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Literature to Life: I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

Literature to Life adapts Erika L. Sánchez’s YA novel as their newest title in their Signature Performance series. This title will be co-produced in partnership with Freedom Reads, the only organization in the nation transforming the experience of incarceration by opening libraries in prison housing facilities. Freedom Reads was founded by Reginald Dwayne Betts in 2020. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter takes place in modern day Chicago. The novel focuses on the idea of finding one’s own identity, and breaking free from societal, cultural, and familial expectations.

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Community Studios

Visual Storytelling: Comic/Cartoons

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

From Solo Acts to Squad Goals: In the world of visual storytelling characters often team up to go on adventures or missions. Join our party to explore the group dynamics of characters on epic journeys through examples and prompts.

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Committee Studios

Intersectional Voices in Editorial Digital Committee Studio

Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and silver members

Join us for an interactive, live editing session of mentee writing! Special guests from the Nonfiction Journey will share excerpts from their memoirs in progress and receive feedback from IVEdit - Digital Committee Members.

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Community Studios

Speak Up: Developing Effective Communication Skills for Life

Open to all mentees, all mentors, members and silver members

Recapping on session one and two learnings of “claim warrant impact” and “blowing up the balloon” while adding the art of rebuttal and contrasting arguments via weighing the validity of contrasting arguments.

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Community Studios

Journalism: Styles, Stories, and Techniques

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

This month, we'll be teaching studio participants tips and techniques of interviewing people for news stories, and then they'll have the chance to interview another studio participant.

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Committee Meetings

Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Aligning Communications to Our Values

Open to all mentees, all mentors, diversity committee members, GWN staff and program alum

Please join us for the next Committee Meeting of Intersectional Voices in Diversity Equity & Inclusion (IV DEIB) where we'll be discussing Girls Write Now's values, and applying them to our primary platform for communications, Slack, to begin creating together new Slack Community Guidelines

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Community Studios

Spoken Word: Voices Unleashed

Open to all mentees, all mentors and members

This month, participants will listen to two spoken-word poems: both embody intense emotions that use poetry as a way of processing. They will spot similarities and differences, engage in a creative conversation, and ultimately craft their own.

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Mentor Professional Development

Trans Inclusivity: Best Practices for Supporting Transgender Youth

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

Join us for this engaging and informative mentor professional development session dedicated to fostering empathy, promoting inclusivity, and equipping participants with practical skills to support transgender youth. Don't miss this opportunity to learn, connect, and contribute to a more inclusive future.

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