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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Podcasting

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with some fun exercises on podcasting led by GWN Community Coordinator Vahni Kurra and GWN Editor-in Residence Kathryn Destin, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Photopoetry

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with some fun exercises on photopoetry led by GWN Community Manager Jesse Jagtiani, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Activists or Storytellers

Online | Open to the public

At this Summer Exploratory, you’ll learn about Girls Write Now's Collaboratory, hear from our veteran Mentors and Mentees about their GWN experiences, jump right in with an exercise on activism and storytelling led by GWN Community Manager Emily Mendelson, and learn how to apply to the Collaboratory. Plus, we’ll have a Q&A, so come with questions! We hope to see you there!

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Publishing 360 Workshops

Take Me With You, Issue #1 Zine Release Party!

Girls Write Now Office | Open to publishing 360 mentees and publishing 360 mentors

It's here! Come celebrate the release of our zine, Take Me With You: Underground. We'll read pieces from the zine, share some highlights from the year, and start brainstorming ways to keep the creative energy from our first issue into future iterations.

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NYPL Teen Voices Festival
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Teen Voices Festival at New York Public Library

New York Public Library | Open to the public

Calling all teens! Join us at the Library on Friday, August 25, for author talks, giveaways, and an afternoon of teen creativity—all free! Girls Write Now will be tabling, so stop on by and say hi!

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Special Events

Workshop | Rhyming With Reason with JRose

Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

In this workshop, we will focus on the skill of rhyming in spoken word poetry. Participants will be presented with various writing prompts that challenge their rhyming skills. A number of literary devices will also be discussed, such as, alliteration and wordplay.

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Community Chats

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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