WriteGirl News
NEWSLETTER: Inspire a Teen in 2016!
Happy New Year from WriteGirl! For me, the end of the year often feels like that moment you finish a chapter in a great book. There is so much to sit back and think about: What has changed? What will happen next?
NEWSLETTER: Help Girls Head in the Write Direction
In 2016, WriteGirl will help over 400 underserved girls (and some teen boys!) develop the confidence and creative skills they need to propel them into academic, personal and professional success.
NEWSLETTER: The Right Gift for the WriteGirl
How to you find the right gift for a teenage girl? We have a LONG list of things that will help a girl for her entire life!
NEWSLETTER: Holiday Advice from our Girls to You!
We asked our girls and women writers to write some advice for our community on how to enjoy December and get through the holidays. You’ll notice some repeated themes in their writing…and some opposing statements also! We always say, “Never underestimate the power of a girl and her pen,” and our girls truly embody that motto.
Workshop: Poetry without rhyme or reason
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 Launches 15th Anniversary Season
Now celebrating 15 successful years, WriteGirl continues to provide a valuable space for girls – a safe haven for girls to connect with other girls, to meet accomplished women and be inspired, a place to stand up for their ideas and ideals and most importantly, to celebrate and cultivate their own unique voices.
WriteGirl kicks off 15th Season with Journalism Workshop
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.
Newsletter: It's Giving Tuesday! Inspire a Girl!
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day to give the holiday shopping a rest and donate to a charity in need. Donate to WriteGirl today and help us serve a record number of girls from underserved communities in 2016.
NEWSLETTER: We're grateful ...
As we begin our 15th anniversary season, we have a record number of girls and an unprecedented number of volunteers to mentor them! But as our program expands, so do our financial needs. As we enter this season of giving, we look to our friends and supporters to help sustain WriteGirl.
Read our November newsletter!
WriteGirl Shout out in People Magazine, Jay Mohr and Nikki Cox donate album proceeds
How exciting was the WriteGirl shout out in People Magazine? Comedian Jay Mohr and his wife, actress Nikki Cox, have collaborated on a new stand-up comedy special called *Happy. And a Lot.* From now through the end of December, they’re donating 100% of the proceeds from album sales on Mohr’s Bandcamp page to WriteGirl. The one-hour stand-up set was filmed during the Santa Barbara LOL Comedy Festival and features Mohr performing material written entirely by Cox, who combats her insomnia by writing. That makes us Happy. And a Lot!
Click here to download the album
This holiday season, go selfless with an #unselfie
Nov. 26, we give thanks. Nov. 27, we get deals. And, Dec. 1, we give back. Support WriteGirl this #GivingTuesday, and spread the giving spirit by showing your selflessness with an #unselfie.
Meet Janel, Ariel and Roya ...
WriteGirl has helped thousands of young women write their way to brilliant futures. They are all over the world. We’d like to introduce you to a few.
In our latest newsletter, we share three stories of a WriteGirl alum, now in her sophomore year of college, as well as a long-time WriteGirl alum now working as a political reporter, and a 13 year-old mentee just starting her WriteGirl journey ...
WriteGirl Welcomes New Mentors at Our Annual Volunteer Retreat
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.
WriteGirl welcomes a record number of girls to Mentee Welcome Day
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.
WriteGirl Alum Honored by African American Women in Cinema
Congratulations 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.
LA Parent Magazine Features WriteGirl for Empowering Girls
Janel 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.
Emotional Map of Los Angeles wins Pinnacle Book Achievement Award
Emotional 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.
WriteGirl mentor wins an Emmy!
Longtime 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).