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Dear WAM Family, In 2003, I founded Women’s Audio Mission as a way to respond to a question that I didn’t know how to answer: Why are there so incredibly few women recording engineers? Or any women engineers for that matter? As an electrical engineer, I had become so accustomed to a male-dominated environment that I was blind to the issue of gender equity in the sector. Yet, once I became a professor of the recording arts, working with young people, I was really troubled by the imbalance I found among my students. I wanted to understand why I was one of the few women in this world of technology. What I realized is that being surrounded by technology during my childhood, in my engineer father’s research lab, is what made me comfortable and fluent in this world. I dreamed of what the world would look like if all girls had access to the technology, non-traditional training, and support that I had. Now, 15 years later, WAM has grown into multiple world-class training and recording environments that inspire over 1,500 underserved women and girls every year to use technology to tell their stories, change the narrative in the soundtrack of our lives and become the innovators of tomorrow. What started as a simple question has led to a unique solution that is truly “changing the face of sound.” I am so happy you are here to celebrate our legacy of training over 14,000 underserved women and girls to date. Funds raised tonight will support our new location in Oakland and the expansion of our programs across both Oakland and San Francisco Unified School Districts. Our goal is to reach over 3,000 Bay Area girls every year by 2020. The rise of movements like #MeToo show us why WAM’s work is more important than ever. We need more women and girls in leadership, creating the messages that we hear every day. Every contribution you make this evening helps us reach the most vulnerable populations of women and girls, giving them the powerful creative technology skills they need to ensure their voices are heard loud and clear. Deepest gratitude,
Terri Winston Executive Director
A B O U T WA M
About Women’s Audio Mission Women’s Audio Mission (WAM) is a San Francisco/Oakland Bay Area-based nonprofit organization that uses music and media to attract over 1,500 underserved women and girls every year to creative technology and STEM studies and careers in the only professional recording studio built and run by women. In a field where women are critically underrepresented (less than 5%), WAM is “changing the face of sound” by providing hands-on training, work experience, career counseling and job placement to women and girls, expanding the vision and voice of media and popular culture.
Accomplishments • 3,000+ classes given to 14,000 women and girls since 2003 • White House Office of Social Innovation studied WAM’s revolutionary methods of connecting at-risk girls to STEM/creative technology studies and careers. • Placed 700+ women in paid positions with Google, Pixar, Dolby Laboratories, ESPN, Sony, Electronic Arts, Pandora, Sennheiser, SF Jazz, NPR, recording Mary J Blige/Hillary Clinton for Apple, Richard Beggs (Harry Potter/Apocalypse Now), Stern Grove Festival, Skywalker Sound, GRAMMY-winner Tracy Chapman, and more. • Produced/recorded award-winning projects for 200+ artists, including GRAMMY-winners Kronos Quartet, Angélique Kidjo (2014 GRAMMY win for WAM project), tUnE-yArDs, Neko Case for Song Exploder, Thao, Clarence Jones (Martin Luther King’s Speechwriter), St. Lawrence String Quartet, Oscar-nominated soundtrack “Dirty Wars”, acclaimed author Salman Rushdie, providing professional credits/paid work for 215+ women. • Featured in The Atlantic, SF Chronicle, KQED, THX, ABC News, NBC News, Huffington Post, SF Examiner, NPR, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, ESPN, Vice, LA Times, LA Weekly, and more.
MILESTONES 2002 · Women’s Audio Mission formed as a club at City College of San Francisco by Terri Winston, then tenured professor and director of the Sound Recording Arts Program
2003 2004 · Exhibits for first time at Audio Engineering Society (AES) Convention
· Gains 501c3 status, officially launches as a nonprofit · The first Girls on the Mic and WAM Core classes are held
2008 2005 · Moves into first space on Br yant Street · Hires first employee
· WAM hosts first-ever recording sessions with Preser ving Culture resident artists
2009 · L a u n c h e s S o u n d c h a n n e l , WA M ' s online training system
2010
· White House Office of Social Innovation visits to study WAM’s groundbreaking educational programs
2011 · Hosts recording sessions with Salman Rushdie · San Francisco Bay Guardian names and Kronos Quartet WAM “Best Studio of the Bay”
2012
2014 · Purchases SF Soundworks, the historic studio on Natoma St. · Presents first-ever Local Sirens, WAM's quarterly performance series featuring Bay Area women artists
2017
2018
· Launches a second location at the Spanish-Speaking Unity Council Building in Fruitvale, Oakland
· Completes $2.1 million capital campaign, paying off Natoma St. property
WA M C o n Boston, · Presents the first-ever recording arts conference for women
· WAM celebrates 15 Year Anniversar y!
