Oasis For Girl's RISE Life Skills Education Program is a 10 week paid program for up to 20 high school aged girls and slightly beyond. It is offered three times per year. RISE supports young women in making healthy choices through workshops on Anti-oppression, Self Esteem, Body Image, Stress Management, Healthy Relationships, Safer Sex, Educational Options, Career Planning, Mental Health, Nutrition, Sexual Harassment, and Self-Defense.

Girl 2 Girl (G2G), is an arts-based, life skills education program for up to 15 middle school girls, held on middle school sites in San Francisco. Girls have held performances at Bindlestiff Studios in the SoMa neighborhood, have performed at the Zeum as a project with Worls Savvy addressing issues around immigration and identity, and more recently at Intersection for the Arts, and have created zines about what it means to be a powerful girl.

Girl 2 Girl held a successful semester at Francisco Middle School in Fall 2008 and worked in collaboration with Bessie Middle School in Spring 2009 to hold onsite programs at Oasis as well as school wide antihomophobia and sexual harrassment trainings. The 2009-2010 academic year program takes place International Studies Academy.

Girl 2 Girl teaches life skills while challenging girls to think critically about cultural identity, community, economic equity, self-esteem, health, and safety through arts-based workshops.

Check out the summer 2006 Girl 2 Girl Zine here!

What say about G2G:

“I have accomplished what I want to do in Girl 2 Girl and have new friends.”

“I am a girl and I can dance!”

“I got stuff, talent, and good grades”