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Publishing 360 Workshops

Organizing Our Zine: Take Me with You to the Underground

Online | Open to publishing 360 mentees and publishing 360 mentors

In our next workshop, we'll inspire one another with our project ideas, create an introductory Letter from the Editors, and orchestrate a plan to share our zine with others! Come share your brilliance, your questions, and get the support you need from the P360 community to make your creative dreams come alive.

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STARS

STARS is a Verb: ACTIVATE

Online | Open to all mentees

Join the girls and gender-expansive youth from all 10 organizations that comprise the STARS coalition. We’ll meet at Manny Cantor Center to kick-off the beginning of our Self-Care Celebration week with Nike!

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STARS

STARS is a Verb: CREATE

Online | Open to all mentees

In this event, you'll think through the meaning of food and community—what food brings to community, how we connect over food, and what food means in a variety of contexts. We'll meet at the Lower East Side Girls Club for a night of charcuterie-board making, table decorating, and poetry writing!

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STARS

STARS is a Verb: MOTIVATE

Online | Open to all mentees

Join the girls and gender-expansive youth from all 10 organizations that comprise the STARS coalition. In this day of self-care celebration, youth from across the city will have the opportunity to engage in various movement skill-challenges or join a cheer squad for the day! You'll also have the chance to chat with an Olympian and Nike Athlete! Join us for an evening of movement, fun, and food.

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STARS

STARS is a Verb: CELEBRATE

Online | Open to all mentees

Join the girls and gender-expansive youth from all 10 organizations that comprise the STARS coalition. On our last day of self-care celebration week, youth from across the city get to engage in a TikTok challenge with the Ladies of Hip Hop, partake in Trap Yoga, enjoy a mocktail bar, and more! This event will also feature a live DJ and food and drink. We’ll meet at Nike HQ to end our self-care celebration week!

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Writing Works Workshops

Ghostwriters Anonymous: Sharing Profitable Secrets

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum, woman-identifying and trans* and gender-expansive members of the public

Join us as two ghostwriters discuss how to launch a career in ghostwriting, the differences between ghostwriting fiction and nonfiction, ghostwriting for individuals versus agents, the complexities of writing for hire and creating IP (intellectual property) and more! Attendees will learn about the IP process from beginning to end—including pitching, plotting, and writing—from both the editorial and the writing perspective. Whether you’ve always wanted to write a Star Wars tie-in novel or you think you’ve got the next Big Idea and want to know how to become an IP editor, join in to discover the secrets to ghostwriting!

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Career Chats

Let’s Play Professional Journeys with NBCU!

Online | Open to all mentees, corporate partner employees and program alum

This gamified community-building workshop will provide Mentees with the opportunity to access the advice of career savvy NBCU Mentors for the Day to develop their very own ready-player experience depicting each stage of working life—from the application to the exit interview. Game on!

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Salon Series

Writing Workplace Romances and Second Chances

Online | Open to the public

Join us for an evening of forbidden love, and learn all about the craft writing Romance Fiction. Participants will respond to a series of writing prompts based on her recently released novel, After the Lights Go Down, that ask “what if?” What if you met your dream mate at work? What if your ex was hired at your same job? Donna will also discuss the process of her 2020 best seller Confessions in B-Flat being adapted for the screen with Amblin Partners and Executive Producer Octavia Spencer!

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Writing 360 Workshops

The Art of Songwriting: Shaping Moods with Lyrics & Song Structure

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum, woman-identifying and trans* and gender-expansive members of the public

In this workshop, you’ll discover the underlying principles of song composition. Musician SassyBlack will break down popular song structures for us and we will look into what makes a catchy song. Participants will get a chance to write their own mood shifting lyrics and will gain an overview of the songwriting process.

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Writing 360 Workshops

Crafting Fanfiction: Extending The Life Of The Stories We Love

Online | Open to all mentees, all mentors, program alum, woman-identifying and trans* and gender-expansive members of the public

In this workshop, GWN Mentor and fan culture expert Elizabeth Minkel will give a brief primer on fanfiction before diving into a variety of craft exercises. With a focus on characterization, perspective, tone, and plot, participants will create their own fanfiction story.

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