The sky was gleaming silver, coaxing us to be on the lookout for rain. This was not enough to dampen our spirits though, or put our pens on pause as we explored the Huntington’s Brody Botanical Gardens.  

The sound of busy bees buzzed all day long as pens scratched on paper as 98 mentees and 64 mentors bonded over poetry at HNYPT in downtown LA. “Poetry happens when emotions need to be put on the page,” WriteGirl Exec. Dir. Keren Taylor told the women and girls.

WriteGirl kicked off our 15th anniversary season with a record number of 108 girls in attendance at our annual journalism workshop held at Maker City LA on Nov. 14. The girls traveled to writing stations with their mentors where they learned about the essential elements of journalism including how to write in the inverted pyramid style, where the most important information is presented at the top of the story. They dissected newspaper articles to learn how to present the facts – the who, what, where, when, why, and how – and then used their new skills to craft their own stories and headlines.  

WriteGirl 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. 

In anticipation of the GRAMMY Awards, non-profit organizations come together to create beautiful music for inner city teens at Walt Disney Concert Hall

WriteGirl teens come together to create beautiful music at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

**WriteGirl Editing Workshop**
Drawing on the tradition of writers gathering in cafes, WriteGirl created a lively bistro setting, complete with delicious pastries donated by Porto's Bakery, for girls and their mentors to choose and refine their pieces for the upcoming 13th annual WriteGirl anthology.

WriteGirl teens come together to write about their personal histories with inspiration from the beautiful historical exhibits featured at The Autry Museum.