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There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty right now, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. Together, we have power — the power of knowledge, the power of coming together, and the power to act.

The following resource guides are intended to support California youth and the organizations that support them. The guides were curated by Alliance for Girls and its member organizations to meet this moment.

To add resources, suggest a guide topic, or if you have questions or comments, please e-mail: resources@alliance4girls.org

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Here are important resources — across all topics — to check regularly during this turbulent time:

THIS INTERACTIVE DIRECTORY IS

comprised of some organizations

that provide programming and/or services for girls and/or gender expansive youth in California, with a focus on the Bay Area and Los Angeles County.

Please note that the following is not a comprehensive directory of all girl and/or gender-expansive youth-serving organizations in California. In order to be included on AFG’s Girls Resource Hub, an organization must complete this form sharing the name of their organization, the ages of girls and/or gender-expansive youth they serve, the cost of their services, their contact information and website, and a brief description of the services that they provide to girls and/or gender-expansive youth.

AFG encourages all users to do more research about the organizations on this list if they are interested in accessing their services and/or programming to ensure it is a good fit for them. The list is intended only as a resource and inclusion on the list does not indicate endorsement of the organization by AFG’s Girls Resources Hub. 

If you have any questions or concerns about the Girls Resource Hub or any of the organizations listed, please email us at kailin@alliance4girls.org.

  
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AFG Member, Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Education Wild Awake

Bay Area Girls Club

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

  2. n/a

We offer a safe and structured after-school environment where girls gain the foundation to help them reach their maximum potential. 

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What they offer

Body Image, Camp, Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Crafts, Cultural Education/Awareness, Employment Training, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Media Literacy, Mentoring/Tutoring, STEM Training, Technology Training, Writing

Languages

English

Identities served

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Bay Area Girls Club (formerly Girls Inc. of West Contra Costa County). continues to positively impact low-income girls with our proven and effective educational programming that empowers girls to be the game changers of tomorrow. We teach school-aged girls, ages 5-18 years old to be productive and independent adults.

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AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake

Gaia Passages

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

  2. n/a

Gaia Girls Passages offers earth based girls groups and summer camp supporting girls grades K-12 for the journey from childhood to adolescence.

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What they offer

Crafts, Music, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Camp, Outdoor Experience

Languages

English

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Our focuses include nature connection, crafts, and skills, emotional intelligence, improvisational theatre, an intergenerational female community, and a supported rite of passage all helping to raise your daughter into a confident and thriving young woman. The number one thing girls and parents say about their time at Gaia Girls, is that it is a place where girls can truly be themselves!

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AFG Member, Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Education Wild Awake

The Hamlin School

  1. 6-10, 11-14

  2. n/a

Our K-8 educational program aims to develop the intellect, character and citizenship of each girl to its highest potential. Over the course of their years at Hamlin, girls build confidence, tenacity, and resilience by engaging in an intellectually demanding and stimulating academic program.

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What they offer

Day School, Outdoor Experience, STEM Training, Team Sports

Languages

English

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Learning at Hamlin is purposeful, joyful, and expansive. Hamlin girls learn inside the classrooms of our urban campus and outside in the greater Bay Area: in national parks, museums, and online. Through service learning and community partnerships, our girls are taught that learning at school has immediate relevance in real-life., We believe that success in the 21st century requires an intentional focus on critical thinking and problem solving, effective oral and written communication, collaboration, and creativity. While we embrace the importance of content knowledge in our program, we also are ignited by the words of our founder Sarah Dix Hamlin, who asserted that "the mere knowledge of the facts would be insufficient" to prepare the girls to meet the challenges of their time. Thus, our educational program emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge and its application in new and unfamiliar contexts. We strive for breadth and depth. We value engagement as well as reflection.

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AFG Member, Advocacy and Media Wild Awake AFG Member, Advocacy and Media Wild Awake

New Moon Girls

  1. 6-10, 11-14

  2. n/a

We amplify girls' opinions, activism, sisterhood, writing & art in both our magazine and online.

