lawmakers.

Protect Public Sector Unions: While the federal government is waging an all-out attack on the labor movement in both the public and private sector and seeks to undermine the right to organize and collective bargaining, Governor Cuomo believes that the labor movement is a force for social justice and the middle class. The Governor will expand the Janus protections to cover public sector labor unions at the local level and ensure workers have labor rights in the gig economy.

Keep Housing Affordable for New Yorkers: The lack of affordable housing is a crisis across the state and nation. While the federal government has abandoned its constitutional and moral responsibility dictated by the 1949 Housing Act, under Governor Cuomo‘s leadership New York will invest more in affordable housing than ever before. Governor Cuomo will reform rent regulations, including ending vacancy decontrol, repealing preferential rent and limiting capital improvement charges to protect affordable housing and respect tenants’ rights.

Pass the Child Victims Act: Governor Cuomo will fight to ensure our society holds those who abuse our children accountable criminally and civilly by passing the Child Victims Act once and for all.

Protect LGBTQ Rights: New York was the first large state to pass marriage equality, but as the federal government still seeks to discriminate against the LGBTQ community, Governor Cuomo will codify the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act into New York State law and end conversion therapy.

Legalize Adult Use of Recreational Marijuana: Governor Cuomo will end the disproportionate criminalization of one race over another by regulating, legalizing and taxing adult use of recreational marijuana.

Ensure Fairness in the Criminal Justice System: Governor Cuomo will work to address injustice in the criminal justice system by ending cash bail and enacting speedy trial and discovery reforms.

Filed Under: Advocacy, News Tagged With: 2018, advocacy, gender diversity, New York, New York State, Politics, women's rights

Exciting News For NFBPWC-NYC’s Equal Pay Day 2018

April 11, 2018 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

To mark Equal Pay Day, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced legislation that would prevent employers in the State from relying on or inquiring about a job applicant’s salary history, a practice that disadvantages women and people of color who historically earn lower wages.
NFBPWC-NYC has been a key leader on this issue in New York, working closely on the New York City ban already in effect, and advocating for a state-level ban as part of our testimony at the State Department of Labor gender pay gap hearings last summer. The DOL’s press release and pay gap report, released this morning, can be found here.   
We also participated at today’s Equal Pay Day Rally on the steps of City Hall with our other partners.

Below are some twitter sites to visit to tweet about this Governor Cuomo’s bill and the unfair and discriminatory employment practices against women being paid their value.

  • Thank you @NYGovCuomo for introducing the “salary history” bill that will help to close the wage gap & promote equality in NY. #equalpay #bansalaryhistory
  • Women shouldn’t need to work 15 months to be paid what men receive in 12. It is time for #EqualPay! #EqualPayDay
  • Increasingly, women are heads of household. Paycheck unfairness hurts America’s working families #EqualPayDay #EqualPayNow

Filed Under: Advocacy, Equal Pay Day, Making History, News Tagged With: 2018, advocacy, Equal Pay, Women in Business, Women Power, Women's Equality, Women's Leadership

Committee On Sexual Abuse Against Working Women – NFBPWC Action Item

January 30, 2018 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

NFBPWC is thrilled to support our new ad hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse against Working Women. We are all feeling inspired by Chair Jackie Melvin’s words from our last e-Alert describing how each of us make a difference on this important issue.

For those of you who would like to be part of the movement and take the actions requested in our last E-Alert, but don’t have time to send a paper letter, NFBPWC has set up a new, easier option.Members can email your representatives directly using Democracy.io. (https://democracy.io/#!/)You just need to enter your address on the website, which then pulls up your correct representatives. Then you can either write your own message, or paste one in – which we have provided for you in the linked Word document (NFBPWC Sexual Harassment Template Info 01.2019.docx). Or you can view more information on our website here: Sexual Abuse against Working Women about how to contact your representatives.
Here are the easy, step-by-step instructions to contact your members of Congress to raise your voice and help stop sexual abuse of women in the workplace!Step 1 – Download the message template below.
Step 2 – Open the message document, hit Ctrl-A to Select All, then hit Ctrl-C to Copy.
Step 3 – Go to https://democracy.io/#!/
Step 4 – Type in your address
Step 5 – Select your representatives
Step 6 – In the message page:  Type in a Subject (example on document)
Step 7 – Click in the message text box, and hit Ctrl-V to Paste
Step 8 – Enter your contact information, answer the other requested questions
Step 9 – Hit Send!
Step 10 – Give yourself a pat on the back for making a difference for women!
Step 11 – Post on your social media and let your friends know to join you in sending a message about this important issue!

MESSAGE TEMPLATE:  NFBPWC Sexual Harassment Template Info 01.2019

Best Regards,
Liz Benham

President 2016-2018

 

PS Don’t forget to start planning for the NFBPWC 2018 General Assembly & BPW International Regional Conference (click link for more information and to register).

