1. 1-14, 14-18

2. n/a

• 2740 De La Briandais Ct. Pinole CA 94612

• (510) 758-2200‬

• info@jazzwomenadvocates.org

• www.jazzwomenadvocates.org

JazzWomen and Girls Advocates promotes the visibility of women and girls instrumentalists in the art form known as jazz. 

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Camp, Career Awareness, Counseling - Peer, Employment Training, Leadership Development, Mentoring/Tutoring, Music

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Studies find that girls do not pursue jazz after middle school because often there are few girls in bands and few girls are chosen for select jazz bands.  Middle school is particularly difficult for girls because they want to fit in.  In jazz, the boys step in and take the solos.  The girls become wrongly convinced they do not have these soloing skills or lead part abilities.  There is also a shortage of female instructors.  Some male instructors encourage the girls but there is a stronger connection when the boys and girls realize that women are professionals and role models.  Then we have the male instructors who let these diminishing expectations for girls run rampant in their classrooms and practice sessions.  The jazz world is quite traditional and misogynistic.  One-on-one instruction provides opportunities for sexual assault and/or harassment and girls must be prepared. The girl’s camp specifically teaches girls how to react and who to turn to in order to become full musicians.  Our instructors have seen it all, from anti-gay behavior to sexual harassment and abuse.  Girls are taught to become allies with one another and by their choice, leaders of their bands. The teachers create a road map for successful musical practice, musicianship, instrument facility, and soloing strategies.  There is some focus on music theory and the history of women in jazz.  We also hold jazz jams where girls are invited to play with older female players.  Girls are encouraged to join our advocacy efforts.  Some girls may have repercussions if they are associated with a group that challenges male norms in jazz and their identity must then remain secret.  We serve to help girls realize their amateur or professional aspirations.

1. 0-2, 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• 375 South Third Street, San Jose CA 95112

• (408) 295-4011 ext: 3310

• info@yourywca.org

• www.yourywca.org

YWCA Silicon Valley is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Advocacy Training, Counseling, Counseling - Group, Counseling - Individual, Counseling - Domestic Violence, Cultural Education/Awareness, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Preschool, Sexual Abuse Treatment, Social Justice, STEM Training

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English

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At YWCA Silicon Valley, one of the first multiservice agencies in the Bay Area, we are committed to eliminating racism and empowering women by not only a depth of direct service to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking, but also towards bold systems change.YWCA is on a mission to empower by working to end racism and violence, to achieve solutions for survivors of violence facing homelessness and to inspire by closing the education and prosperity gap.

1. 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• 1441 Franklin Street, Oakland CA 94612

• 510-545-6642

• info@oaklandnatives.org

• www.oaklandnatives.org

Oakland Natives Give Back tackles the most pressing ills of the day by funding, creating, and incubating innovative programs, partnerships, and experiences that empower the next generation of high-achieving young people.

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What They Offer

Body Image, Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Cultural Education/Awareness, Employment Training, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Media Skills Training, Mental Health, Social Justice, STEM Training, Writing

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English

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One such program is called The Girls Equity Movement.  The Girls Equity Movement aims to catalyze change by equipping the next generation of socially conscious entrepreneurs, executives, innovators, investors, and legislators with the network, training, and leadership skills they need to change the world.

1. 3-5, 6-10

2. n/a

• 3543 18th Street San Francisco CA 94110

• (415) 863-8942

• INFO@GOTRBAYAREA.ORG

• www.therepproject.org

Girls on the Run of the Bay Area (GOTR) inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, hands-on curriculum which creatively integrates running.

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What They Offer

Body Image, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Outdoor Experience

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English

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Girls on the Run of the Bay Area (GOTR) inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, hands-on curriculum which creatively integrates running. Girls' empowerment is central to our mission which we reach via three key pillars in our program: goal-setting, emotional and social curriculum, and athletic achievement. We aim to ensure that every girl, no matter her activity level, ethnicity, race or economic status, benefits from our program.

1. 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• n/a

• n/a

• n/a

• www.therepproject.org

TRP offers robust training and education to individuals and communities seeking gender equality using film screenings, workshops, and campus ambassador programs, all centralized around transcending gender stereotypes.

