Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the appointment of three new Commissioners to the Commission on Gender Equity (CGE), an agency tasked with supporting City agencies in dismantling institutional barriers for women, girls, transgender, and gender non-binary New Yorkers.
These new appointees are community leaders, advocates, founders, and creators of organizations that break down gendered barriers across New York City. The new Commissioners will work with CGE and the current Commissioners as partners and ambassadors for CGE's work and the broader gender equity efforts of the de Blasio Administration. The newly appointed Commissioners.
Imara Jones, Creator of Translash Medi
Kiara St. James, Founder and Executive Director of New York Transgender Advocacy Group
Shyama Venkateswar, Senior Director of Learning, Seramount
“Building a recovery for all of us means ensuring every New Yorker is guaranteed opportunities, acceptance, and support,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio. “These new members will help us ensure we never go back to the status quo and instead create a fairer, more equitable city for every resident, regardless of gender.”
“When we launched the Commission on Gender Equity, our mission was to make sure government represents, serves, and supports ALL New Yorkers, no matter their gender, ethnicity, income or who they love,” said First Lady Chirlane McCray. “Over the past six years we have reached historic milestones becoming the first city in the nation to enforce a Salary History Ban, to implement Paid Sick and Safe Leave and to create a Pay Equity Cabinet. Under the leadership of these new commissioners, we will build on that foundation and continue the fight for gender equity.”
“The only way to create a just society and a better, stronger New York is through gender equity,” said Imara Jones. “The legacy of the patriarchy is still a fact for too many New Yorkers and it causes violence in all its forms—physical, political, financial and cultural—to be an unnecessary reality. By righting these wrongs of the past today, specifically by creating a city and country where all genders can thrive, we will foster a world where we can all live freely.”
“As a Black woman of trans experience it is with extreme honor to be part of such a progressive and intentional committee that will work hard to uplift the voices of all women,” said Kiara St. James. “It is my honor to further this work on behalf of the de Blasio Administration and help build a fairer, more equitable, and more inclusive city for New Yorkers.”
"I am thrilled to be working with the other members of the Commission on Gender Equity to bring thought leadership to intentionally advance an equity-based public policy agenda that makes critical investments in families and communities,” said Shyama Venkateswar. “Committing our collective efforts towards gender parity can help to transform the lives of millions of New Yorkers - women, girls, transgender and gender non-conforming persons - towards greater well-being and inclusion. We have a rare opportunity at this moment to make transformational change, and it is an honor to be asked to serve by the Mayor in an advisory capacity on issues so close to my heart and to which I have been deeply committed for more than three decades.”
“I am pleased to welcome Imara, Kiara, and Shyama to the Commission on Gender Equity as we work to advance economic mobility and opportunity, health and reproductive justice, and safety for all New Yorkers, regardless of gender identity, gender expression or background,” said Jacqueline Ebanks, Executive Director, NYC Commission on Gender Equity. “I am confident that their tremendous professional and personal knowledge, insight, and experience will contribute greatly to our efforts.”
“COVID-19 has shown us just how central advancing gender and racial equity is to our overall goal of a New York City that works for all,” said Silda Palerm, Co-Chair, NYC Commission on Gender Equity. “I am confident that the dedication, relationships, and knowledge that these new Commissioners bring will prove most critical in advancing our agenda. I look forward to getting to work.”
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