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What they offer

Advocacy Action, Advocacy Training, Body Image, Career Awareness, Crafts, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Media Literacy, Media Skills Training, Mental Health, Mentoring/Tutoring, Social Justice, STEM Training, Technology Training, Visual Arts, Writing

Languages

English

Identities served

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We give girls freedom to be themselves with Courage, Creativity, Compassion & Community. We help girls, parents and allies fight sexism and racism together in their communities. Ad-free New Moon Girls is the supportive publisher and global community for girls, parents & allies. We feature the highest quality girl-created content by and for ages 8 and up. Our print magazine has won numerous Parents' Choice awards and the Golden Lamp for educational publishing. For parents and allies we offer the best resources and advice to understand girls' development and how to emotionally support girls during the many changes of adolescence.

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AFG Member, Leadership Development Wild Awake AFG Member, Leadership Development Wild Awake

Girl Leadership

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

  2. n/a

We provide programs for girls, workshops for families, and professional development training for teachers, guidance counselors, and non-profit staff.

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What they offer

Camp, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Research

Languages

English

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We teach girls to exercise the power of their voice through programs grounded in social-emotional learning. Girls Leadership centers gender and racial equity in our work to address the internal and external barriers to leadership development. There are 25 million K-12th grade girls in the United States. If you combine the efforts of all national girl-serving organizations, they collectively are only reaching about three million, or about 12% of the country’s girls, leaving a staggering 22 million girls in the US without support. Girls Leadership’s bold goal is to close that gap.

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Career Girls

  1. 6-10, 11-14

  2. n/a

Career Girls is dedicated to providing young girls of all income levels and ethnic backgrounds with the academic tools and support they need to achieve their professional aspirations.

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What they offer

Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, STEM Training

Languages

English

Identities served

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CareerGirls.Org is a free, noncommercial, online platform that showcases video clips of diverse women role models sharing career and educational advice to inspire young girls to expand their horizons, improve their academic performance, and dream big about their futures. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit.

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SquashDrive

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

  2. n/a

That's why we provide students in underserved Oakland communities with an after-school enrichment program that promotes academic, athletic, and personal growth through education, squash, and community service. 

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What they offer

Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Individual Athletics, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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At SquashDrive, we believe that all children deserve to be happy, safe, and supported as they build the skills necessary to live out their dreams. We foster and ignite the drive within each of our kids to be successful, well-rounded individuals who contribute greatly to society. We want them to dream big and follow through on those dreams.

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AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake

Coaching Corps

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

  2. n/a

Coaching Corps is committed to recruiting, training and supporting coaches so that they may guide youth in under-resourced communities to ensure kids can benefit from the positive impact sports and coaches can have on their lives.

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What they offer

Individual Athletics, Legal Advocacy, Life Skills, Outdoor Experience, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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Coaching Corps recruits, trains and supports energetic community members to use sport to teach kids living in under-resourced communities valuable life lessons and inspire them to reach their full potential.

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AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake

Skate Like a Girl

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

  2. n/a

Skate Like a Girl (501c3) is a unique organization providing an innovative approach to empowerment, hosting regular skateboarding clinics, sessions and volunteer opportunities, to especially support the growth of women, girls, queer, trans, non-binary, and other non-traditional skaters.

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What they offer

Camp, Individual Athletics, LGBTQ Services, Leadership Development, Mentoring/Tutoring, Outdoor Experience, Social Justice, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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AFG Member, Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Education Wild Awake

Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley

  1. 6-10, 11-14

  2. n/a

At Girls on the Run of Silicon Valley, we offer life-changing, physical activity-based after-school programs for girls in 3rd through 8th grades throughout Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties.

