GIRLS WRITE NOW PRESENTS THE
2022 Agents of Change Awards
On Thursday, October 13 at DVF Studios in NYC, Girls Write Now celebrated 25 years of next gen leaders driving change throughout New York City—and now nationwide—thanks to the generous support of our partners across industries.
HONORING GIRLS WRITE NOW
AGENTS OF CHANGE
CHRISSY KING
Writer, Speaker, Strength Coach & Educator
ROSE ELSE-MITCHELL
President, Education Solutions, Scholastic
AMANDA GORMAN
Poet & Activist
LAVAILLE LAVETTE
President & Publisher at One Street Books, Manager Partner at Ebony Media Publishing
JEFF
GURAL
Chairman, GFP Real Estate, New York
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
DANIELLE PONDER
Singer, Songwriter, Producer & Public Defender
PHOEBE ROBINSON
Stand-Up Comedian, Writer, Producer, Actress & Publisher
MADELINE MCINTOSH
CEO, Penguin Random House U.S.
MENTEE PRESENTERS
KATHRYN
DESTIN
Girls Write Now Mentee Alum & Editor-In-Residence
MARIA
RUIZ
Girls Write Now Mentee
MAYA CRUZ
Girls Write Now Mentee & Editorial Intern
NATALIA VARGAS-CABA
Girls Write Now Mentee Alum & Technical Writer, Google
TUHFA
BEGUM
Girls Write Now Mentee Alum & 3L Criminal Defense Clinic Law Student Intern, NY Law School Legal Services
Watch the Evening’s Speeches & Performances
Together,
Let’s Amplify #DifferentPerspectives
Girls Write Now demonstrates the power of different perspectives through a TikTok campaign in which creators and influencers write their own stories prompted by this video.
We began the program with the perspective of Girls Write Now Mentee & Intern, Asma Al-Masyabi, Class of 2022, from Aurora, Colorado.
Photos from the Event
Girls Write Now Agents of Change
GAMECHANGER | 100K+
LEADERSHIP | 75-95K
VISIONARY | 50K
INNOVATOR | 25K+
CHAMPION | 10-20K+
SUPPORTER | 5 – 2.5K+
Foundation & Government
75-100K+
New York City Council
STARS CityWide Girls Initiative
Pinkerton Foundation
35-50K
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
Genesis Inspiration Foundation
Harman Family Foundation
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
10-25K
Charles Lawrence Keith & Clara S. Miller Foundation
Find Your Light Foundation
The Hyde & Watson Foundation
Isabel Allende Foundation
Literary Arts Emergency Fund
Poetry Foundation
The Raymond and Gloria Naftali Foundation
The Rona Jaffe Foundation
5-9K
Berger Family Foundation
The Lotos Foundation
The Toskan Casale Foundation via the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
1-4K
Stuart S. Applebaum Giving Foundation
Aspiring to Inspire
Damon A. Noller Community Fund via the Idaho Community Foundation
Cohn Giving Fund
DuBose Family Foundation
Fondation Femme Debut
New York Women’s Culinary Alliance
Robert & Mercedes Eichholz Foundation
The Starbucks Foundation
Xavier High School National Italian Honor Society
Marie and John Zimmermann Fund
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