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Advocacy Training, Body Image, Cultural Education/Awareness, Media Literacy, Media Skills Training, Social Justice, Technology Training

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English

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The Representation Project (TRP) is a cutting-edge global 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to gender equality by exposing harmful gender stereotypes in media and culture and advocating for an end to limiting gender norms. We transform culture by shifting the public’s attitudes and behavior around limiting gender stereotypes and norms through the use of documentary films, education, and activism. In 2011, Jennifer Siebel Newsom founded TRP in response to the overwhelming public demand for ongoing education and social action in support of her first film, Miss Representation. Since then, TRP released Newsom’s second film, The Mask You Live In, and a third film, The Great American Lie. The organization is well known for creating popular social media activism campaigns such as #NotBuyingIt, #AskHerMore, and #RepresentHer. We give voice to the next generation of change agents through youth education and activation programs, including an online youth media lab and media training academies for students.

1. 14-18

2. n/a

• 1900 Fruitvale Ave, Oakland CA 94601

• (510) 535-7175

• admin@unitycouncil.org

• www.unitycouncil.org

The Unity Council sponsors gender based programming at two OUSD High Schools (skyline and fremont).

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Body Image, Career Awareness, Cultural Education/Awareness, Employment Training, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Social Justice

Languages

English

Identities served

1. n/a

2. n/a

• P.O. Box 170508 San Francisco, CA 94117

• (415) 312-7787

• info@ywcp.org

• www.ywcp.org

The award-winning Young Women’s Choral Projects of San Francisco is a world-class choral organization for young women ages 4-18.

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What They Offer

Music

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English

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Under the direction of Interim Artistic Director Martín Benvenuto, choristers from diverse backgrounds find their voices as singers, artists and women in a nurturing and joyful musical environment that empowers them to achieve artistic and personal excellence. YWCP creates high-quality choral music for the San Francisco Bay Area, the nation and the world.

1. 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• 555 12th Street, Suite 600 Oakland, CA 94607

• (510) 285-5500

• n/a

• www.riseuptogether.org

Rise Up activates women and girls to transform their lives, families and communities for a more just and equitable world through investment in local solutions, strengthening leadership, and building movements.

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Advocacy Training, Cultural Education/Awareness, Social Justice

Languages

English

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Since 2009, our powerful network of over 600 leaders has successfully advocated for 120 new and improved laws and policies impacting 135 million people in Africa, Latin America, South Asia, and the U.S.

1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14, 14-18

2. n/a

• n/a

• (800) 447-4475

• info@gsnorcal.org

• www.gsnorcal.org

Girl Scouts' mission is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

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What They Offer

Camp, Career Awareness, Crafts, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Outdoor Experience

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English

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Girl Scouts of Northern California serves a diverse membership of more than 44,000 girls and over 29,000 adult members in a nineteen-county area from Gilroy to the Oregon border. We create opportunities girls want and experiences that change lives. Girl Scouts of Northern California serves 19 counties in Northern California which include: Alameda, Butte, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, San Mateo, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehema, and Trinity Counties.

1. 11-14, 14-18

2. n/a

• n/a

• n/a

• n/a

• www.lemontwist.net

Transcending the boundaries of traditional women’s apparel, LEMON TWIST is a design-driven brand free from passing trends, known for its highly tailored & detail-oriented women’s wear.

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What They Offer

Camp, Life Skills

Languages

English

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Lemon Twist has been designing and making women’s clothing in San Francisco for 20 years. We have been featured in local, national, and worldwide media outlets. We would like to pass some of our knowledge on to aspiring young designers. LEMON TWIST is the brainchild of founders Eric and Danette Scheib. The collaboration between art and fashion has been at the very core of LEMON TWIST. Building a community of like-minded individuals of all ages and backgrounds through fashion, performance art, classes, camps, gallery openings and much more. LEMON TWIST - San Francisco’s freshest gear. Every stitch is made right here!

1. 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• PO Box 72213, Oakland CA 94612

• (510) 267-1808

• n/a

• www.bayareagirlsrockcamp.org

Bay Area Girls Rock Camp serves self-identified girls, trans, and gender-expansive youth. We use music as a tool for cultivating community, support and power for youth who often struggle to find those things in the music industry and the rest of the world.

