Girls Write Now and Nine Non-Profits Promote Literacy with Estée Lauder Companies and Amanda Gorman
A collaboration between The Estée Lauder Companies and National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman, WRITING CHANGE was established in 2021 to support grassroots organizations dedicated to advancing literacy as a pathway to equality, access, and social change, through the power of young voices.
Today, WRITING CHANGE’s impact is seen through ten non-profit organizations across the United States: 52nd Street Project; American Library Association; ArtStart; Girls Write Now; Latinx KidLit Book Festival; Make Way for Books; MIGIZI; WriteGirl; We Need Diverse Books; and Wide Angle Youth Media. Five of these organizations joined in 2024. In the past financial year, ELC achieved its initial funding goal of committing $3 million, over three years.