Contacting your NFBPWC National Executive Committee:Elizabeth Benham, President president@nfbpwc.org

Megan Shellman, VP Membership vpmembership@nfbpwc.org

Linda Wilson, VP Advocacy advocacy@nfbpwc.org

Sandra Thompson, Secretary secretary@nfbpwc.org

Gloria Flores, Treasurer treasurer@nfbpwc.org

Advocacy – Linda Wilson,  advocacy@nfbpwc.org
Business – Manjul Batra, manjulm@aol.com

Bylaws and Resolutions – Sandra Thompson, info@nfbpwc.org

Environment – Laurie Dameron, ldameron@bpwcolorado.org

Finance – Gloria Flores, El Paso treasurer@nfbpwc.org

Health – Maria DeSousa, mcdesousa1@gmail.com

International Liaison – Bessie Hironimus, bessie.hironimus@bpw-international.org

Membership – Megan Shellman, vpmembership@nfbpwc.org

Mentoring Taskforce Chair – Titilola Adisa, tytyadisa@yahoo.com
PR and Social Media – Chanel Heerman, chanelh@gmail.com
United Nations – Elizabeth Vanardenne, evanarden27@gmail.com
Young BPW – Sarah Matthews, smatthews0580@gmail.com

Let NFBPWC hear from you! Upcoming Events:
We are a grassroots organization, we know the value of communication FROM our membership. Please let us hear from you – ideas? comments? suggestions? questions? XXX BPW International NFBPWC Sexual Harassment Template Info 01.2019CongressNFBPWC 2018 General Assembly & BPW International Regional Conference


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Filed Under: Advocacy, News, Women in the Workplace Tagged With: 2018, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Women in Business, Women Power, Women's Equality, women's rights

Take Action: Human Trafficking Month

January 26, 2018 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

January is Anti Trafficking Awareness Month, but we hope that you will consider every day as Anti-Trafficking Day.

This announcement from the American Hotel and Lodging Association contains many resources you can utilize in your daily lives to prevent this Modern Day Slavery from occurring.

See below & thank you.

 

AHLA
January  2018
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Dear AHLA Member,
As we recognize Human Trafficking Awareness Month throughout January, AHLA continues to raise awareness about these heinous crimes and provide employers with the tools and resources to prevent it.  Hotels are one of many venues that traffickers use to exploit their victims. That’s why it’s so important that our industry do its part to prevent and disrupt this crime.

For several years now, AHLA, in partnership with Marriot International, the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI), ECPAT-USA and the Polaris Project, have worked together to develop and utilize an online training program to help hotel employees identify and respond to human trafficking at hotel properties. This training, titled “The Role of Hospitality in Preventing and Reacting to Child Trafficking,” provides an overview of the issues of human trafficking, suggested protocols for responding to suspicious activity, and signs of trafficking specific to different hospitality positions (in-room staff, restaurant, lobby, and security).

AHLA encourages you to utilize this training to empower your employees, and to raise awareness in your communities so that we can put an end to this practice. One way to do that is to post about human trafficking through your social media channels using the hashtag #HumanTraffickingAwarenessMonth.

Together, we can make a difference.

For more information on how you can prevent human trafficking, click here.


Combat Human Trafficking

Estimates show that thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked in the United States each year primarily for sexual or labor exploitation. Trafficking networks sustain their operations and infrastructure through various and often unexpected ways.

Order Online Training Program Today!

Fortunately, there are many ways the hotel industry can help prevent and combat human trafficking. This 30-minute online training program addresses human trafficking and its connection to the hospitality industry.

Objectives of the course: 

  • Define human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children;
  • Identify individuals who are most at risk for human trafficking;
  • Understand the difference between labor and sex trafficking specific to the hotel sector;
  • Explain the role of hospitality employees in responding to this issue.

Accessibility:

  • English narration
  • English transcript

Note:  This program is not available for purchase directly through AHLA. Click here to see baseline pricing for hotel properties.

Want to learn more on how to combat human trafficking?  Here are actions you can take now!

  1. Display the Awareness Poster in your office.
  2. Hand out the Human Trafficking Indicators card.
  3. Check out other Department of Homeland Security anti-human trafficking materials on the Blue Campaign Website.
  4. Learn more about your responsibilities as an employer.
  5. Be a conscientious consumer as you make purchases for your business. Refer to the Department of Labor’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor.
  6. Share your ideas on how the Department and your company can help raise awareness and combat human trafficking.

More Resources To Combat Human Trafficking:

  • Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report
  • Department of Health and Human Services Resources
  • Department of Justice Resources
  • The Department of Homeland Security: Blue Campaign 
  • Lodging Security Officer Program
  • Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking
  • Alliance Against Human Trafficking
  • The Polaris Project
  • ECPAT
  • EI Human Trafficking DVD
  • EI’s “The Role of Hospitality in Preventing and Reacting to Child Trafficking” Course
  • International Tourism Partnership Know-How Guide and Resources to Addressing Human Trafficking
  • Immigration & Customs Enforcement Human Trafficking
  • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Child Sexual Exploitation

REPORT SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT:  

Call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at (866) 347-2423 or you can contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at (888) 373-7888 or text BeFree (233733).

