With gratitude to our champions for 25 years of transformative stories,
we invest in growth to mentor the next generation of writers and leaders
in publishing, media, beauty, art, and beyond.
For RSVPs and to purchase a table,
please contact Molly MacDermot, Director of Special Initiatives
MEET THE HONOREES
ANTONIA HYLTON
Award-winning journalist and author of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum (Legacy Lit)
ANNA
KLEIN
& The Estée Lauder Companies’ Writing Change team
R. F.
KUANG
Author of Babel:
An Arcane History (Harper Voyager), and
Yellowface (William Morrow)
JAMES
RHEE
Author of red helicopter (HarperOne)
HONORING IN MEMORIAM
GLORIA
NAFTALI
Arts Advocate
& Philanthropist
The Raymond and Gloria Naftali Foundation
MEET THE PRESENTERS
LINE-UP IN FORMATION
RONALD
D’AMICO
Infectious Disease Physician & trustee of the Raymond and Gloria Naftali Foundation
SOPHIA
ONE
Girls Write Now mentee & member of Lead360 Journey
AL
ROKER
Coanchor of NBC’s Today, Emmy award- winning journalist & author of Al Roker’s Recipes to Live by (Legacy Lit)
MIKKI
TAYLOR
Author, Cultural Storyteller, Empowerment Speaker, Media Personality
MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT BY
DJ
TIANA
EVENT SPONSORS
“Girls Write Now is the organization I so desperately needed when I was coming of age. Our ability to share and preserve our stories is what always carried our communities through.”
ANTONIA HYLTON
2024 Girls Write Now Honoree,
award-winning journalist and author of Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum
“Are we willing to embrace the bittersweet beauty of our collective humanity by listening to the voices of our younger selves? Here & Now poignantly captures the sentiment of some of our most observant and silenced. Girls Write Now has gifted us an anthology that will compel you to listen and take action by inspiring you to remember what is truly at stake.”
JAMES RHEE
2024 Girls Write Now Honoree,
author of the bestseller red helicopter, acclaimed entrepreneur, TED speaker, and Howard University Johnson Chair of Entrepreneurship
“At The Estée Lauder Companies, we believe social change happens at the intersection of community and creativity. We’re proud to partner with Girls Write Now through our WRITING CHANGE initiative to empower youth and harness the power of language and voice as a pathway to equality, opportunity, and social progress”
ANNA KLEIN
2024 Girls Write Now Honoree,
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, The Estée Lauder Companies
“Gloria believed passionately in the power of art and creativity in fueling the agency of girls and young women to transform and create a better world for all humanity. GWN embodies this ethos and we are proud to support the mission of the organization in memory of Gloria Naftali.”
THE RAYMOND AND GLORIA NAFTALI FOUNDATION
2024 Girls Write Now Honoree In Memoriam,
arts advocate and philanthropist