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What they offer

Body Image, Individual Athletics, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring

Languages

English

Identities served

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Our goal is to educate and prepare girls for a lifetime of self-respect and healthy living. We inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running. During our 10-week programs, the girls train for the Girls on the Run 5K run/walk while learning life skills such as healthy decision-making and teamwork. Running is used to inspire and motivate girls, encourage lifelong health and fitness, and build confidence through accomplishment. At each season's conclusion, the girls and their running buddies complete a 5K running event. Completing a 5K gives the girls a tangible sense of achievement as well as a framework for setting and achieving life goals. The result: making the seemingly impossible, possible and teaching girls that they can.

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AFG Member, Health Services Wild Awake AFG Member, Health Services Wild Awake

Planned Parenthood Mar Monte

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

  2. n/a

We reach people through our medical services, education programs and advocacy initiatives.

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What they offer

Advocacy Action, LGBTQ Services, Life Skills, Medical Screening/Treatment, Social Justice

Languages

English

Identities served

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Planned Parenthood Mar Monte improves and transforms the lives of about 250,000 youth and adults every year in 29 counties throughout mid-California and 13 counties in Northern Nevada.

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AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Outdoor Education Wild Awake

Bay Area Disc Association

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

  2. n/a

Bay Area Disc’s mission is to serve, strengthen, and grow the Ultimate community by creating opportunities for athletes of all ages and backgrounds to interact, develop, and compete. In all aspects of our work and play, we embrace and promote Spirit of the Game.

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What they offer

Camp, Leadership Development, Team Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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We envision a Bay Area full of healthy, thriving, compassionate, and skilled individuals who live in strong, inclusive, equitable, and interconnected communities. We use the unique sport of Ultimate to improve individuals and communities, creating the future we want to see.

BADA is centered on four core values: Fun ~ Respect ~ Community ~ Belonging

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AFG Member, Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Education Wild Awake

SFMHEF

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

  2. n/a

San Francisco Mental Health Education Funds provide support and facilitate the representation of the community in mental health activities by providing services for community groups working in conjunction with mental health activities; providing funds for educational activities conducted by and for community advisory boards; and conducting research, educational and other activities in the area of mental health.

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What they offer

Advocacy Action, Advocacy Training.

Languages

English

Identities served

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Girls Garage

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

  2. n/a

Girls Garage is a nonprofit design and building program and dedicated workspace for girls and female-identifying youth ages 9-18. 

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What they offer

Camp, Career Awareness, Crafts, Employment Training, Entrepreneurship, Life Skills, Social Justice, STEM Training, Technology Training, Visual Arts

Languages

English

Identities served

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Founded in 2013, Girls Garage is the first-ever design and building workshop for female youth in the United States. Through after-school and summer pathways, Girls Garage provides free and low-cost programs in carpentry, welding, architecture, engineering, and activist art to a diverse community of 200 girls per year. Integrating technical skills, college/career guidance, and community leadership, our programs equip girls with tools to build the world they want to see. In our workshop in Berkeley and under the guidance of our highly skilled all-female staff, we invite girls to bring their creative voice and put technical skills to work on real-world building projects that live in our community. Beyond power tools, Girls Garage is a physical space that provides a supportive and safe environment for girls to exercise voice and power. We provide 1:1 career and academic advising and workshops to develop the confidence and the communication skills to navigate the intersectional challenges facing young girls today. To date, girls have built 130 projects ranging from furniture for a domestic abuse shelter to a greenhouse for a community garden and fruit stand for an organization serving refugee families. All teen participants attend the program at no cost to their families. 66% of girls are girls of color, and 60% of girls attend Girls Garage for 3 or more years.

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AFG Member, Mentoring/Tutoring Wild Awake AFG Member, Mentoring/Tutoring Wild Awake

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area

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

  2. n/a

The hallmark of Big Brothers Big Sisters, this traditional program matches screened adult mentors (Bigs) with enrolled children (Littles) on a one-to-one basis.

