Movie outing with Charity Johnson on 11/7/09

Went to see COCO BEFORE CHANEL with CJ at Laemmle's Royal Theater in West LA.

Main topics discussed:

• themes of the film and their application to CJ's own situation
• continuing education options (courses in the humanities, patternmaking, writing)

Actions taken:

• decided to use biography of Coco Chanel to model part of CJ's mentoring assignment
• referred CJ to Yotam Solomon re: patternmaking courses
• made plans to view additional movies with CJ such as PRECIOUS and THE END OF POVERTY? for enrichment purposes
• agreed to critique CJ's film reviews as a writing exercise

Mentoring meeting with Charity Johnson on 11/3/09

Met with CJ at Campanile (624 S. La Brea) at 5:30 p.m. to set our mentoring agenda for the next nine months. Wish us luck!!

Main topics discussed:

• marketing of reconstructed t-shirt line
• networking
• plagiarism
• publishing
• workplace concerns
  
• writing improvement strategies

Actions taken:

marketing of reconstructed t-shirt line

• discussed CJ's situation with Yotam Solomon and Kris Willey
• requested sample black ruffled t-shirt from CJ to wear to green networking events
• offered CJ advice about FB business page

networking

• gave CJ general tips about how to MAKE and MAINTAIN contacts
  
• sent CJ FB Friend Requests relevant to both fashion and fiction
• sent CJ FB Group Requests for Essays into English, Gutsy Gals, WeHo Women's Mastermind Group
• invited CJ to WOTGG holiday event on 11/18 as a "shadow"

plagiarism

• referred CJ to intellectual property lawyer and former JVS mentee Olga Zalomiy

publishing

• discussed the ins and outs of the business with CJ in detail
• provided CJ with some contact info from the WeHo Book Fair

workplace concerns

• discussed grievance options with CJ

writing improvement strategies

• edited CJ's celebrity bio sample online
• made suggestions to CJ about specific issues such as repetitiveness
• recommended Gucker's ESSENTIAL ENGLISH GRAMMAR and Fogarty's GRAMMAR GIRL'S QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS FOR BETTER WRITING to CJ (to be bartered for t-shirt)