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January 2019
WAM LEVEL 1 – Intro to Audio Production & Recording
Join Women's Audio Mission to learn audio recording and production in a professional recording studio environment! In this 8-class series you will: Gain an understanding of the physics and science behind sound and how it affects the recording process Learn signal flow and the recording chain Learn how microphones work and basic microphone skills Learn the basics of digital audio and recording with digital audio workstations like Pro Tools How to solder and make your own cables! Includes a free…
Find out more »Local Sirens Music Performance
Local Sirens is a free, quarterly music performance series presented by Women’s Audio Mission featuring emerging and established local woman-identified (transgender or cisgender), non-binary or gender non-conforming artists. This January 2019, Local Sirens kicks off with a showcase of classically trained musicians who venture far outside of the box, exploring electronics, pop, and folk idioms, to create original compositions and arrangements. This concert will include performances by Real Vocal String Quartet (RVSQ), Hae Voces, and For Now. For more information…
Find out more »Signs & Indicators of Labor & Human Trafficking
Please join the San Francisco District Attorney's Office for their Annual Human Trafficking Awareness Event. January is Human Trafficking Awareness month and this year’s theme is “Signs & Indicators of Labor & Human Trafficking”. Our community partners will join us in collaborative efforts to combat Human Trafficking. Keynote Speakers: Kim Wong, Resident Agent in Charge - Homeland Security Investigations Saerom Choi, Anti-Trafficking Project Manager - Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach Jennifer Tse - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Community Partners: Huckleberry…
Find out more »February 2019
Roe v. Wade Luncheon
Please join Planned Parenthood Mar Monte for their annual Roe v. Wade Luncheon! The event will feature celebrated feminist writer, Rebecca Traister, with a Q&A Session and book signing after the luncheon. Rebecca Traister, author of the recently released Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger, is acclaimed for her essays and books about the evolution of women’s rights, including the 2016 New York Timesbestseller, All The Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. Books will be available for sale at this event, courtesy of Bookshop…
Find out more »IMPACT Teen Course (Oakland)
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 »Latina Business Leaders: Diverse Pathways to Success
Finding your way forward in the business world takes resilience, ingenuity and business savvy, just like it did over 100 years ago for Juana Briones, the subject of a new exhibit at the Los Altos History Museum. A panel of modern Latina leaders will share their diverse career paths to success - the hallmark of Silicon Valley - at this free event. Space is limited, so register early! Join us for a pre-event reception and a special viewing of the…
Find out more »Rape on the Night Shift: Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Sexual harassment, sexual assault, and labor trafficking among immigrant women in the janitorial industry are prevalent. Since this film debuted in 2015, the #MeToo Movement has exploded and a wave of sexual harassment laws and reforms, including a new law in California that mandates sexual harassment training for all janitorial companies, have been adopted. This event will update and inform the audience on these major developments. Panelists: Ruth Silver Taube (Moderator) Andres Cediel, Filmmaker Perla Flores, Community Solutions Rebeca Armendariz,…
Find out more »IMPACT Teen Course (Palo Alto)
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 »Introduction to Empowerment Self-Defense (Oakland)
Join IMPACT Bay Area for their Introduction of Empowerment Self-Defense class! This three-hour training covers street safety and awareness, physical and verbal boundary setting, and full force self-defense skills proven effective at increasing safety and confidence. Students get the unique and powerful experience of practicing their techniques full force in safe and realistic scenarios against a padded mock assailant. This is a great class to take if you are considering a full-length Women’s or Young Adult Basics course, and attendees…
Find out more »IMPACT Women’s Basics 3 Day Course
IMPACT Bay Area's core adult program is the Women’s Basics Course. This course covers situational awareness, the recognition and use of intuition, verbal and emotional boundary setting and effective, accessible physical self-defense. Women's Basics covers defense against attacks made by a single, unarmed assailant - the most common form of assault. For maximum individual instruction, classes are limited to 16 students. This class is open to all woman-identified adults aged 18 and older, and does not rely on physical fitness…
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