You already know the power of women helping women. Now, how can you champion this mission? Please join Gloria, Zadie and others by supporting Girls Write Now today. We are on the front lines, mentoring the next generation of thought leaders every step of the way. Help us do more.
GLORIA STEINEM: By supporting young women writers, “You are doing the most important thing that I can imagine.”
ELAINE WELTEROTH: “Girls Write Now is uniquely necessary — now more than ever.”
ABBI JACOBSON: “Girls Write Now is arming girls with the tools to tell their stories and express what is going on in the world and in their lives and we need that more than ever, more than ever before we need that right now.”
MARA WILSON: “Girls Write Now teaches young women something radical: that their voices matter. That writing is a way to be heard, a way to find one’s power.”
ZADIE SMITH: “How marvelous to create an organization that makes writing a regular possibility for hundreds of girls.”
RUPI KAUR: “It’s part of our DNA to be poets and be creative.”
MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY: “You have to be what you’ve never seen before. You have to write it.”
TAVI GEVINSON: “If you’re feeling kind of daunted by the state of things and you feel powerless, writing is a way of saying I exist.”
ROXANE GAY: “Everyone has a voice. It’s just a question of finding the courage to use it. The first step in finding the courage is knowing that no matter who you are or how quiet you think your voice is, your voice matters.”
JANET MOCK: “I’m…with Girls Write Now because I believe in the power of storytelling to enact change.”
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: “Forget about likability. If you start off thinking about being likable, you are not going to tell your story honestly.”
EMMA CLINE: “Things can feel so dark and disheartening, and it’s really important and special…to celebrate this organization that’s a pocket of hope and meaning.”