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College & Career Chats

College & Career Chat | 05/03/23

Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees—Girls Write Now “mentors for the day”—across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising and more.

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STARS

Second Home Under Siege: STARS Youth Town Hall

Online | Open to all mentees and program alum

Join the girls and gender-expansive youth from all 10 organizations that comprise the STARS coalition for a panel discussion on school safety. For our fifth annual STARS town hall, we'll be meeting at the Weeksville Heritage Center to talk through mental health, gun violence, metal detectors, and public transportation to school.

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College & Career Chats

College & Career Chat | 05/10/23

Online | Open to all mentees and program alum

In Career Chats, mentees gain exposure to various industries by networking with employees—Girls Write Now “mentors for the day”—across publishing, media, beauty, finance, and more. Professionals share their journeys, advice for breaking into their industry, and how they are charting a course for a successful career. Learn about positions you never knew existed, and get support applying to a curated selection of open jobs and internships within companies like NBC, Scholastic, Royal Bank of Canada, Estee Lauder, Dotdash Meredith, EHE Health, BBDO Advertising and more.

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Salon Series

Warming Up Your Words with Visuals with Ariel Aberg-Riger

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

Join us for a celebration Ariel Aberg-Riger's debut book, America Redux: Visual Stories From Our Dynamic History. With writing prompts, drawing, and collage exercises, we'll imagine ways to illustrate our own stories and use the power of visual storytelling to explore issues of equity and social justice.

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Writing Works Workshops

Who Are You, Again? Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch w/ RBC

In-person | Open to all mentees, members of STARS and mentee applicants

Join us in New York City for this in-person, community-building workshop, where participants will be able to access the career capital of RBC Mentors for the Day to break the cycle of humdrum professional interactions and remain above the radar. Walk away with your perfect elevator pitch: crafted, practiced, and delivered!

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Writing Works Workshops

Money Matters: Securing Your Financial Future

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

In this second installation of our Financial Literacy series, we will engage in candid conversation on all things money. Hosted virtually on June 7, 2023 from 6:30–7:45 PM ET, this Q&A style workshop will give you the opportunity to ask any lingering questions you may have about your financial decisions! With topics ranging from liability management, asset allocation, transfer of wealth, savings and compounding wealth, and retirement, treat yourself to the gift of a lifetime, confidence in your financial future!

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Enrollment Open House

Summer Exploratory: Query Letter Writing

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 query letter writing led by GWN Mentor and literary agent Madeline Wallace, 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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