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    Self-Care to Community-Care: WE Got US!

    Please join us on Monday, November 11, 2024 for our Youth Be Heard Town Hall discussion. Our theme is ‘Self-Care to Community-Care: WE Got US!’, and we will be facilitating a dialogue with a local NYC Council Member, as well as other young people. This event promises to be a powerful and insightful dialogue between young people and those in power, about working together to foster an environment where community-care is a shared responsibility.

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    • Community Studios

    Mentor Support Group/Think Tank

    This is a space for mentors to meet up and talk about their GWN experience, the highlights and challenges. This studio functions like a support group and a think tank, in which we exchange ideas on engaging our mentee, as well as discussing solutions for issues and sharing resources.

    • Community Studios

    Finding Your Voice: Creating Memorable POVs in Fiction

    In this community studio, we’ll talk about all things voice: the elusive monster of narrative fiction. We’ll do exercises to figure out how our narrators speak and how to make each character that appears in our stories each have a distinct style, personality, vocal quirks, and -isms.

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    • Committee Meetings

    Committee on Print Editorial: Talk To a Publishing Pro

    In this Intersectional Voices in Editorial – Print Studio (IV Edit – Print), we will explore the publishing process from all angles, including editing, promotion, and bringing more voices to the page. This studio also provides insight into the making of Girls Write Now’s annual anthology, and in the spring cycle, members of the Print Anthology Committee will work on editing the book

    • Community Studios

    Journalism: Styles, Stories, and Techniques

    We’ll be exploring various styles of and topics in journalism, including profile writing, personal essays, cultural criticism, and more. Community studio participants will be able to learn different techniques, try out different styles, and discover how there’s a wide range of ways to be a journalist or incorporate journalism into your writing life.

  • CS 07 - Writing that Changes the World
    • Community Studios

    Writing That Changes the World

    Writing That Changes the World shows how the written word can be used in service of real life social issues. In this studio, we will read mentor texts, learn various styles of journalistic writing, consider how other media can be used in advocacy work, and even start our own pieces of advocacy journalism. Bring your creativity, enthusiasm, and energy to the table!

  • CS 08 The World of Prompts
    • Community Studios

    The World of the Prompt

    Everything can be a writing prompt: books, newspapers, the conversations you overhear in coffee shops. In our studios, we’ll teach you how to find prompts everywhere, give you a few writing prompts to spark your writing, and give you time to write!

  • CS 09 - Career Readiness
    • Community Studios

    Career Readiness: Tips, Tricks & Triumphs

    Applying for jobs and internships can be exhausting and dispiriting, but if we work together, it can be a little less painful. In this studio, mentees will share their experiences, tips, challenges, and triumphs, while sharpening their interview skills, polishing their resumes and cover letters, sharing resources, defining success, finding their Ikigai, and having a few laughs. Mentors are welcome to join the December and January Studios to offer tips, support, and share their networks.

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    • Community Studios

    Peer Pair Support Studio

    Participants will explore best practices in peer support, practice giving constructive feedback, and engage in creative writing prompts that inspire personal expression and growth, building a strong foundation for a successful peer mentoring relationship.