FEBRUARY FIRST FRIDAY NETWORKING BREAKFAST BY ZOOM

St Brigid’s Day 2022: Celebrating Women in New York Public Life

FRIDAY, 4th FEBRUARY

We are delighted to announce our FEBRUARY First Friday Networking Breakfast with special guest, Terry Golway, senior editor at POLITICO. Consul General Helena Nolan, in conversation with author Yvonne Cassidy, will discuss the story of St Brigid, and how Irish Embassies and Consulates abroad use Saint Brigid's Day as a way to showcase the work of trailblazing, inspirational women who are making their mark across a range of fields.

Yvonne will then speak with Terry about prominent women in NY public life historically, including those with links to Irish-America, and discuss the unique moment we are at presently, with an unprecedented number of women in senior roles in New York public life.

Due to ongoing concerns around COVID and the Omicron variant, this event will take place over Zoom, though we hope to be back running in-person events very soon!

So please grab a cup of coffee or Barry's tea, and come Zoom with us for this special Brigid's Day First Friday on Friday, 4th February at 8:00am! The breakfast will also provide an opportunity to catch the latest New York community news, and chat with old friends and new. The speaking part of the event will be also be broadcast on Facebook live on https://www.facebook.com/IrelandinNY

Upon registration, you will be sent Zoom details the evening before the event.

Terry Golway is a historian, journalist and longtime commentator on the Irish-American experience in New York. He is the author of more than a dozen books, most recently: “Being New York, Being Irish.” He holds a Ph.D. in U.S. history from Rutgers University. His dissertation, “Machine Made,” explored the relationship between Daniel O’Connell’s emancipation campaign in the 1820s and the development of Irish-American politics in New York City in the decades after the Famine. He is a senior editor at Politico and is a member of the board of advisors at New York University’s Glucksman Ireland House.

Yvonne Cassidy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland and moved to New York in 2011. She is the author of four novels published by Hachette: The Other Boy, What Might Have Been Me, How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? and I’m Right Here. In addition to being published widely in Europe, How Many Letters Are In Goodbye? was published in the U.S. by Llewellyn YA imprint Flux and was selected for the American Library Association “Rainbow Book List” in 2017. Her personal essay Tuesdays was included in Grabbed, an anthology on sexual assault, empowerment and healing published in 2020. She has taught creative writing extensively and currently teaches for the Irish Arts Center and the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan. She lives on the Upper West Side with her wife Danielle.