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College & Career Chats

College & Career Chat

Open to all mentees, peer-to-peer mentees and program alum

In College Chats, mentees meet with Girls Write Now “mentors for the day” to talk about why their alma maters might be right for you, including tips and tricks for navigating everything from the application and interview process, to campus life, majors, and writing your theses. Schools include small liberal arts colleges around the country; state and city schools; universities big and small; rural and urban; schools with specialties in literature, science, and everything in between. Come learn more about Columbia, Fordham, Harvard, Howard, Hunter, SUNY, CUNY, and more!

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Community Conversations

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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Mentor Professional Development

MENTORSHIP BEST PRACTICES: NURTURING GROWTH, STRENGTH, & SAFETY

Online | Open to all mentors, GWN staff and peer-to-peer mentees

This Mentor Professional Development session encompasses a wide range of topics that are crucial for fostering positive mentor-mentee relationships, such as connecting, motivating, resilience-building, balancing allyship, recognizing signs of potential issues or conflicts, and abuse prevention awareness.

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College & Career Chats

College & Career Chat

Open to all mentees, corporate partner employees and program alum

Take charge of your goals as Girls Write Now teams up with powerhouse professionals across schools and industries! Consider this your all-access pass to be part of an intergenerational exchange with inspirational creatives, educators, trendsetters, executives and media mavens—including BIC, Penguin Random House, Google, Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation, and more—all while picking up their nuggets of wisdom. Enter a warm, intimate space, and emerge with a new trajectory and contacts for life.

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Salon Series

From College Essay to Published Memoir with Emi Nietfeld

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

Join us for a Friday Night Salon that celebrates the importance of telling your story to the world. Emi Nietfeld will share how her college applications inspired a memoir, Acceptance, that she wrote and got published with Penguin Press and was chosen as a best book of the year by NPR.

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Collaboratory Workshops

Thriving as a Change-Maker: Financial Wellness & Social Responsibility

Open to all mentees, all mentors and program alum

Join us for a conversation to kick-start a three-part series with author, scholar, and financial advisor Dr. Noni Denise Carter on financial wellness. We will be discussing ideas, tips, and strategies related to financial stability as part of a larger conversation around professional development and community engagement.

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Salon Series

Writing Hope at The End of A World with Ross Gay

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

Join us for an evening exploring what it means to experience hope and radical joy during periods of personal and political tumult. In this Friday Night Salon, Ross Gay will join us to discuss his 2015 award-winning book of poems, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.

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