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What They Offer

Camp, LGBTQ Services, Media Literacy, Music, Social Justice

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English

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Bay Area Girls Rock Camp serves self-identified girls, trans, and gender-expansive youth. We use music as a tool for cultivating community, support and power for youth who often struggle to find those things in the music industry and the rest of the world. Former BAGRC staff member and longtime community organizer, Shawna Scroggins, came up with an acronym for GIRLS that encompasses who we are as an organization, who we serve, and what we strive to accomplish: Gender Inclusivity through Radical Love and Support. BAGRC runs three youth programs. Summer Camp is a week-long session, of which we have three during the months of June and July. Campers will spend the mornings in instrument instruction, learning either vocals, guitar, bass, drums, or keyboards, and the afternoons in band practice, where they co-write original songs to perform for their family and friends at the end of each session! When they are not in instrument instruction or band practice, they are in workshops which vary day-to-day, but all center around the intersections of art and activism. Girls Rock After School Program (GRASP) is a 10-week program that starts in early January and ends mid-March. Campers meet on Tuesday and/or Thursday afternoons, with Tuesdays being instrument instruction days and Thursdays being band practice days. GRASP campers also attend workshops outside of their instrument and band time. We also have a practice space that is open year-round. The practice space is open to anyone who has attended Summer Camp or GRASP before, and is completely free of cost. It is equipped with instruments so youth don't need to bring their own. The practice space is mentored by an adult volunteer, who can help youth with their instrument or just be there to quietly supervise.

1. 14-18, 18-24

2. n/ahttps://curyj.org

• 2285 International Blvd, Oakland CA 94606

• (501) 232-7230

• help@curyj.org

• www.curyj.org

CURYJ unlocks the leadership of young people to dream beyond bars. We look to young people to lead the way by transforming their community and investing in their healing, activism, and aspirations.

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What They Offer

Advocacy Action, Cultural Education/Awareness, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Post-Incarceration Support, Social Justice

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English

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Since 2011, CURYJ has been building community relationships and mobilizing young leaders to organize and create in the movement to end mass incarceration and youth criminalization. CURYJ was born when our co-founders, who lived through the impacts of systemic violence and incarceration, set out to beautify their neighborhood, engage youth in the area and coordinate pro-bono legal defense for local defendants in the Fruitvale gang injunctions. As defendants and supporters of those targeted by the gang injunction, the five co-founders became powerful advocates at the state capitol and locally, speaking on issues impacting boys and men of color. Early in the journey, CURYJ formed coalitions and partnerships to repeal Prop 21, successfully ending gang injunctions in California and initiated the Aztlán Beautification Movement (ABM) to spread culture and healing art in the streets of Oakland. What had been created went far beyond defeating the gang injunctions, and CURYJ became a family, a safe place and a platform for building community. CURYJ has created opportunities and programming for youth to build their own futures and transform community through culturally rooted healing, relationship building and systems impacted youth-led activism. Recently, CURYJ youth have galvanized people power by organizing to pass Prop 57 (Co-authored by CURYJ) which ended direct file of minors in California. CURYJ is a local member of the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and leads the California Alliance for Youth and Community Justice which is made up of partners from across the state uniting to stop youth incarceration. Through our youth programs, life coaching, policy organizing and restorative retreats and trainings, we are building the world we believe in, where relationships matter and young people from all backgrounds are valued and supported in community.

1. 6-10, 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• PO Box 77582 San Francisco, CA 94107

• n/a

• info@bayareaderby.com

• www.bayareaderby.com

Established in 2004, Bay Area Derby is a full-contact, women’s flat track roller derby league located in Oakland, CA consisting of four home teams, two competitive travel teams, a recreational program, skating and non-skating officials, and many dedicated volunteers.

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What They Offer

Team Sports

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English

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BAD’s community involvement has included participating in the San Francisco PRIDE Parade, skating in the Piedmont Fourth of July Parade, and supporting various fundraisers for other non-profits around The Bay.

1. 3-5, 6-10, 11-14

2. n/a

• PO Box 11123, Oakland CA 94611

• (415) 531-5288

• info@scientificadventures.org

• www.scientificadventures.org

Scientific Adventures for Girls provides after-school STEM programs to TK-5th children with a special focus on girls and underserved youth to increase positive attitudes toward STEM, increase hands-on learning opportunities and encourage lifelong learning of STEM subjects.

