Meet Aundrea Amine, the New York IWN chapter leader committed to the exchange of ideas and actions to make the world a better place.
Independent Women’s Forum is delighted to announce that our own Aundrea Amine, who is the leader of the highly effective New York chapter of Independent Women's Network, is the latest entry in our popular series of Champion Women profiles.
Aundrea found her way to IWN the way so many independent-minded women do. She wanted to exchange ideas with other independent women to assure herself she wasn’t alone. Educated at Boston University and Northeastern, she had a career in marketing before moving to London where she lived for nearly 12 years.
“In New York, we have access to many interesting speakers, and we partner with other local organizations with connections to speakers as well, and, of course, IW is a tremendous resource. IW Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman is a member and brings a great depth of policy knowledge and context to our discussion.
“So, we’ve been able to cover many important topics at our meetings. To name just a few: we discussed ‘San Fransicko, Why Progressives Ruin Cities,’ by Michael Shellenberger; we’ve addressed CRT in schools; Covid lockdowns; we’ve evaluated the importance of local and school board elections with Ryan Girdusky; Batya Ungar Sargon discussed her book, ‘Bad News, How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy;’ from the Manhattan Institute we’ve had Rafael Mangual discuss his book, ‘Criminal (In)Justice,’ about the push for de-carceration and de-policing, and Nicole Gelinas spoke about the rise in crime in NYC; IW’s Meaghan Mobbs met with us recently to discuss national and international security and the inherent dangers of this administration's open borders policy; Carrie Sheffield discussed her autobiography, ‘Motorhome Prophecies,’ which relates to the mental health crisis in this country; former NY Congresswoman Nan Hayworth talked about running for office as a Republican in deep-blue NY; and Dr. Stanley Goldfarb of Do No Harm met with us for a discussion on the harmful impacts of DEI in medicine. That is just a sampling but it gives you an idea of the eye-opening information we’ve been able to share with our members.”
Aundrea’s IWN chapter isn’t just social or discussing critical issues of the day. They are also working to have an impact: They have launched engagement campaigns to help New Yorkers voice their concerns directly with their elected representatives about the rise in violence in the city, the legislature’s plans to house male inmates in female prisons, and the importance of protecting women’s and girls’ sports.
We are so proud to have Aundrea on our team. We know you will enjoy meeting a woman who looks like she just stepped out of the pages of a glossy magazine but is deeply committed to the exchange of ideas and actions that make the world a better place.