· Hosts groundbreaking benefit concert with Sheila E. at Dolby Laboratories
ARTIST BIOS
St. Beauty St. Beauty is the soulful love-child of Alex Belle and Isis V. Both born and raised in Atlanta — a rarity in the ‘Melting Pot of the South’— Alex and Isis met in College Park while working at Poor Little Rich Girl, a vintage store, and it’s there that they discovered a shared passion for songwriting and performing. This is where St. Beauty was born, performing together for the first time at a showcase in the store’s basement, uniting Alex’s melodic sensibilities with Isis’ nimble guitar skills. Layering honey-drenched melodies that linger with truthful lyrics that explore the emotional depths of life and love, their songs deliver a richness and raw expression that is unparalleled. Isis, a member of the Wondaland Arts Society and former dancer and background singer for Janelle Monáe, shared the stage with the artist again in 2018, as St. Beauty opened for Monáe’s “Dirty Computer” tour.
Diana Gameros Diana Gameros is a singer, songwriter, music instructor and social activist. Originally from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Gameros has resided in the United States since age 13, and for much of that time was an undocumented immigrant. Now with legal status, Gameros wrote a love letter to her homeland with 13 standout renditions of classic Mexican songs on her latest album, Arrullo. Arrullo was recorded at Women’s Audio Mission and selected as a top 10 album by NPR’s Alt. Latino. Her music reflects the 21st century experiences of a young indie artist at the borderlands between cultures, languages, and genres. Gameros has quickly caught the attention of national media as well as acclaimed musicians (i.e., La Santa Cecilia, Natalia Lafourcade, Bebel Gilberto, Taylor Mac). Diana’s songs and stor y have been featured on Billboard, Mother Jones, NPR’s All Songs Considered, NPR’s Alt. Latino, Public Radio International – The World and PBS Newshour.
Chulita Vinyl Club Chulita Vinyl Club was launched in December 2014 as an all-girl all-vinyl club for self-identifying womxn of color in the context of providing a space for empowerment and togetherness. They stand united as a female DJ collective spanning seven national chapters bringing together a community of vinyl-loving girls.
SCHEDULE
WAM 15 Year Anniversary 6:00pm Doors Open
6:00pm to 7:30pm Cocktail Reception and DJ Performance
7:30pm to 10:00pm Live Auction, Fund-a-Need, and Performances
10:00pm to 10:30pm Post-Performance Reception
Live Auction & Fund-A-Need • To bid, raise your bid paddle high above your head with the bidder number visible. • Fund-a-Need is a way to directly support WAM’s most urgent and critical needs, allowing us to serve over 1,500 underserved women and girls a year with free and low-cost creative technology training programs. • Sold! It’s yours! Now what? If you win an item, you can check out in-person in the lobby, where you can claim your items at the pickup desk. If you are unable to take your item home today, we have pickup hours available at our studio at 542-544 Natoma St., #C-1 on Tuesday, September 25th and Thursday, September 27th between 3pm and 6pm.
