COLLABORATORY OPPORTUNITIES

Join a Mentee
Affinity Group

Mentees, Register in The Portal

Mentee Affinity Groups are spaces for mentees to discuss self-identified topics, leading to self-discovery, group advocacy, and a sense of belonging. Affinity Group meetings are open to all mentees who self-identify with the group, and mentees are welcome to join one or more groups, which include: Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latine, Multiracial, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and LGBTQIA+, and more.

WRITING OUR WAY TO WELLNESS PODCAST

Our Top 3 Episodes Unveiled

On the Role of Family in Our Wellness

We're going back into the Girls Write Now podcast vault to bring you clips from the three most-listened-to episodes of Writing Our Way to Wellness! In this special recap episode, Arnell Calderon, mentee alum, Nehanda Thom, Wellness Advisor; and author Sahaj Kaur Kohli share personal stories and wisdom about how our roots shape our identities and well-being.

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCES

Connect, Write & Explore in Community Studios

November Studios Run From November 12-25

Community Studios are small groups of mentees, mentors, and members who come together to focus on specific genres, media, topics, or other areas of interest. In Community Studios, you will have the opportunity to connect with fellow community members, workshop pieces in progress, receive feedback, discuss relevant topics, and engage in writing and creation time.

Upcoming studios include Mentor Support Group and Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable POVs in Fiction.

CURRICULUM RESOURCE

Prompt of the Week

by Yasmine Cheyenne,
Friday Night Salon Artist

Once you begin writing, what feels easeful? 

Express your writing ease with prose, poetry, visuals, or anything else that inspires you!

Join Yasmine Cheyenne, author of The Sugar Jar, as she explains how our internal beliefs and the feedback of others can get in the way of our forward momentum with writing. Learn how to deal with criticism, be compassionately honest with ourselves, and how to keep going anyway.

LIFE@GWN

Telling the Truth is a Sacred & Powerful Act

Advice from Girls Write Now Honoree
Antonia Hylton

In the words of her colleague and friend, Al Roker, Peabody and Emmy-winning journalist Antonia Hylton "exemplifies the Girls Write Now message, if you can write, you can do anything." In the latest edition of Life@GWN, check out Antonia's Q&A with Girls Write Now mentee Palmares Bustamante and learn more about her new book from Legacy Lit, Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum.

SPECIAL EVENT

Open Mic: A Creative Showcase

Thursday, Nov. 7, 5-6 PM ET,
247 West 37th Street, 10th Floor, NYC

Join us for the next event in our Open Mic Series! Each reader is given three minutes to perform their work—poetry, stories, songs, excerpts, and more—in front of a live audience at Girls Write Now. We will begin with a generative group writing exercise to explore our own creativity before hearing from performers. Enjoy light snacks and refreshments!

Open to the public including all mentees, mentors & members

PARTNER EVENT

Self-Care to Community-Care: WE Got US!

Monday, Nov. 11, 11 AM-1 PM ET
4 West 43rd Street, NYC

Please join Girls Write Now and STARS Citywide Girls Partners for our Youth Be Heard Town Hall discussion. Our theme is "Self-Care to Community-Care: WE Got US!" and we will be facilitating a dialogue with a local NYC Council Member. Whether you're already politically active or looking to get more involved in your community, you're welcome to engage in powerful and insightful dialogue between young people and those in power. We'll talk about working together to foster an environment where community-care is a shared responsibility.

Open to all women-identifying, trans* and gender-expansive individuals

COMMITTEE STUDIO

Committee on Print Editorial: Talk With a Publishing Pro

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 7-8 PM ET, Virtual

In this Committee, Intersectional Voices in Editorial - Print (IV Edit - Print), we will explore the publishing process from all angles, including editing, promotion, and bringing more voices to the page. At this event, we will also give insight into the making of Girls Write Now's annual anthology, and share information about how to join the IV Edit Print Committee, which will work on editing the book.

Open to all IV Edit - Print Committee members, mentees, mentors & members

COMMITTEE STUDIO

Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Beyond Binary 

Thursday, Nov. 14, 7-8:30 PM ET, Virtual

Join us to to learn about Girls Write Now's new committee, Intersectional Voices in Diversity Equity & Inclusion (IV DEIB). We know your diverse perspectives and experiences will be of great value to us all—and we invite you, along with a "360 degree" group of stakeholders, to collaborate on key issues that impact our programming, community, and organization. At the meeting, we will explain how the committee works, establish community agreements, then delve into our first topic, going "Beyond Binary" to discuss our current gender policy, which goes beyond the narrow confines of gender as a binary construct.

Open to the all mentees, mentors & members

JOB OPPORTUNITY

The Emancipator

Senior Audience Engagement Editor

The Emancipator is a digital magazine that reimagines the first abolitionist newspapers in the
United States for a new day. They are looking for a driven, nimble collaborator who will focus on fostering loyalty, engagement, and affinity to The Emancipator. This specialist is in charge of cross-platform audience engagement and brand growth and will serve as a highly motivated, innovative thought leader who will develop strategies for both our digital and IRL community.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Good Conflict

Engagement Manager

Good Conflict is seeking a highly organized, entrepreneurial and proactive Engagement Manager to support their growing team. This multi-faceted role will oversee a variety of tasks that enhance their communications, streamline their operations, and ensure they are serving (and learning from) their audiences and clients.

FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Metcalf Institute

Climate and Environment Science Fellowship for Local Journalism

The Climate and Environment Science Fellowship for Local Journalism is a new initiative designed to support local newsrooms in their efforts to report on the science of climate and environmental change. Importantly, this fellowship focuses on local newsrooms — not individuals in newsrooms — and their specific challenges in reporting on these issues for their communities. This fellowship aims to address the challenges that local newsrooms face when covering these critical issues, providing the training and resources needed to produce long-term, accurate, equitable, and impactful coverage that serves their communities. The first cohort for the fellowship will focus on newsrooms in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts with 10 newsrooms chosen from submitted and complete applications.