Crafting Personal Narratives: Essay Writing About Yourself & Your Family
What makes a personal essay resonate? How do I write about my family without ticking them off? And where do I even begin?
What makes a personal essay resonate? How do I write about my family without ticking them off? And where do I even begin?
Join us at the Girls Write Now Office for our Summer Open Mic Series. Performers are invited to share their work (poems, songs, stories, and more!) on the mic for an audience as we gather to celebrate creativity and build community.
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!
In this Salon, Ghanaian-American author and Queens, NY native Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond will discuss her professional journey to writing about her culture, and how she approached writing about polygamy and other Ghanaian marriage customs in her new novel MY PARENTS' MARRIAGE.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, join us in celebration of the phenomenal Chilean writer and journalist, Isabel Allende! In collaboration with Mattel, we will welcome Barbie’s Signature Inspiring Women Isabel Allende doll!
Attention Mentees and Mentors!
We will inform you of the Journey you have been enrolled in during early October. At that time, you’ll also be introduced to your Journey Staff Lead and receive your orientation registration link. If you’re unable to attend the orientation session, please notify your Journey Staff Lead as soon as possible.
We look forward to embarking on these journeys together!
In collaboration with Mattel, we’ll take you behind the scenes to discover how this extraordinary line of dolls was created, focusing on the selection of iconic figures like Isabel Allende and Bessie Coleman.
Join us at the Girls Write Now Office for our Open Mic Series! Performers are invited to share their work (poems, songs, stories, and more!) on the mic for an audience as we gather to celebrate creativity and build community.
Join us on October 26, for Can You Repeat That? | An Introduction to Pantoum Poems! In this engaging workshop, participants will explore the power of poetic forms to shape and express personal stories.