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STEM Training

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English

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1. 11-14, 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• 4051 Whittle Ave, Oakland CA

• (510) 992-3240

• blackgirlsbrilliance@gmail.com

• www.blackgirlsbrilliance.org

Black Girls Brilliance is a Global organization with chapters in Oakland, CA, and Johannesburg, South Africa supporting the academic and social-emotional development of middle school girls. 

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What They Offer

Body Image, Camp, Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Counseling, Crafts, Cultural Education/Awareness, LGBTQ Services, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Mentoring/Tutoring, Music, Outdoor Experience, Post-Incarceration Support, Research, Social Justice, STEM Training, Visual Arts, Writing

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English

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Our girls are introduced to various modalities to design to help mitigate the challenges that may be presented in their school life and/or home life.

1. 14-18

2. n/a

• 3501 Civic Center Dr., Rm 415, San Rafael CA 94903

• n/a

• n/a

• www.marinwomenscommission.net

Our mission is to represent women and girls of diverse backgrounds and circumstances and advocate for equality through policy, education, and collaboration.

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What They Offer

Body Image, Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Social Justice

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English

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MARIN WOMEN’S COMMISSION: THE VOICE OF MARIN COUNTY WOMEN AND GIRLS. We are 11 volunteers appointed by the Marin County Supervisors.

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• PO Box 7801, Berkeley CA 94707

• n/a

• info@thebodypositive.org

• www.girlstowomen.org

We founded The Body Positive in 1996 because of our shared passion to create a lively, healing community that offers freedom from suffocating societal messages that keep people in a perpetual struggle with their bodies.

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What They Offer

Camp, Crafts, Dance, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Media Literacy, Music, Outdoor Experience, Social Justice, STEM Training, Technology Training, Visual Arts, Writing

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English

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We have been fortunate to spend our time with a widely diverse group of people for more than two decades. Our work is informed by every one of the precious souls who has honored us by sharing their unique body experience. We have made a commitment to honestly telling our own stories, and offering space for others to do the same without fear of judgment, comparison, or criticism. It is in this type of environment that each one of us can find what we need to become embodied: to tell our own truth and step fully into—and love—our unique selves.

1. 6-10, 11-14

2. n/a

• P.O. Box 50368, East Palo Alto 94303

• (650) 326-6431

• info@girlstowomen.org

• www.girlstowomen.org

Girls to Women partners with Mid-Peninsula families, other local youth development agencies, and local schools to provide year-round programming for local girls, supporting healthy development.

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Camp, Crafts, Dance, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Media Literacy, Music, Outdoor Experience, Social Justice, STEM Training, Technology Training, Visual Arts, Writing

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English

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At the core of our youth development approach is respect for the abilities, knowledge and potential of each girl we serve.

1. 14-18, 18-24

2. n/a

• n/a

• (510) 595-7594

• drjjkelly@gmail.com

• www.drjjkelly.com/

Dr J.J. Kelly teaches 8-week Dialectical Behavioral Therapy courses and gives talks and lectures on DBT and why it’s useful.

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What They Offer

Counseling - Group

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English

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Dr J.J. Kelly teaches 8-week Dialectical Behavioral Therapy courses and gives talks and lectures on DBT and why it’s useful. DBT was originally designed to treat Borderline Personality Disorder, but has been adapted to be useful to anyone and everyone. DBT is less pathologizing than traditional psychotherapy, because the people who are receiving help are considered students, as opposed to sick patients. DBT encourages participants to take their treatment into their own hands, with the support of a professional coach and of a group. Unorthodocs Inc. is a punk alternative to traditional psychotherapy and mental health practices that favors group process, mentorship, peer-coaching, community outreach, laughter & love.

1. 6-10, 11-14

2. n/a

• 7950 Shay Dr, Oakland CA 94605

• (310) 836-5263

• chrissy@gogirlsoakland.com

• www.gogirlsoakland.com/ggc-2021

Go Girls! is a girl empowerment program - winter, spring, summer day camps, and after-school clubs - just for elementary and middle school-aged girls & gender non-conforming kids.

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What They Offer

Crafts, Dance, Media Literacy, Media Skills Training, Music, Social Justice, Theater

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English

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By making theater, art, music, and media, girls learn the skills to love themselves and each other, and make bold and brave choices in their lives and communities. The success of Go Girls! depends on a network of powerful, compassionate, and creative women and allies who are doing their best to be the leaders we want these girls to see.