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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- Journey Meetings
JM1: Zine Makers: Crafting A Peer Poetry Zine Journey Meeting
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- Community Studios
NYC Street Tree Consciousness: How Eco-Writing Can Create a Bridge to the Natural World Around Us
Participants will read Alexis Pauline Gumb’s short essay “Seagram Consciousness” to build our understanding of the conventions and impact of eco-writing as a genre. Using maps that explore what Lenapehoking/NYC looked like before colonialism and urban development, as well as NYC’s street tree map, we will create our own piece of eco-writing inspired by a tree we choose to befriend and learn more about.
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Finding Your Voice: Poetry, Spoken Word & Song
In this studio, participants will look for defining phrasing and imagery in two poems and branch their own pieces from either the ones they analyze in the session or others they find.
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Creating Without Limits: Freewriting in Community
In almost all forms of writing, including memoir, creative nonfiction, short fiction and poetry, stories carry more authenticity when you write from your own knowledge base. In this studio, you will probe your life experiences and consider ways to turn them into engaging stories and poems.
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Off the Beaten Path: Unconventional and Hybrid Forms of Writing
This session focuses on various forms of collage writing across genres. We will learn about collage techniques and learn how to apply these skills in our creative writing.