Women's Audio Mission - Girls on the Mic (GOTM)
A free creative-technology and audio production training program for girls and gender-expansive youth ages 11-18 in Oakland and San Francisco, teaching beatmaking, podcast production, DJing, sound design, and songwriting in WAM's professional recording studios through partner schools and after-school sites.
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Enterprise for Youth: Paid Internship Program
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