Girls Rock!

Champaign-Urbana

About Us

Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana seeks to create a culture of positive self-esteem for girls, transgender, and gender non-conforming youth in our community. Teaching folks how to start a band, write a song, record a track, and play a gig are simply the means by which we hope to achieve this goal, as an investment in our future. Established in 2016, Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana is a member of the Girls Rock Camp Alliance.

Our Mission

Girls Rock! Champaign-Urbana’s mission is to empower girls, women, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks using the tools of music education to foster self-esteem and confidence.

• We value the power of music as a means to create personal and social change

• We value efforts that actively expand opportunities for girls, women, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks

• We value positive approaches to fighting sexism

• We value integrity, honesty, and respect

• We value appropriate sharing of resources, cooperation, and collaboration

• We value using our collective voice to further our mission

• We value diversity.

Through our music education programs and summer camp, we are committed to educating girls, women, transgender, and gender non-conforming folks about the musical, technical, and creative aspects involved in musicianship because we believe that young girls are rarely encouraged to explore self-expressive creative outlets and are less likely to be given access to musical and technical instruction or equipment.

We believe that rock music can be a crucial tool in allowing young people to respond to preconceived notions of what they can do and what they can become.