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    • Committee Meetings

    IV Edit – Digital

    Whether you’re WordPress savvy or looking to learn more about online editorial systems, this group offers opportunities to dive into editorial tasks, outreach, and the publication of Girls Write Now Stories.

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    • Community Studios

    Mentor Support & Share

    This session will focus on the half-way point of the summer mentorship cycle and what we are noticing in our pairs. What’s working? What would we like to improve? How are we tracking for any of the pair goals in this cycle?

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    • Community Studios

    Poetry as Nourishment: Writing Food and Eating Poems

    In this session, we’ll explore food as a means of survival, safety, and gratitude, tracing its journey from soil to plate as a product of care and labor. We’ll begin with a brief gratitude prayer, read poems by Naomi Shihab Nye and January Gill O’Neil, and close with a fun writing exercise and sharing circle.

    • Salon Series

    Memoir & Op-Eds as a Tool for Reclaiming Your Story with Kaila Yu

    Join author and cultural critic, Kaila Yu, as she guides participants through how memoir and opinion writing can be used as tools of resistance, reflection, and reclamation. Drawing from her upcoming memoir Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty, Kaila will share how writing personal narratives can dismantle stereotypes, challenge the gaze, and give voice to long-silenced truths.

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    • Community Studios

    Reflecting: The Art of Writing Creative Nonfiction Essays

    In this session, learn how to use an A to Z structure to write a creative nonfiction essay. Exploring this structure can help you write about difficult topics or simply be a fun way to look at a theme from different angles.

    • Special Events

    Open Mic + Community Togetherness Cafecito

    Join us for an evening of creativity, connection, and community at our Open Mic—featuring storytelling, poetry, song, writing prompts, and cafecito with the Latine/Hispanic Affinity Group.

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    • Community Studios

    Roots & Rhythm: The African Oral Tradition in Spoken Word

    Love Letters to the Culture: This month, participants will explore how poets write to, for, and about their communities, heritage, and lived experiences as acts of affirmation and artistry.

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    • Community Studios

    The Gender Communications Toolbox: Empowering Yourself Professionally

    This session focuses on crafting written communication that is both assertive and inclusive, with an emphasis on managing gender dynamics thoughtfully. Participants will revise career-related writing samples to build confidence using language that respects all identities while promoting clarity and professionalism.