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Barbie partners with Girls Write Now to give girls and gender-expansive youth the resources and support they need to believe they can be anything. Explore the partnership….
Partner Sponsorship
Barbie Dream Gap Project Empowers Young Writers
We are grateful to the Barbie Dream Gap Project for generously supporting Girls Write Now helping to fuel our mission and close the Dream Gap.
Partner Writing Contest
It’s inspiring what happens when women and gender expansive youth come together to write, connect and collaborate! In partnership, the Barbie Dream Gap Project and Girls Write Now created a writing contest in celebration of Isabel Allende.
Partner Feature on Social Media
Girls Write Now and Parents Magazine amplified the impact of Isabelle Allende’s story to their One Million followers in a featured Instagram post on the next generation of leaders for Hispanic Heritage Month.
Partner Salons
Celebrating Isabel Allende‘s Legacy
The Barbie Dream Gap Project and Girls Write Now celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by honoring change-makers like Isabelle Allende whose stories helped shape the world and continue to inspire generations with Isabelle’s Agent Johanna Castillo from Writer’s House.
Fun Fact: Johanna wrote Isabelle every year for ten years asking to be her agent–on the tenth year, Isabelle agreed!
Memorialize the Important People in Your Life in Writing with Gigi Coleman grand-niece of Bessie Coleman.
Gigi Coleman and Girls Write Now practiced memorializing unsung heroes inspired by the legacy of her Great-Aunt and first female African-American pilot, Bessie Coleman.
Inspiring Women Write Now
In collaboration with the Barbie Dream Gap Project, Girls Write Now went behind the scenes to discover how this extraordinary line of dolls was created, focusing on the selection of iconic figures like Isabel Allende, Maya Angelou, Shonda Rhimes, and Bessie Coleman.
Honoring Ida B. Wells with Author of her Biography & Great-Granddaughter Michelle Duster
Girls Write Now and Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells and author of Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, celebrated the release of the Ida B. Wells Barbie Inspiring Women doll with this salon on writing history through a family member’s story—the family we’re born into, chose or that chose us.
Partner Showcase at Girls Write Now Awards
The Barbie Dream Project and Girls Write Now celebrated their partnership at the Girls Write Now Fall Awards by giving out 100 Isabelle Allende dolls to honor the legacy of change makers and inspire its next generation.
Partner Speaking Series
Girls Write Now
For 25 years, Girls Write Now has been breaking down barriers of gender, race, age and poverty to mentor the next generation of writers and leaders who are impacting businesses, shaping culture and creating change. Thank you for joining our movement.