Plus, opportunities from RBC & Estee Lauder
July 31 - August 6
Featured Girls Write Now Story
Pink
by Mentee Lena Habtu
Before Barbiecore, the color pink was not so universally adored. Mentee alum Lena Habtu breaks down the associations of pink with modern womanhood, and how there may be a deeper significance to this misunderstood hue:
Pink doesn't have a legitimate electromagnetic wavelength, a scientific enigma of sorts. Aren't women
a scientific enigma? Perhaps a social engima.
Not quite an aberration. Not quite.
Community Spotlight
STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Life@GWN: Sally Familia
How Music and Purpose Guide Sally's Work
Meet the Girls Write Now Fellow/DJ behind your favorite Sounds of Summer writing playlists! Rounding out our staff pair interview series, meet Fellow Sally Familia explaining their commitment to bringing their most human self to work each day...and where the music that defines them originated.
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Girls Write Now Joins NBCUniversal's Creative Impact Lab
Reel Works Creates Videos Highlighting the Girls Write Now Community
Girls Write Now is proud to join NBCUniversal's Creative Impact Lab as a Nonprofit Client! Over the next few months, we will be collaborating with Reel Works and NBCUniversal creative executives on marketing videos that tell the story of our work, which has grown since our inception 25 years ago to include a national community of mentors and mentees.
Find out how you can join our 2023-2024 Collaboratory as a mentor or mentee at girlswritenow.org/enroll.
PODCAST SPOTLIGHT
Speaking On Being "Virus Overachievers"
Revisiting The Most Popular Episode of Speaking In First Draft
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, mentor Martina Clark realized that she had gone through this all before during the AIDS epidemic. She knew that her voice was just as important this time around. Listen to this inspiring episode of Speaking In First Draft hosted by Editor-in-Residence Kathryn Destin about Martina's memoir, My Unexpected Life: an international memoir of two pandemics, HIV and COVID-19.
Sally's Sounds of Summer
Writing Playlists & Prompts by
Girls Write Now Fellow Sally Familia
Choose a song from this playlist that takes you somewhere. Where did you go? What do you hear? Do you see anything? Is someone there with you?
Every week this summer, we're showcasing Sally's writing playlists and prompts to get your creative juices flowing. Listen to the soothing sounds Sally curated this week!
Sally Familia
they/them
Fellow
Happening Write Now
SPECIAL EVENT
SPACE CADE7S Park Concert with Girls Write Now
Saturday, August 12, 3 PM ET, Tompkins Square Park
Join Girls Write Now and the Hip-Hop collective, SPACE CADE7S, in Tompkins Square Park for a day of live music, mentee performances, and all around fun in the sun! Through their non-profit organization, Good Lives Foundation, SPACE CADE7S helps local and national non-profit organizations raise money that reflect their values of uplifting young people throughout New York and beyond.
Open to the public.
Get The Gig!
PARTNER JOB OPPORTUNITY
Estee Lauder
2D Designer, Creative - Balmain Beauty
Balmain Beauty is looking for a passionate and innovative designer to assist the 2D and 3D teams in creating and developing innovative design solutions with high luxury aesthetic, within budgetary and timetable restraints of all programs. The designer is responsible for maintaining and upholding all brand standards as determined by brand management and the licensor.
For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the application process!
Check out more opportunities here.
PARTNER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
RBC Capital Markets
2024 Capital Markets, Quantitative Technology Services Summer Analyst
Get closer to the action at RBC Capital Markets! Summer Analysts have the opportunity to gain experience in capital markets while working alongside experienced Technology professionals. Analysts will work in a project team setting with the guidance and support from RBC Capital Markets’ lead architects and technologists to design, develop, and implement in-demand tools and services.
For Partner Job & Internship Opportunities, fill out the Employment Interest Form after submitting the application so Girls Write Now can support you during the application process!
Check out more opportunities here.
