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Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: Beyond Binary
Thursday, Nov. 14
7-8:30 PM ET
virtual event; open to the all mentees, mentors & members
Join us to to learn about Girls Write Now’s new committee, Intersectional Voices in Diversity Equity & Inclusion (IV DEIB).
We know your diverse perspectives and experiences will be of great value to us all—and we invite you, along with a “360 degree” group of stakeholders, to collaborate on key issues that impact our programming, community, and organization.
At the meeting, we will explain how the committee works, establish community agreements, then delve into our first topic, going “Beyond Binary” to discuss our current gender policy, which goes beyond the narrow confines of gender as a binary construct.
To attend this event, create a Girls Write Now account and register for this event through the portal.
Meet the IV DEIB Team
Kathryn Destin
Kathryn is a nonprofit researcher and writer and also was the 2022-23 Editor-In-Residence for Girls Write Now. An only child from Harlem, NYC, Kathryn looks for community in many spaces centered on her interests such as cooking, comedy, Blackness, queerness and investigative journalism. She is a Girls Write Now mentee and is fascinated by film, media and writing as avenues for social advocacy and activism. As a young creative, she is excited to utilize various mediums to speak against injustice and share stories from marginalized voices.
Chelle Carter-Wilson
Storytelling is in Chelle’s DNA. Chelle (Rochelle)’s imagination is the lens through which she experiences the world. Like many children, life obtruded upon her dreams, and bit by bit, she forgot them. Her stories never forgot her. In the wake of a career as an HR executive, she evolved into perhaps the world’s most reluctant stay-at-home mom. She raised two children, trained a beloved boxer puppy, and in quiet moments, listened to the muse. She returned to writing and hasn’t stopped. A linguaphile and lover of the oxford comma, anything, in the form of a story can engage, inform, and delight. A grateful steward of Girls Write Now’s emerging creatives, she commits to never let any writer ignore a siren’s call.
This event is open to:
all mentees, all mentors, diversity committee members, GWN staff and program alum