{"id":367,"date":"2007-10-15T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-15T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlwpen.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2007-10-15T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-15T20:31:00","slug":"why-i-heart-girls-write-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/2007\/10\/15\/why-i-heart-girls-write-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Heart Girls Write Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/myJGDvEd1lc\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><br \/>Quick pitch:  So this year I&#8217;ve joined the Advisory Board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlswritenow.org\">Girls Write Now<\/a>.  Staffed almost exclusively by volunteers, GWN runs a lean operation.  We need help to continue and expand our services to more girls in New York City.  Before the year&#8217;s end, I&#8217;m hoping to be making the largest donation I have ever made to any organization.  Please join me in supporting GWN with a (tax deductible) donation. Your contribution will be put to immediate use, and help us keep this valuable organization vibrant and thriving for another year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlswritenow.org\/gwn\/?q=node\/42\">Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s how<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And\/or if you&#8217;re in New York, join me at our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlswritenow.org\/gwn\/?q=node\/349\">fall friendraiser on October 18<\/a> (this Thursday!) at Bluestockings, the feminist bookstore, at 5:30pm and then cross the street to The Slipper Room for fun, drinks, and music at 7:30 (NO COVER). Author and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153girlbomb\u00e2\u20ac\u009d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smallspiralnotebook.com\/interviews\/2006\/07\/janice_erlbaum_author_of_girlb.shtml\">Janice Erlbaum<\/a>, award-winning novelist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tayarijones.com\/\">Tayari Jones<\/a>, and hotshot indy rockers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/royalpinkrocks\">Royal Pink<\/a> will all be there.  (And so will I!)<\/p>\n<p>The video above showcases some amazing girls from the June 2007 Girls Write Now Spring Reading at Barnes &amp; Noble Astor Place in New York City.  Click play and you&#8217;ll see why I love this organization so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quick pitch: So this year I&#8217;ve joined the Advisory Board of Girls Write Now. Staffed almost exclusively by volunteers, GWN runs a lean operation. We need help to continue and expand our services to more girls in New York City. Before the year&#8217;s end, I&#8217;m hoping to be making the largest donation I have ever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1901,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21328],"class_list":["post-367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1901"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/girlwpen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}