Women Leading NYC Forward, Turning Lived Experience into Citywide Change
Building on the momentum, insights, and collective power sparked at our inaugural convening, The State of NYC Women Conference returns in 2026 for its second-year. At a moment when women across New York City are navigating deep economic pressure, threats to health and safety, and barriers to civic participation, this Conference offers something rare: a space where lived experience, data, leadership, and solutions come together.
In 2025, more than 260 participants and 37 speakers helped launch a citywide movement grounded in women’s leadership and civic power. In 2026, we return with deeper insight, stronger partnerships, and a renewed commitment to turning dialogue into action.
Hosted by Women Creating Change, the Conference brings together over 250 women leaders, advocates, policymakers, funders, students, and community members from across all five boroughs to take stock of where NYC women are today and to chart what it will take to move from survival to thriving.
Individual Ticket Features & Benefits
The State of NYC Women Conference is your chance to be part of the movement shaping a stronger, more just New York City with leaders across sectors driving equity and civic change.
What You’ll Take With You
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A look back at the 2025 Conference.
Attend the State of NYC Women Conference to connect, learn, and take action on the issues shaping women’s lives.
Connect from Anywhere
Online or in-person, the State of NYC Women Conference has something for you. Our hybrid format ensures that geography, caregiving responsibilities, or work schedules don’t limit who gets to be part of the conversation.
Explore how women across New York City are:
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Each year, the Conference features a dynamic mix of speakers representing government, advocacy, philanthropy, research, and grassroots leadership.
In 2025, speakers included elected officials, agency leaders, nonprofit executives, funders, advocates, and community members with lived experience, which created conversations that were both grounded and forward-looking. Speakers are selected not only for their expertise, but for their ability to connect systems, policy, and real-life impact.
The 2026 speaker lineup will continue this tradition, centering women leaders who are shaping NYC’s future across health, safety, economic justice, civic life, and governance.
Speakers will be announced shortly!
Sponsorship Features & Benefits
Multi‑level opportunities are available for the Conference and Symposiums, offering visibility, engagement, and leadership alignment across WCC’s 2026 convenings.
Sponsorship offers more than recognition; as a sponsor, you’re investing in a more just, inclusive future for NYC. Our sponsors directly support community leadership programs that equip emerging leaders from historically underrepresented communities with the skills, tools, and platforms to drive change.
Support the Movement for Change: explore sponsorship opportunities below and discover how your organization can take a stand for equity and civic leadership.
Maximize your presence as a leadership partner and ally
Catalyze change for women in NYC
Advance cross-sector collaborations for effective change
Support future leaders
Why Your Support Matters?
Answer the call to invest in historically underfunded communities, empower leadership, and create lasting change. Become a supporter and help turn vision into action:
Your sponsorship fuels convening power, research, and solutions, helping ensure women across New York City not only survive, but thrive.
Meet the 2026 sponsors helping women lead NYC forward.
Their investment goes beyond recognition. Our sponsors are committed partners in advancing equity, dismantling barriers, and building the civic power that NYC women need to move from survival to real, lasting change. We are grateful for their support.
