“I want to be that person who can be a gamechanger for a girl.” — Demetria Irwin, Mentor 2010-12; Program Advisory Committee member The spirit of what we do is simple: every girl who’s passionate about writing gets a shot at exploring it. We introduce New York City public high school girls to women writers…
Mid-Year Reflections: Breaking Through — Forever
Only one month into the new year, Girls Write Now is already breaking through barriers and challenging everybody’s expectations. After a fantastic fall semester of our Writing and Mentoring Program and our Digital Media Mentoring Program, our girls and mentors are forging new paths and building stronger mentor-mentee relationships. Through our writing, we are discovering…
The Marvelous Mentee Mid-Year Workshop
This post was written by Shirleyka Hector, a mentee in the Writing and Mentoring Program, who participated in the Mentee Mid-Year Workshop on Saturday, January 11. The Mentee Mid-Year Workshop was such an interesting and enjoyable workshop! It was simply amazing, no lie. To be frank with you all, I consider myself a very introverted…