Thank you to our Sponsors & Supporters PLATINUM
GOLD
SILVER Lindsay Romig
BRONZE Chaz Bear · Laura Frey Pamela Marcus · Nancy Valente
AUCTION & RECEPTION CONTRIBUTORS A Black Tie Affair · Anchor Brewing · Alter Eco · Andytown Coffee Another Planet Entertainment · Joy Branford · Babka by Ayelet · Bare Snacks Chaz Bear · Samantha Benedetti · Blue · Rick Brusseau · diPietro Todd Salon Drum Roll Wine · Duende · Dynamo Donuts · Hint Water · Merrill Garbus Goldenvoice · JetBlue · Maggie Law · Laetitia Vineyard & Winer y Lambert Bridge Winer y · Candace Magana · Pam Marcus · Mute Records NoisePop · Numi Organic Tea · Pixar · PlayStation · Emily Quinn Raff Distillerie · Recchiuti Chocolates · Chef Philippe Reynaud · Lindsay Romig San Francisco Giants · San Francisco Symphony · Shure · Sparkling Ice Thao Nguyen · Treasure Island Music Festival · Ultimate Ears Nancy Valente · Hannah Valente · WAM Board of Directors The Warfield · Wholesome Baker y
Thank you to our Sponsors & Supporters WAM BOARD OF DIRECTORS Maggie Law, Board President Sandy Khaund, Treasurer Mischa Dunton, Secretar y Juliette Bouquerel · Joy Branford · Omer Cohen · Matt Frazier Laura Frey · Pamela Marcus · Judy Priest · Lindsay Romig Hannah Valente · Nancy Valente · Adelmise Rosemé Warner Alyssa Whitcomb · Terri Winston
1 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT COMMITTEE Lindsay Romig, Chair Joy Branford · Pam Marcus · Theodora Karatzas Helena Ngo · Adelmise Rosemé Warner · Christina Frenzel Alyssa Whitcomb · Hannah Valente · Nancy Valente
AUCTIONEER Emily Quinn
CORPORATE Adobe · Cisco Systems Foundation · CompTIA Dolby Laboratories · Genentech · Google · IBM · LinkedIn Meyer Sound · Microsoft · NBC Universal · Sea View Partners Sweetwater · Wells Fargo · Salesforce · The Chapel
GOVERNMENT California Arts Council · Grants for the Arts San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing & Community Development National Endowment for the Arts · San Francisco Arts Commission Nonprofit Displacement Mitigation Fund San Francisco Department of Children, Youth, and their Families
FOUNDATIONS Alliance for California Traditional Arts, American Association of University Women, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bothin Foundation, Campbell Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Center for Cultural Innovation, Cleo Foundation, Erna and Laura Clifford Charitable Fund, Community Arts Stabilization Trust, Creative Work Fund, Crescent Porter Hale Foundation, The Ray & Dagmar Dolby Family Fund, Frey Foundation, Full Circle Fund, Gamble Foundation, The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation, JW & HM Goodman Family Foundation, Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, Hellman Foundation, Horizons Foundation, Kaleidoscope Fund, Kimball Foundation, Koret Foundation, Joseph & Vera Long Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Miranda Lux Foundation, Sam Mazza Foundation, The Milagro Foundation, Margie Murdy Foundation, The NAMM Foundation, Henr y Mayo Newhall Foundation, The Les Paul Foundation, Paul Scammell Foundation, Silicon Valley Education Foundation, Morris Stulsaft Foundation, The Women’s Foundation of California, Zellerbach Family Foundation, Zero Divide
INDIVIDUALS Anthony Armenta, David Austin, Jennifer Ball, Stephen Bene, Julie Parker Benello, Ritu Bhargava, Joy Branford, Courtney Broadus, Rick Brusseau, John Butler, Alicia Chazen, Omer Cohen, John Couling, Tom DeCaigny, Patrick Dillett, Natasha & David Dolby, Mischa Dunton, Jonathan Eccles, Steve Forshay, Matt Frazier, Laura Frey, Yennie Solheim Fuller, Linda Gedemer, Jay Hatfield, Hrishikesh Hir way, Andy Hong, Robert Ibsen, Dana Jae, Josephine Jagielo, Sandy Khaund, Catherine Lacavera, Katharine Law, Maggie Law, Michele Libonati, Peter Madril, Pam Marcus, Julie Mar-Spinola, Patti Moran, Susan Nasca, Linda Naugle, Marie Roena Oesting, John Odell, Christopher Palmer, Judy Priest, Debbi Quick, Marge Randolph, Richard K. Robbins, Kristen Robinson, Lindsay Romig, Mar y Schmidt, Jenny Sparks, Rebecca Tom, Adelmise RosemĂŠ Warner, Aniyia Williams, Rhonda Wilson, Terri Winston, Susan Winthrop, Hannah Valente, Nancy Valente, Paul Young
Contact Us Women’s Audio Mission womensaudiomission.org 542-544 Natoma Street, #C-1 San Francisco, CA 94103 (800) 926-1338 info@womensaudiomission.org