In the summer of 2011, Eirene Wang spent three months living and working in a village in rural Sierra Leone training staff and developing curriculum for a nonprofit organization geared toward development. This essay was originally written as a blog entry for a publication at Amherst College about the implications of giving, nongiving, and nonprofit work.

This Saturday, February 17th, New Women New Yorkers (NWNY) will host the grand opening of their exhibit at the Queens Museum. To discuss more about the show, the work of NWNY, and the immigrant experience, TMP’s Ali Feldhausen sat down with the director, Arielle Kandel.