Empowering women to stand up for gender equality since 1915.
Empowering women to stand up for gender equality since 1915.
We empower women in New York City to lead, influence, and drive change in their communities.
Women Creating Change's mission is to empower women to build just and inclusive communities by breaking down systemic barriers. Through research, education, and community involvement, we help women lead, take action, and connect with key organizations, elected officials, and each other to advance gender and racial equality in New York City.
Women Creating Change mobilizes women to advocate for and build inclusive, just, and equitable communities.
Through research, education, and community engagement, we equip women with the knowledge and resources to lead change and connect with organizations, elected officials, and the issues that affect them.
Visit Get Involved (formerly the Civic Matters Hub) for opportunities to learn about civics, take action, connect with others, and help build stronger communities for NYC women and gender-expansive individuals.
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By connecting women directly with key stakeholders, we create opportunities to learn, act, and engage. We empower women to lead change, shape policies, and build inclusive communities. Our goal is simple: change policies, strengthen communities, and reshape systems for a more equitable New York City.
You can help empower NYC women to lead the way on civic change through research, workshops, and local advocacy on the issues that matter most. And you have an important role to play in what comes next for our community in the years ahead.
Everyday women are making a difference in their communities.
Through civic engagement and participation, everyday New Yorkers are creating change. Discover their impact in Changemaker Stories, an intimate look at individual stories from our community members.
Founded in 1915, WCC works to advance gender and racial equality by equipping women of color, women experiencing financial hardship, and gender-expansive individuals, with the knowledge, tools, and resources to advocate for the issues that matter most to them. WCC collaborates with partners, policymakers, and advocacy groups to drive real change in economic opportunity, education, healthcare, safety, reproductive justice, and environmental justice.
To ensure the name accurately reflected the new mission of our organization, the Women’s City Club moved away from a traditional “club” structure and toward a comprehensive roll-out of programs and policies designed to reach women who have been traditionally underrepresented.
After reviewing a list of over 50 potential names and testing them with a number of stakeholders, we selected Women Creating Change. The name is inclusive, inspiring, action-oriented, and dynamic, keeping women at the center of everything we do. By retaining the same acronym, WCC, the organization honors its 104-year history of policy and advocacy work.
Women are uniquely positioned to be leaders in their homes, neighborhoods, and communities, but many, primarily women from low-income and immigrant backgrounds, face substantial barriers to participation in civic life.
New York City needs an organization that leads the charge to expand opportunities for women from previously underrepresented communities to take a seat at the table and make their voices heard in civic life.
When women have the opportunities and resources to succeed, everyone benefits, including the next generation of changemakers. Representation matters. Our city is stronger when girls grow up seeing women leaders creating change in their communities. For generations, women have led change in their own lives and communities. We also recognize the many organizations supporting civic engagement for girls and look forward to collaborating with them to share resources and support women and gender-expansive individuals at all stages of life.
We do. By supporting women, we also support men and boys indirectly. The sons, partners, husbands, friends, fathers, uncles, and brothers of the women we support all benefit from our investment in underrepresented women.
WCC is an inclusive community that welcomes people from all five boroughs of NYC. There are many ways to support our work: invest in our mission, become a supporter, attend our events, sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube, and share your feedback so we can continue serving the women of NYC in meaningful ways.
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