Girls Rock Campaign Boston -

Girls Rock Campaign Boston empowers girls, women, and youth and adults with marginalized gender identities to believe in themselves by building a supportive community that fosters self-expression, confidence, and collaboration through music education and performance.

GRCB's programs are about way more than just rocking out!

Music education is only one piece of the GRCB mission. At GRCB, music education and performance provide an interactive, hands-on approach to teaching abstract skills like confidence and persistence. By providing opportunities to build musical skills, find and trust their voices, forge positive relationships with peers and mentors, and uncover their potential, GRCB’s programs have transformed the lives of over 1500 of Boston area youth since 2010. What the youth accomplish musically in a 5-day period is remarkable on its own, but the impact of participating in GRCB goes beyond simply receiving music education. We use music and performance as a vehicle to eradicate limiting myths about gender in our society. We create a space where youth are encouraged to sing out, speak up, and make a lot of noise. As one of the few organizations providing creative/musical opportunities focusing on the empowerment and community building of girls, transgender and gender non-conforming youth, GRCB fills an important niche in Greater Boston.

After completing only one week of grCB Programming:
The percentage of youth who agreed or strongly agreed to the statement, “I have good ideas” increased from 73% to 95%.
There was also a 36% increase in youth who strongly agreed with the statement “I can accomplish/reach goals I set for myself.”
Since 2010:
Volunteers have donated over 46,000 hours to empowering youth and adults!
Our programs have supported over 2000 youth and adults in the creation of 430 bands that have on stages all over the Greater Boston area!

My wife and I can say wholeheartedly that our daughter has never evolved so positively from any one program or group such as GRCB. [She] started the week as a girl who would lip sync her way through class performances, and hide behind curtains at school plays. Now she’s doing drum solos in music halls. We would love for her to be a life long musician, but the most important thing is that she becomes a confident, strong, compassionate woman in the future. GRCB showed her exactly how to be just that. We love you guys!

-Parent of 8 year old drummer

When I was behind my [drum] kit, I could see at least 200 people there. I couldn’t stop staring at the crowd. I was so terrified that my arms were spaghetti. Then I counted everybody off and we started. As the crowd got louder, my confidence grew stronger. Then when we were done, I felt so good I could do it again. In this experience, I have learned that girls can do whatever they want. They are like a rock. Nothing could replace them. They are confident even when they don’t show it. Even if they are put down, they will stand back up taller like a skyscraper. They shouldn’t be afraid to try something different.

-Participant, Age 12

My daughter attended the second session this summer and she was definitely EMPOWERED. [She] is shy or better accurately stated – painfully shy. So, I was a little worried when she chose to do vocals. But, when I saw her on the Brighton Music Hall stage singing loud and proud, my worries were laid to rest. Because of you, [she] was able to stand on that stage and do something she never thought she would be able to do. But, now, she too is a BELIEVER!

– Parent of 8 year old vocalist

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