Our 15th Anniversary Season gained real momentum at our annual Volunteer Retreat on Oct. 24, spearheaded by Kirsten Giles. Held at the Recording Academy in Santa Monica, the retreat got us oriented and super charged up to get out there and work with our young writers.
Read MoreWriteGirl welcomed a record number of new and returning girls to the annual Mentee Welcome Day at Impact Hub in Downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 3. In total, 101 teen girls and 52 volunteer mentors set off on this season's WriteGirl journey with boarding passes and passports to a series of travel-themed writing activities created and MC'd by WriteGirl Curriculum Director Kirsten Giles.
Read MoreCongratulations to WriteGirl alum Jeanine Daniels, who received the Rising Star Award at the African Women in Cinema's Women of Excellence Salute October 9 at the Morgan Stanley Headquarters in New York City. WriteGirl supporter Kim Purcell introduced Jeanine, whose groundbreaking web series "The Couple" was recently picked up for an HBO pilot deal. Her popular web series "That Guy," is based on her first feature film of the same name, which she then followed with its spin-off series, "Becoming Nia." Jeanine is a founding partner of the Black & Sexy TV media collaborative and is currently working on several new series, including producing and directing a documentary film on musicians whose work she features and develops mixtapes for throughout her creative endeavors.
Read MoreJanel Pineda always knew she loved writing, but never thought about how that could impact her life. That changed when her uncle mailed her a newspaper about a Los Angeles writing program for young girls. At age 14, Pineda joined WriteGirl, where she attended writing workshops and worked closely with a mentor throughout high school.
Read MoreLongtime WriteGirl mentor Jane Anderson won a 2015 Emmy for writing HBO's Olive Kitteridge! Jane is a dedicated weekly mentor in our Bold Ink Writers program (in-schools and probation camps).
Read MoreEmotional Map of Los Angeles has been chosen one of the NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winners for 2015.
Our 14th anthology, launched in June, features 190 stories from WriteGirl teens and mentors, written in settings from all accross LA.
This award marks the 72nd book award for WriteGirl anthologies.
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Read MoreWriteGirl made the list of Top-Rated Nonprofits of 2015 by GreatNonprofits.org, an honor given to nonprofits that receive a high number of positive reviews by volunteers and those served.
Do you have great things to say about WriteGirl as well? Write a review at GreatNonprofits.org!
Read MoreOne of our mentees, Sandra Moore, age 16, wrote this poem specifically for Women’s Equality Day. We love to see our teen girls getting published!
For our 15th anniversary season, we're making it our goal to match every girl with her own mentor.
We have more than 40 girls on a waiting list for a mentor. This means we need to train more volunteers than ever before. Please help us spread the word!
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Read MoreWRITEGIRL LAUNCHES 14TH ANTHOLOGY
Introducing 190 stories from teen girls and their WriteGirl mentors. Stories of discovery, courage and resilience. From Boyle Heights to Santa Monica, these stories weave together an Emotional Map of Los Angeles.
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WriteGirl was honored by First Lady Michelle Obama with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award
An initiative of the President’s Committee on the Arts & the Humanities (PCAH). The President’s Committee partners with the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to administer the program.
WriteGirl is a creative writing and mentoring organization that promotes creativity, critical thinking and leadership skills to empower teen girls.
WriteGirl is a project of Community Partners, a nonprofit charity exempt from federal income tax under
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