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What they offer

Mentoring/Tutoring

Languages

English

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This program requires a one year commitment and the matches meet weekly (or several times per month), on days and times convenient to both. The matches spend their time together engaged in activities that are of mutual interest, such as playing ball, going to parks or beaches, touring museums, cheering on local sports teams or simply hanging out. There are no mandated activities  research shows that the level of connection, rather than what the matches do together, is the most significant factor in positive outcomes from the match. Mentors are provided with training, support and guidance from professional agency staff to help nurture a healthy, lasting relationship between each Big and Little., , , , Some Bigs meet their Littles on the weekends. Others get together with their Littles in the evenings. Each match is unique and develops a schedule that works for them.

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AFG Member, Arts Wild Awake AFG Member, Arts Wild Awake

Dimensions Dance Theater

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

  2. n/a

Our youth Rites of Passage (ROP) dance program brings the transformative power of the arts to youth in systemically underserved east bay neighborhoods. 

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What they offer

Dance

Languages

English

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Dimensions Dance Theater was founded in 1972, and over the past 4 decades has become widely recognized for its presentation of traditional African dances and contemporary choreography drawn from African, jazz, and modern dance idioms. The program serves roughly 1,000 youth ages 8-18 each year. ROP was initiated in 1993 to offer youth access to the benefits of arts.

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AFG Member, Education Wild Awake AFG Member, Education Wild Awake

Hunnicutt Foundation

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

  2. n/a

One of our primary goals is to educate folks of color, disadvantaged, and working-class individuals about the possibilities that are abundantly available to them and about which they may not be aware.

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What they offer

Advocacy Action, Career Awareness, College Advising/Prep, Employment Training, Entrepreneurship, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Mentoring/Tutoring, Post-Incarceration Support, Social Justice, STEM Training, Technology Training, Writing

Languages

English

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We are a new organization, and we seek to address issues that are not being discussed. Our goal is to provide programs that are not presently available, collaborate with partners when possible, and act to eliminate situations that hinder girls, women, and families from success.

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Girls Leading Girls

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

  2. n/a

Girls Leading Girls empowers girls through soccer and leadership training. 

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What they offer

Advocacy, Leadership Development, Life Skills, Sports

Languages

English

Identities served

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Girls Leading Girls is building a system of training, motivation, team governance, and game strategy that fits girls’ needs – and differences.

In everything they do, they strive to promote the following core values:

Soccer: Fortify girls’ life skills through the lessons of sports and friendly competition.

Leadership: Empower girls to be leaders within their own communities.

Advocacy: Amplify the voices of the disadvantaged and teach allyship, self-advocacy, and empathy.

Community: We are stronger together as a collective group working for the same goals regardless of our backgrounds.

Communication: Teach girls and coaches the power of their voice as vital in building their confidence on and off the field.

Safety: Girls Leading Girls provide a safe space physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially for girls to thrive and be themselves.

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    • General California 844-878-7801 (844-TRUST-01)

    • Alameda County 510-241-4011

    • Contra Costa County 925-900-5151

    • Marin County 415-991-4545

    • San Francisco 415-200-1548

    • San Mateo County 203-666-4472 (203-NOMIGRA)

    • Santa Clara County 408-290-1144

    • 510-251-2070

    • misssey.org

    MISSSEY works to prevent girls and gender-expansive youth from ever entering circumstances of sexual exploitation and violence. We also support young people who are experiencing exploitation to exit. Once they’ve exited, we partner with youth so that they may avoid re-entering sexually exploitative circumstances and live free of harmful transactional relationships.

Bay Area Hotlines

National Hotlines

    • 1-800-799-SAFE (1-800-799-7233)

    • 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)

    • www.ndvh.org

    • Disability rights: 1-877-350-5441

    • Girls in sports: 1-877-593-0074

    • Racial equality: 1-415-864-8848

    • Work & family: 1-415-593-0033

    • www.legalaidatwork.org

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