New Endeavors by Women (NEW) is pleased to announce DC Councilmember Brooke Pinto as the recipient of NEW’s 2026 Advocacy Award at “Moving Out of Homelessness,” NEW’s annual fundraiser gala, which will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2026. NEW will also be honoring the other 2026 awardees: McKinsey & Co with the Volunteer Award, Iris Drayton-Spann (former NEW Board Chair; Stanton Chase DC) with the Mary Popit Partner in Caring Award, and LaTisha Edwards (Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox)...

Watch on YouTube (start at 2:19:10) New Endeavors by Women Executive Director, Wanda Steptoe My name is Wanda Steptoe and I am the Executive Director of New Endeavors by Women. Together with Calvary Women’s Services, Catholic Charities, House of Ruth, and N Street Village, we represent the full women’s homeless services continuum. Today, I join my colleagues in respectfully urging the Council to restore $34.694 million to DHS to preserve the full housing continuum as well as to reallocate...

Every day the women at New Endeavors by Women (NEW) are reshaping history and creating new legacies for themselves and their families. One such legacy-builder is our alumna Donna Burke. You may remember Donna — she was honored with NEW’s 2024 New Light Alumna Award for her dedicated service to the community and her leadership as a recovery coach. When Donna first came to NEW, she had just begun the process of writing a new story for herself and her future. Sobered by witnessing how her...