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 Chats
College Chats offer engaging discussions with experts on college preparation and the collegiate experience. These sessions connect mentors, mentees, and members with college representatives, financial aid professionals, current students and graduates who provide first-hand insights into the admissions process and experience of attending college at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Career Chats
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.
Journey Meetings
Journey Meetings 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 emphasize the Journey’s learning experience, encouraging participants to exchange feedback, refine their skills, and work together on shared goals. Through these meetings, 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
Events
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- Community Studios
Pancakes vs. Waffles: Argumentative Writing
In this lesson, participants will learn what defines an argumentative essay from other forms of argumentative writing and begin constructing one of their own.
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- Community Studios
All Aboard: Sailing Across Scholarships, Fellowships, and Friendship
In this session, participants will learn how to apply their extracurriculars and engagements in their community, including their involvement in GWN, to the concept of ambassadorial potential. Using the community studio lead’s Marshall Scholarship as a case study, participants will bring free-writing about their ambassador potential, locally and abroad.
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- Community Studios
Language: Appreciation and Creation from a Creative and Linguistic Perspective
Join us to learn how to craft fictional languages that feel and operate like real ones! We’ll study how culture, history, and values shape language, then build a conlang of our own from scratch. Some basic understanding of linguistics is recommended, but curious world builders of all kinds are welcome!
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- Community Studios
Creating Through Uncertainty
Our objective during this studio is to immerse ourselves in the world of artistic expression by learning about how artists use both artistic tools (i.e. pen, paper, colored pencils) and digital art platforms (such as Canva, Krita, or another digital art platform of choice) to give form to fears, hopes, and experiences. During our workshop, we will look at, contemplate, and discuss a few art pieces that relate to uncertainty. Following this, participants will engage in a meditative artistic activity of their own.
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- Journey Meetings
Stories of Becoming: Crafting YA Romance Journey Meeting #2
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