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Filed Under: Advocacy, News Tagged With: advocacy, awareness, human trafficking, sex trafficking

Outreach For Paid Family Leave Program 2018

December 12, 2017 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

Who do you know that is planning to use the new Paid Family Leave program in the first few weeks and months of 2018?

Stories and experiences are critical to helping people learn about the new program. We’re looking to build a group of 10-15 individuals who are actually using the new system in the first few months of the year to gauge how the program is working and provide feedback to appropriate state agency contacts. We’re looking for people from a wide variety of backgrounds, jobs, and income levels. Hearing experiences from the ground up will guide how we can best support and improve the implementation of the new program.

This could be any members of your team, network, or staff that will be taking leave for the birth, adoption, foster care placement of a new child, or to care for a seriously ill family member. And, because people qualify up to a year after the qualifying event, some may be taking Paid Family Leave starting January 1 for a new child from 2017.

Please send us an email to connect us with individuals you feel might be a good person to talk to. You can also use the email template below to reach out to people in your network.

 

Outreach email template:

Hello,

I’m sure you know the exciting news: Paid Family Leave starts in New York January 1st, and in 2018 will provide 8 weeks of leave to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member.

Because this is the first new program of its type in New York in years, the team of advocates who helped pass this law is looking for a handful of individuals to speak with who are planning to use the new program in the first few weeks and months of 2018. If you’re willing to have a few short conversations with the team about your experiences, challenges, or ease of applying for the benefit, they’d love to hear from you.

This will help them to gauge how the program is rolling out, advocate for those having challenges with the new system, and provide feedback to appropriate state agency contacts.

E-mail Eric Williams at ericwilliams.nypfli@gmail.com to volunteer.

Filed Under: Advocacy, News, Paid Family Leave Tagged With: 2018, New York State, paid family leave

Working Group On Girls 2016-2017 Annual Report

December 12, 2017 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

NFBPWC-NYC member Houry Geudelekian co-chairs the Working Group on Girls and NGO. She is actively involved in the United Nations.

Click on the link below to download their 2016-2017 annual report and see all the progress that is being made.

FWGG-Annual-Report

 

 

Filed Under: Advocacy, News, United Nations

Free Online Courses About Human Trafficking

February 12, 2017 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

Standford University is offering free online courses on human trafficking.

Filed Under: Advocacy, News Tagged With: classes, free, information, online, trafficking

Happy Women’s Equality Day

August 26, 2016 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

Happy Women’s Equality Day! NFBPWC-NYC is supporting the celebration of women we know.

In honor of  Women’s Equality Day WomensActivism.NYC is launching a crowd-sourced campaign to build a catalog of 20, 000 activist women by 2020.

Who will you write about? Please send a copy of your story to our webmistress professional photographer –michellekawka@gmail.com –  so we can post these stories on our website too.

Celebrate today by adding a story of an activist woman who inspires you at http://www.womensactivism.nyc/share

Post stories to: http://www.womensactivism.nyc/share

Be sure to post comments using the hashtag #20000By2020.

Let’s make Women’s Equality Day special by sharing the stories of inspiring women. Help reach #20000by2020

Celebrate #WomensEqualityDay share a story of an activist who inspires you at http://www.womensactivism.nyc/share – #20000By2020

 

WomensActivism.NYC

Save the DATE : NFBPWC-Next Meeting on September 27, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. in NYC

Filed Under: Advocacy, Making History, News Tagged With: Leadership, Women in Business, Women Power, Women's Equality, Women's History, Women's Leadership

Mayor DeBlasio Signing Bill 704A Into Law

April 26, 2016 by empoweredwomen Leave a Comment

 Mayor Signing Bill 704A into Law - with Councilwoman Crowley to his right and EPW-NYC President Francesca Burack to Mayor's Left


Mayor Signing Bill 704A into Law – with Councilwoman Crowley to his right and EPW-NYC President Francesca Burack to Mayor’s Left

On Thursday, April 21, 2016 Bill 704A was signed into law. It  requires the N.Y.C. Department of Small Business Services to conduct a voluntary survey of companies that do business with the City to collect data on the gender, racial, and ethnic diversity among the directors, officers, and executive-level staff members of such companies.  The survey will additionally request information on companies’ plans to improve diversity in such positions and efforts taken to achieve those plans.

This is the beginning of answering the need for transparency of equality, diversity and plans to improve diversity in the C Suite and on boards.

There is of course, more work to be done, but let’s Celebrate this Major Step Forward.

 

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