Citizens Committee for New York City Names TIME’s Chief People Officer Sue Suh “New Yorker for New York” Honoree
The nonprofit is also offering $1M in grants to New Yorkers responding to COVID crisis
NEW YORK – Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC), one of the nation’s oldest micro-funding organizations, has a longstanding history of celebrating and supporting civic leaders. This month, CitizensNYC will honor Sue Suh and TIME Magazine.
Sue Suh is the Chief People Officer at TIME. She has spent most of the past decade at one of the world’s largest private philanthropies, the Rockefeller Foundation. Prior to Rockefeller, Sue spent five years in a variety of roles at the U.S. Departments of State and Defense in Washington, New York, and Tripoli, Libya, including a two-year stint at the U.S. Mission to the UN. She was a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea, a Presidential Management Fellow, is a graduate of Princeton and has a Master’s in political science from Columbia.
“I am standing on the shoulders of my mom and dad who, fueled truly by optimism, believed that the Statue of Liberty and the United States would be able to provide them with a better life, and opportunities,” said Suh whose family is of Korean descent. She adds that her work in philanthropy has been a treasured part of her journey. “I’ve learned so much. Philanthropy really broadened my perspective on what are the tools and resources and ways that we can come together and make change.”
A native New Yorker from Staten Island, and champion for diversity and inclusion, Sue serves on the board of the Classical Theatre of Harlem, Special Olympics Asia-Pacific, the board of advisors for Columbia Journalism School’s Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Business and Economics, and represents TIME on the Emma Bowen Foundation’s National Advisory Council and HR Advisory Board. She recently served on the board of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
“We believe in lifting up community leaders whose voices are often drowned out and those who are still finding their voice. TIME has consistently been a champion for the voiceless, and Sue Suh has been a tremendous ambassador for the publication. She continues to show up boldly in spaces where members of the AAPI are rarely represented or given a voice, winning hearts and minds with her optimism and talent,” said Dr. Rahsaan Harris, CEO of CitizensNYC.
In lieu of the organization’s in person gala fundraising event, and to raise awareness about the $1M in funds that is currently available to the public, CitizensNYC is in the midst of a five-month-long virtual fundraising campaign – The New Yorkers for New York and is honoring five extraordinary women who are working to rethink, rebuild, and reimagine New York City.
Each month The New Yorker for New York campaign will highlight one of the five honorees, each of whom have committed to rolling up their sleeves to help the city recover from the pandemic including one of it’s grantee partners, Nicole Lee, as well as Susan Cullman, Frida Polli, Ph.D., and Rhina Valentin. The showcase event is set to take place on Tuesday, June 22, 2021.
CitizensNYC is calling on New Yorkers to pledge their support for essential, community-led projects throughout The New Yorkers for New York campaign. The organization aims to raise funds this year in order to make the grants possible. To support the work of the organization and its grantee partners as they work to rebuild New York City, donate HERE.
CitizensNYC is also now accepting applications from community leaders and small businesses for its All in Neighborhood Grant and Neighborhood Business Grant programs, which provides micro-grants of up to $10,000 for neighborhood improvement projects that are meeting the urgent needs of New Yorkers amid the COVID-19 crisis. The deadline to apply is June 1, 2021.
About Citizen Committee for New York City:
Citizens Committee for New York City’s mission is to help New Yorkers - especially those in low-income areas - come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods. Residents are uniquely situated to define and act on the issues affecting their communities. When provided with modest support, neighborhood and school groups can effectively mobilize with the assistance of grants, skills-building workshops, project planning assistance and an equipment share library. In 2020, CitizensNYC provided 402 projects with nearly $1.2M in direct cash grants, impacting more than 87,685 residents in 122 neighborhoods across all five boroughs. Since 1975, we have promoted the spirit of volunteerism, local engagement, and social justice that drives our work. Go to citizensnyc.org to learn more.
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