Girls Rock Athens Inc

Girls Rock Athens is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization serving girls and gender expansive youth in the Athens area.

We believe in music as a tool for:

          Encouraging creative self-expression

• Amplifying voices to create social change

• Developing radical self-esteem and personal empowerment

Girls Rock Camp Athens (known as We Rock Camp starting in 2019!) is our week-long youth summer camp for ages 9 to 15 and is the flagship program of our organization. We also offer workshops and other programming throughout the year, including a condensed version of our summer rock camp just for adults. Girls Rock Athens values inclusion and welcome all campers regardless of background, race, abilities, economic status, gender identity or expression, size, nationality, religion, learning styles, citizenship status, or sexual orientation.

Don’t let the name fool you - Girls Rock Athens isn’t just about rock ‘n’ roll! We celebrate the diverse contributions folx of marginalized genders have made throughout the history of music across the genre spectrum. So whether you’re into rock, pop, hip hop, electronic, country, or classical, Girls Rock Athens is here to help you crank the volume!  

GIRLS ROCK ATHENS IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION - WHICH MEANS WE NEED OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US THRIVE AND GROW!  

As a youth-serving community nonprofit organization, Girls Rock Athens envisions a reality that fosters opportunity, joy, and self-determined prosperity across all genders, socio-economic classes, ethnicities, and identities. To this end, we:

-provide leadership opportunities, build self-esteem, and provide a safe place for personal expression
-strive for a community that celebrates diversity and the thriving of intersecting identities
-question power structures that disenfranchise members of community based on identity
-promote activism in support of positive social norms to the collective benefit of all

In service of these core values, we:

-are committed to nurturing a camper and volunteer infrastructure that is grounded in equality by providing a space that is accessible to all regardless of ethnicity, gender identity, religious/political affiliation, socio-economic status, abilities, or primary language
-partner with organizations, individuals, and intimate communities to uplift the goals and needs of the people of Athens
-prioritize buying local and supporting organizations within our community
-strive to ensure that participants, volunteers, staff, and board of directors reflect the demographics of the community, with an emphasis on recognizing cultural competence

As a member organization of the Girls Rock Camp Alliance, GRA honors the work of the Alliance and other member camps by incorporating their goals into our current and future goals. To learn more about the work of the Alliance, please visit http://girlsrockcampalliance.org/