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Home / Programs / Girls Write Now Live Performances / CHAPTERS READING, MARCH 2019

CHAPTERS READING, MARCH 2019

Authors Eva Hagberg Fisher, Wayétu Moore, and Joanne Ramos were featured honorees in our kickoff Spring Series 2019 event—the March CHAPTERS Reading. Each honoree gave a keynote address at the New-York Historical Society to our audience full of mentees, mentors, writers, editors, agents, and activists, as well as introduced our talented readers of the evening.

Our emcees and honorees (left to right): Mentor Andrea Gabbidon-Levene, mentee Rocío Cuevas, Eva Hagberg Fisher, Joanne Ramos, Wayétu Moore

Girls Write Now Readers

Today’s mentees are part of a brave new generation of writers, proudly showcasing their best work:

Sylvi Stein, MOTHER; Nathalie Cabrera, Lion’s Mane; Sanjida Sheuba, Ode to Women; Maxine Babb, Broken; Gabrielle Galchen, Snow White; Claire Yu, City Girl; Joanna Tan, The Scientist; Stefanie Donayre, A Blooming Realization; Manar Dihyem, An Open Letter to The Higher Being; Grace Yu, Dream Nocturne; Basmala Zyada, How It Ends; Kenia Torres, The Unknown and A Flicker in December; Hannah Thomas, Ode to the Deli Man; Ilana Drake, This is Fifteen; Kaya Fraser, Satisfied; Kimberley Garcia, Music Box; Gabriela Palermo, The Women in My Life.

Mentee Manar Dihyem reading “An Open Letter to the Higher Being”

Mentee Claire Yu reading “City Girl”

Mentee Kaya Fraser reading “Satisfied”

EMCEES

  • Rocío Cuevas is a Girls Write Now mentee alum who is a writer, lover of Latinx culture, and advocate of women’s empowerment. She currently works at STEM From Dance, a non-profit. She’s also a publicity intern in the Young Readers department at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and on the advisory board of the Octavia Project, a non-profit that helps non-binary youth and girls imagine new futures. Rocío is a Dominican woman born and raised in Brooklyn, currently residing in Queens, NY. In her spare time, she enjoys listening to podcasts, and watching CW TV shows.
  • Andrea Gabbidon-Levene is a Girls Write Now mentor alum and an educator, college access professional, and writer from Brooklyn. She is the director of the CUNY Start Program at Hostos Community College. Andrea previously served on the program advisory board for Girls Write Now, the Within Reach Foundation, and currently serves the chair of the advisory board of the Octavia Project. Andrea started her career as a journalist and has been published in the Boston Globe, New Jersey Herald and was a CampusVipe reporter for CNN.com. A native of Long Island, Andrea is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants.

Emcees, left to right: Rocío Cuevas and Andrea Gabbidon-Levene 

Performances

Watch the speakers of the night, from our honorees to our mentees, in the playlist below!

Honoree Interview

Watch our exclusive interview with Eva Hagberg Fisher, Wayétu Moore, and Joanne Ramos below! You can also watch Eva, Wayétu, and Joanne’s respective keynote addresses!

Thank you to all who attended our Spring Series events!

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At Girls Write Now, we work to challenge and change the systemic racism and inequality by breaking down the barriers of race and poverty to elevate the voices of girls and gender nonconforming youth who are too often not heard—or worse, silenced. From mental and emotional wellness to advocating for racial justice, we are here to support you individually and as a community through our robust programming. Check out our calendar to see our current offerings or visit our Life Resources page to support you during this time.

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