Women's Audio Mission
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Mission Statement
Women's Audio Mission (WAM) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of women/girls in STEM/creative technology. WAM uses music/media to attract and connect 2,000+ at-risk Bay Area girls/women every year to free STEM/creative technology training, mentoring, and career/educational counseling. WAM helps girls use technology to amplify their voices and creativity, inspiring them to become innovators. WAM was created to address two critical issues: 1. An alarming 70% decline in young women enrolling in college STEM programs - since 2000 (2016 UCLA study). 2. < 5% of the people creating and shaping all of the sounds, messages and media in our lives are women (2018 USC Annenberg Study).
About This Cause
*Organization's Mission Statement Women's Audio Mission (WAM) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit dedicated to the advancement of women/girls/gender-diverse individuals in STEM/creative technology. WAM uses music and media to attract and connect 2,000+ low-income Bay Area girls as well as women every year to free (for youth) and low-cost (for adults) STEM/creative technology training, mentoring, career and educational counseling. WAM helps girls use technology to amplify their voices and creativity, inspiring them to become innovators. WAM was created to address two critical issues: 1. An alarming 70% decline in young women enrolling in college STEM programs - since 2000 (2016 UCLA study). 2. < 5% of the people creating and shaping all of the sounds, messages and media in our lives are women (2018 USC Annenberg Study). Accomplishments: * Named "Best of San Francisco 2019 - Best Hope for the Future of Music" by SF Weekly * Awarded a $1M gift from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott in 2021, calling WAM, "one of the empowering voices the world needs to hear" * Featured in Billboard Magazine: https://wam.rocks/billboard2019 * 4,500+ STEM/creative tech classes given to 18,000 women/girls * Placed 800+ women in creative tech/STEM jobs (Dolby, Sony, Pixar, Disney, Pandora, Google, Electronic Arts, Facebook, etc.) * White House Office of Social Innovation studied WAM's revolutionary methods of using music and media to attract at-risk girls to STEM studies as part of President Obama's "Educate to Innovate" program * Awarded 2018 Silicon Valley STEM Innovation Award and two Google RISE Awards for our STEM curriculum. * Success of WAM's Girls on the Mic program attracted an investment from Intel to pilot the program in San Jose. * Produced/recorded award-winning projects/performances for 400+ artists including Sheila E., Beyonce's Touring Band, Kronos Quartet, Neko Case, Angélique Kidjo (2014 GRAMMY), tUnE-yArDs, Toro Y Moi, and more, providing paid freelance work for 350+ women * Invited to advise the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs) & Academy of Country Music's Diversity & Inclusion Task Forces * Recent selected press: o Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylrobinson/2020/12/08/how-terri-winston-built-the-first-professional-recording-studio-run-by-women/?sh=2cf0f061abbd o Billboard Magazine: https://wam.rocks/billboard2019 o Fox/KTVU: https://wam.rocks/ktvu o NBC Bay Area: https://wam.rocks/NBCBayArea2018