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Tayari's Blog: Girls Write Now Honored by Michelle Obama!

Posted by TayariJones on November 4, 2009 06:41 PM
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Some of you probably know that I am on the Board of Directors of Girls Write Now,a fabulous non-profit that pairs teenage girls with writing mentors. I got involved last year even though I was so busy that I didn't even have time to make my bed in the morning. I juggled my schedule to give time to GWN because I could only imagine what my teenaged life would have been like if I had been fortunate enough to have a mentor.

I am thrilled to tell you that today Michelle Obama presented Girls Write Now with the "Coming Up Taller" Award in recognition of all tremendous success that GWN has had with our amazing girls. (Details here.)

Our mentees are mostly public school students. 90% are of color and 40% are recent immigrants. We pair our girls with mentors who help them with writing, but also the mentors are role models and friends.
If you ever get a chance to attend one of our events where our mentors and mentees read together. You will feel the love in a tangible way.

In many ways, we are the Little Non Profit that could-- not unlike the Obama campaign, we're really grassroots and have made it work from donations from regular people. Regular people like YOU.

Here's the pitch: We are starting our holiday appeal. The economy is not great, I know. But we need money to keep helping our girls. I am posting a video below so you can see a little bit of what we do. Watch it, then click here and give what you can.

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