Girls Write Now is partnering with other leading nonprofits in a citywide intiative to empower more girls. Last year, Girls Write Now, in collaboration with other leading nonprofits, helped raise $1 million in funding for girls programming from the New York City Council. This year we have increased the amount and secured another $1.2 million. The partnership offers the…
Mentee Peformances Published by Chime for Change: Giving Girls a Voice
We are proud to continue our partnership with Chime For Change. Co-founded by Gucci, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Frida Giannini, and Salma Hayek Pinault, Chime for Change is a global campaign to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for girls and women around the world. In connection with last month’s Global Citizen Festival, which focused on…
Girls Write Now and Teen Voices Change the Conversation
Girls Write Now is partnering with Teen Voices, part of Women’s eNews, a global girl news site that “incorporates teens in the production of news about their lives,” to feature our girls’ original stories each month! The first publication featured Charlene Vasquez’s piece on autism, followed by Rachel Aghanwa’s essay on what it means to be a young…
Girls Write Now Selected as Semifinalist for 2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards
We’re thrilled to announce that Girls Write Now has been selected as one of ten semifinalists for the 2015 New York Community Trust Nonprofit Excellence Awards! This is our second year in a row to be named in the top ten and we are ecstatic. Produced by the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Philanthropy New…
Poetry Makes a Comeback! Our Latest VIDA Survey
Final results are in from the Girls Write Now Count with VIDA! Girls Write Now set out to learn more about the books that count with our girls. With the help of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, we collected data about today’s current reading lists in New York City high schools, starting with the initial Girls…
NBCUniversal Foundation’s 21st Century Solutions Grant
We’re beyond thrilled to announce Girls Write Now is the recipient of a grand prize $100,000 social innovation grant from NBCUniversal Foundation’s 21st Century Solutions Grant Challenge Awards! Girls Write Now won the first place award in the NBC New York market for our Digital Media Mentoring Program. This grant, applicable in 10 of NBCU’s most…
Flavorpill Social Impact Partner
2015 is off to a great start, and we’re giddy with excitement to finally announce that we are Flavorpill’s Social Impact Partner for the first half of the year! Flavorpill Media – home to Flavorwire and Flavorpill – is looking to give back to their community in a meaningful, sustained way, so they’ve dedicated staff resources, creativity and enthusiasm…
$1M STARS Citywide Girls Initiative
Bold effort will deepen and expand services in sports, education, the arts and leadership development for more than 1,000 girls citywide. Girls Write Now is beyond thrilled to announce our participation in the STARS Citywide Girls Initiative, funded at $1 million by the New York City Council. In collaboration with five leading NYC nonprofits, the…
My Mind: Infinite, Powerful
For the Digital Media Mentoring Program’s first studio workshop of the year, Girls Write Now partnered with Urban Word NYC — a fellow member of the HIVE network — to create a workshop that helped blend the worlds of video storytelling and written narrative. The workshop, “Citizen Media,” focused on how writing and other creative forms…
Update: VIDA & Girls Write Now
Our partnership with VIDA: Women in Literary Arts is hitting its second phase! We launched the project at this year’s orientation and at our Celebration for International Day of the Girl, and have been continuing to analyze the data ever since. We were excited to chat with Lynn Melnick of VIDA about the ongoing project, who…