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REVOLUTIONARY NARRATIVES AS MULTIMEDIA ANTHOLOGY

A poetry zine inspired by houseplants, a podcast covering the 2016 Presidential election, a website that follows the story of a band, and a choose your own adventure story — these remarkable digital initiatives were produced by the mentees in our Digital Media Mentoring Program, where they use the skills they learn in our digital workshops to create…

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QWERTY 2016: A Celebration of Digital Storytelling

This blog post was written by Bernadette Benjamin, a Girls Write Now Mentee in the Digital Media Mentoring Program. Bernadette served as co-emcee of the 2016 QWERTY Digital Exhibition on June 4. The evening showcased our teen’s groundbreaking work alongside a panel moderated by Ashley C. Ford. Excited, nervous, I stood on the stage with a…

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QWERTY: Girls Write Now Digital Media Exhibition

In Girls Write Now’s cutting edge Digital Media Mentoring Program, girls create at the intersection of language, technology, and art. The professional women in media who serve as mentors support teens as they explore writing through video and audio production, interaction design, creative programming, animation, and more. The QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition showcases innovative genre- and medium-bending work by…

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2016 QWERTY Digital Exhibition: A Sneak Peek!

QWERTY Digital Exhibition is just around the corner and we wanted to give you a sneak peek of what will be exhibited! Our Digital Media Mentoring Program mentees are beyond excited to debut the projects they have been working on all year, at the Downtown Community Television Center on June 4. Their projects range from personal statement videos to hard-hitting podcasts,…

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Announcing QWERTY 2016: the Girls Write Now Digital Exhibition

QWERTY Digital Media Exhibition — Saturday, June 4, 6-8 PM at Downtown Comunity Television — showcases our teen’s incredibly innovative, genre-and medium-bending work from the Digital Media Mentoring Program. This year’s keynote speakers include writer, editor and public speaker Ashley C. Ford, Executive Communications Senior Associate at Google Kayla Conti, black feminist culture writer for Revelist Evette Dionne, and Girls Write…

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Girls Write Now Spring 2016 Save the Date

Join us for our Spring 2016 events! You will not want to miss out on a season of incredible keynote speakers, performances from our mentees, and opportunities for our community to come together. CHAPTERS Reading Series: March 18 Tanwi Nandini Islam, April 15 Mia Alvar, May 20 Angela Flournoy, June 17 Naomi Jackson Girls Write Now AWARDS:…

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