Community Conversations

Writing Our Way Through War: Poetry for Processing

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

What is the role of poetry during wartime? How can we use the written word to help ourselves and others cope with violence, fear and loss? In this Community Chat, we’ll talk through our thoughts surrounding the situation in Ukraine and all wars, while using poetry as a way to process our feelings.

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White Supremacy Culture & Its Impact on Our Well-Being

Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

At this Community Chat we’ll define white supremacy culture, consider its characteristics and examine how it manifests in the world around us. We'll discuss ways it impacts our own sense of well-being in our day-to-day lives and share techniques for taking care of ourselves and our communities in resistance.

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Healing through Poetry: Celebrating AAPI Heritage & Mental Health Awareness Month

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

In this Community Chat, we will explore how AAPI communities celebrate their heritage and look at the challenges faced regarding AAPI identity and culture in the USA. We will create poetry to express our feelings on heritage and how injustices concerning identity and culture impact our own well-being. Techniques for taking care of ourselves and our communities will be shared

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Beyond the Binary: A Pride Month Community Chat

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum and the public

Hosted by the LGBTQIA+ Subcommittee of the Diversity Committee, this community chat will offer attendees an opportunity to reflect on the significance of Pride Month, review key terminology related to LGBTQIA+ populations, and discuss ways we can be advocates, allies, and accomplices for our LGBTQIA+ community members.

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Israel-Hamas War: Approaches to Processing and Discussing

Open to all mentees, all mentors, GWN staff and program alum

In this special Community Chat, Professor of Undergraduate Social Work at Saint Leo University, Christina Cazanave, MSW, shows us how to employ a trauma-informed approach, have civil conversations, and listen with compassion.

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Community Conversation 360: Palestine, Israel & Student Activism

Open to all mentees, all mentors, board members, GWN staff and program alum

Join us for a community conversation, led in partnership with the New York Peace Institute, about the crisis in Israel and Palestine, and ongoing student activism in the United States. This will be a session grounded in each of our stories, how we came to feel the way we do about the crises, how we learned what we know, and why we feel the way we feel.

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Community Conversation 360: On Girls Write Now Values

Open to all mentees, all mentors, board members, GWN staff and program alum

Join us for an evening discussing the values of Girls Write Now as an organization and collective of creative individuals. Together, we'll consider the values of Girls Write Now and creatively express our personal definitions of what each value means to us.

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Storytelling for Change: A National Voter Registration Day Event

Open to all mentees, all mentors, members of STARS, program alum and the public

Join Girls Write Now, and our co-sponsor, STARS Citywide Girls Initiative, to celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a coordinated democracy blitz aimed at getting every eligible person registered to vote in advance of
election 2024 and beyond!

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Community Conversation: Post-Election Art, Activism, and Healing

Open to all mentees, all mentors, board members, GWN staff and program alum

Join us for an open and compassionate Community Conversation all about going back to campus during an election year. We'll connect with one another through a discussion about writing as a form of resistance and the ways we can uplift one another to create spaces of hope and joy in classrooms and on campus.

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