Girls Write Now Community Experiences
Mentee Affinity Groups
Mentee Affinity Groups are spaces for mentees to discuss self-identified topics, leading to self-discovery, group advocacy, and a sense of belonging. Affinity Group meetings are open to all mentees who self-identify with the group, and mentees are welcome to join one or more groups.
Girls Write Now Identities
Black
This group provides a supportive space for Girls Write Now Mentees of Black American heritage and the African diaspora to share their unique perspectives, explore cultural heritage, and engage in meaningful discussions on relevant topics, such as HBCUs vs PWIs, Black tropes in media, colorism, desirability politics, reparations and more. Come with items you want to discuss or your point of view to add to the conversation at hand.
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)
This group provides a supportive space for Girls Write Now Mentees of Asian or Pacific Islander descent to share their unique perspectives, explore cultural heritage, and engage in meaningful discussions on relevant topics, such as media tropes, colorism, academic stress, beauty standards, cultural appropriation and more. Come with items you want to discuss or your point of view to add to the conversation at hand.
MAGS
This group, called the Mentee Alliance of Genders and Sexualities (MAGS), provides a supportive space for Girls Write Now LGBTQ+ Mentees to share their unique perspectives, explore cultural heritage, and engage in meaningful discussions on relevant topics, such as being gender non-conforming, coming out vs. letting others in, queer or trans at school, sports and more. Come with items you want to discuss or your point of view to add to the conversation at hand.
Christian
This group provides a supportive space for Girls Write Now Christian Mentees to share their unique perspectives, explore cultural heritage, and engage in meaningful discussions on relevant topics, such as faith, navigating secular spaces, church hurt, Christian publishing and more. Come with items you want to discuss or your point of view to add to the conversation at hand.