Core Live Events
Core Live Events at GWN are designed to foster community engagement, learning, and growth. These gatherings provide a dynamic platform for mentees, mentors, and members to build meaningful relationships, expand their creativity and knowledge, and advance their personal and professional goals. By offering diverse opportunities for collaboration, skill development, and inspiration, Core Live Events play a crucial role in enriching the GWN community and supporting the ongoing development of its participants.
Salons
Salons at GWN are engaging virtual live events where a special guest author hosts an intimate session with mentees, mentors, and guest attendees. The author shares their personal and professional journey, offering insights and inspiration. Throughout the evening, the author guides participants through a series of writing prompts, fostering creativity and reflection. These salons provide a unique opportunity for close-up interaction with the author, allowing participants to connect directly with a literary professional in a supportive and inspiring environment. Friday Night salons are open to the public.
College & Career Chats
College and Career Chats are essential virtual live events at GWN that connect youth with industry professionals and partners. These sessions offer valuable insights into various career paths and fields of study, providing participants with direct access to expert advice and guidance. Through these interactions, youth can explore potential career opportunities, gain exposure to different industries, and begin building their professional networks, laying the foundation for future success. These events also foster meaningful connections and provide inspiration for achieving career goals.
Genre & Media Workshops
Genre & Media Workshops at GWN are dynamic live events where participants delve into the creative process across various genres and media. Led by teaching artists who share their professional journeys, these workshops offer craft lessons that inspire and guide participants in exploring multi-genre and multimedia work. Participants create and share work and engage in meaningful exchanges of perspectives, honing their professional skills in a supportive environment. These workshops foster collaboration and creativity, empowering participants to grow as both artists and professionals.
Community Conversations
Community Conversations at GWN are part of the core live events designed to promote physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being among participants. These events focus on specific organizational or global themes, aiming to enhance overall wellness and foster a supportive community environment. They also provide a platform for tackling difficult and challenging topics, encouraging open dialogue and shared learning. By addressing relevant issues related to well-being, Community Conversations support and uplift the GWN community, fostering a deeper understanding and resilience.
Journey Meetings & Workshops
Journey Meetings and Workshops at GWN are integral live events designed for participants of specific Journeys. These sessions provide a focused environment where mentees and mentors come together to collaborate on Journey-related content and projects. The meetings and workshops emphasize the journey’s learning experience, encouraging participants to exchange feedback, refine their skills, and work together on shared goals. Through these meetings and workshops, journey participants deepen their understanding, build strong connections, and progress collaboratively toward their creative and educational objectives.
Professional Development
Mentor Professional Development Sessions at GWN are vital live events focused on equipping mentors with a comprehensive set of skills and knowledge. Beyond mentoring best practices, these sessions delve into DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) aspects, enhancing mentors’ ability to foster inclusive and supportive environments. Mentors also develop key communication skills, including conflict resolution, time management, and techniques for reducing stress. Additionally, these sessions provide opportunities for mentors to connect and exchange insights with their peers, strengthening the overall mentoring community.
Upcoming Events
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- Community Studios
Page Turners: The Secret to Keeping Readers Hooked
Participants will learn how to reveal (and withhold) information for maximum impact, experiment with pacing and tone, and discover how to sustain suspense in any genre.
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Mentor Think Tank (Mentor Support)
A social circle for mentors to come and meet others, share ideas, ask questions or drop in to say, “Hello.” Come ask questions if you have a dilemma! Have a brilliant idea for the program, let us know! This is an hour for mentor talk!
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- Community Studios
Blurred Lines: Grief and Love Through Poetry
In this session, we will explore how poets may blur the lines when describing grief and love. Sometimes it is hard to even tell which one they are describing. Through close readings and writing exercises, we will discover how both can become a language of memory, of showing grace, and of transformation.
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- Community Studios
Writing for Resilience (Expressive Art)
The Life You Could Be Living: Explorations from the Edge – Through photographs and poetry, we explore the adventure of life. “Come to the Edge” and other poems inspire participants to write from a different perspective.
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Writing the Future in a Changing Climate
In this lesson, participants will learn about the solarpunk movement and how these ideas can be applied to science fiction writing. They will then practice writing their own solarpunk stories that imagine a sustainable future.