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July 2019
Beginner Oakland Filmmaking Bootcamp
Reel Stories' Beginner Filmmaking Bootcamp is for 12-18 year old girls and gender non-conforming youth (rising 7th-12th graders.) In this program, attendees get to work in small, collaborative groups, to write, shoot, edit and broadcast their own short films. Camp Reel Stories is the only media program led by professionals in the Media Industry. Join us this summer to show the world your stories. Your audience is waiting! Find more information and registration here. This event is hosted by Camp…
Find out more »Transitions Camp
Join GirlVentures for Transitions! Transitions is for girls and gender non-conforming youth entering 9th grade . Participants spend 14 days and 13 nights backpacking, camping, and climbing in the high Sierra, North West of Kings Canyon National Park. All gear, food, and transportation is provided and no prior experience is necessary. Courses begin between 8-9 am on the first day and end between 4 -6 pm on the last day. Transitions serves as great next step after the Project Courage…
Find out more »Herbal Medicine Day Camp
Join Gaia Girls for a summer day camp! Having the knowledge to treat common ailments with the plants that grow in the East Bay in many of our back yards builds connection and personal resilience! LEARN to identify plant families and common herbal applications CONNECT to the plant world as life-long friends and allies CREATE herbal medicines from plants we meet along the way Girls will learn basic plant botany and ID, herbal actions of plants, devote time for plant journaling and poetry, and create several herbal medicine…
Find out more »Builder Bootcamp (Week 1)
Join Girls Garage for a summer camp! Over a week-long “bootcamp for builders” experience, girls will design and build projects to take home as well as projects responding to real-world challenges. Along the way, girls will learn skills in carpentry, graphic design, metalwork, collaboration, and teamwork. Our summer camps are taught by talented female educators and builders with decades of experience. Enrollment is limited to 16, at a 4:1 instructor-to-camper ratio. Two snacks per day will be provided, but girls…
Find out more »San Francisco Girls Chorus Summer Camp
SFGC’s one-week Summer Chorus Camp is open to all girls between the ages of 4-11 who are interested in music and singing. Daily activities will include: singing games, folk dancing and singing, music theory, movement and stage presence, songwriting/composition, and a final showcase performance! SFGC offers two camp sections - one for singers ages of 4-6 (current SFGC Prep Chorus singers are encouraged to join this camp) and a second for singers ages of 7-11 (current SFGC Training Chorus, Level…
Find out more »IMPACT Teen Course
IMPACT Bay Area's 10-hour Teen Course is designed for self-identified girls ages 12-16. This course focuses on preventing stranger and peer violence while empowering students to understand, respect, and defend their own boundaries. This course gives students the opportunity to practice verbal boundary setting with strangers as well as people they know. We teach a range of physical self-defense skills practiced full force in realistic and safe scenarios against a mock assailant. This method of teaching provides the benefits of…
Find out more »Builder Bootcamp (Week 2)
Join Girls Garage for a summer camp! Over a week-long “bootcamp for builders” experience, girls will design and build projects to take home as well as projects responding to real-world challenges. Along the way, girls will learn skills in carpentry, graphic design, metalwork, collaboration, and teamwork. Our summer camps are taught by talented female educators and builders with decades of experience. Enrollment is limited to 16, at a 4:1 instructor-to-camper ratio. Two snacks per day will be provided, but girls…
Find out more »AFG Office Warming and Celebration of the Young Women’s Leadership Board
This year has been marked by exciting changes and growth for Alliance for Girls, and that includes moving from our wonderful tenancy at The Simpson Center for Girls to our very own office in beautiful Preservation Park, downtown Oakland. Please join us for our office warming on Tuesday, July 30th and celebrate with us! This celebration is two-fold, as we'll also be honoring our graduating Young Women’s Leadership Board members who have spent the past two years working with AFG…
Find out more »On the Rise Camp
On The Rise is backpacking course for youth entering 10th, 11th, or 12th grade. Participants spend 12 days and 11 nights backpacking and camping in the High Sierra. All gear, food, and transportation is provided. While living together in a self designed community that reflects the values chosen by the group, students explore concepts such as trust, social justice, identity, and leadership in depth. Backpacking provides the format and structure through which young people can develop the physical, emotional, and social tools…
Find out more »August 2019
IMPACT Teen Course
IMPACT Bay Area's 10-hour Teen Course is designed for self-identified girls ages 12-16. This course focuses on preventing stranger and peer violence while empowering students to understand, respect, and defend their own boundaries. This course gives students the opportunity to practice verbal boundary setting with strangers as well as people they know. We teach a range of physical self-defense skills practiced full force in realistic and safe scenarios against a mock assailant. This method of teaching provides the benefits of…
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