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Mar.17.2011
We are in the lead for a $5,000 grant from 5 for Fairness. Could you contribute $5 and help us win this grant?
Voting ends on Monday, March 21st, 2011 so we only have a few days to keep that lead. Here are the steps:
Join here:http://5forfairness.org
(When you register, it will ask you how you paid...
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Mar.15.2011
Over the past few years, I have to say that what amazes me the most is that our former teen participants who are now graduating from college are expressing their desire to work at nonprofits, to serve their communities, to be mentors. Ten years ago, I started a writing/mentoring organization, and...
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Feb.18.2011
Tomorrow is the 10th annual WriteGirl Fiction Workshop. We are expecting 140 women and girls! We've extended our day from 4 hours to 5 hours, allowing us to really dig in to the genre.
We've got some great special guest fiction authors coming to lead various segments of the day and work with our...
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Jan.12.2011
It has been ten years since I founded the nonprofit WriteGirl, and now, all these years later, I am lifted by the evidence of all our efforts. We sent 26 girls on to college this fall, several on full scholarships! We're starting to reconnect with many of our former members, on Facebook, and it's...
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Aug.18.2009
Last week, I took two of our WriteGirl alumni mentees to a luncheon by the NWPC (National Women's Political Caucus) where they were honoring Gloria Allred with a Woman of Courage award. Her remarks were poignant and inspiring. She talked about several recent cases and stretched the limits of the...
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Feb.05.2009
The 2009 Bold Ink Awards were fantastic. Fox Home Entertainment sponsored this year's event, and we were thrilled to honor these fantastic women writers: Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren; screenwriter/director Gina Prince-Bythewood; television writer/producer Jennifer Crittenden; Academy...
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About Keren
Keren Taylor is the founder and Executive Director of WriteGirl. Passionate about inspiring others to cultivate their creative ideas, Keren has conducted hundreds of creative writing workshops for both youth and adults. She has appeared at book festivals and...
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WriteGirl (www.writegirl.org)