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Summer 2025

Multimedia Tour (Summer 2025)

Embark on a dynamic multimedia journey where visual storytelling and creative exploration converge to explore diverse perspectives and foster personal growth. This journey experience aims to inspire creativity, deepen understanding, and empower individuals to harness the power of multimedia for impactful storytelling and personal discovery.

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Summer Journey Applications Closed

…but you are still invited to join the Collaboratory! Explore other pathways this summer, and be the first to know when fall Journey applications open.

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Summer Journey Applications Closed

…but you are still invited to join the Collaboratory! Explore other pathways this summer, and be the first to know when fall Journey applications open.

As a mentee or mentor in the Multimedia Tour Journey, you’ll have access to a collection of online mini courses designed to help you discover new interests and skills and to try out lots of creative multimedia forms. You’ll be paired with a mentee or mentor for one full cycle, and you’ll meet with them at least twice each month. You’ll attend at least one community engagement experience a month – there are many to choose from to accommodate all of your interests and everyone’s schedules.

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  • Cycle(s) Fall 2024 (Nov ’24 – Jan ’25), Spring 2025 (March – May), Summer 2025 (July – September)
  • Time 3 hours per month
  • Areas of Focus Audio, Media, Film, Podcasting
  • Available Spots Per Cycle 20

Multimedia Tour Courses

The Multimedia Tour offers short courses that introduce different multimedia forms that mentees and mentors can explore in further depth in pair sessions, community engagement events, and through more journeys in future cycles.

Courses:

  • Photopoetry: A Synthesis of Photography and Poetry
  • Video Fundamentals
  • Graphic Design Fundamentals
  • Social Media Fundamentals
  • Podcasting Fundamentals

These courses are offered as a part of this journey package. If you’d like to take a course without joining a journey, click here.

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Multimedia Tour Mentoring

Mentees and mentors in the Multimedia Tour Journey will be matched for one cycle. Pairs will meet for at least two hour-long sessions each month.

This Journey requires a cycle-long commitment to a mentorship relationship. If you’d like to mentor but cannot commit to this requirement, click here.

Multimedia Tour Community Experiences

Mentees and mentors in the Multimedia Tour Journey must attend at least one Community Experience per month. It is strongly recommended that they attend Exploratory Community Studios, College & Career Chats, and Salon Experiences.

This Journey requires attendance at one Community Experience per month. If you’d like to attend engagement experiences but cannot commit to these requirements, click here.
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Explore 360 Adventure

Multimedia Tour is a Journey in the Explore 360 Adventure.

All Journeys within this Adventure focus on discovering new genres, mediums, and topics to inspire mentees and mentors to create together. Learn more about the other Adventures offered at Girls Write Now below.

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