Alternatives
Alternatives is a community based program providing clinical, educational and vocational training as well as a forum for girls ages 8-18 to express themselves.
4730 N. Sheridan
Chicago, IL 60640
773-506-7474
(www.alternativesyouth.org)

Beyondmedia Education
Beyondmedia believes women and youth should be equipped with tools of media to tell their story. Beyond Media offers two gender specific programs, Girl! Action! Media!, a workshop teaching the skills of media expression, and the Women and Prisons, a program encouraging formerly incarcerated women and their families to share their stories through the arts.
7013 N. Glenwood Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
773-973-2280
(www.beyondmedia.org)

Family Matters
Family Matters provides a safe space where families can build skills to enrich their lives. The organization offers Sister in Unity and Sisters of Struggle, programs which advocate the development critical thinking to prepare women for leadership roles.
7731 North Marshfield
Chicago, IL 60626
773-465-6432
(www.familymatters.org)

Girls in the Game (GIG)
Girls in the Game promotes leadership and health while participating in sports related activity. A Girls Advisory Board, made up of females ages 8-18, plan and co-lead classes.
1501 W. Randolph
Chicago, IL 60601
312-633-4263
(www.girlsinthegame.org)

Guild Complex
Guild Complex offers an after school program known as the Young Women Writers Program for young women interested in writing arts.
1212 N. Ashland, # 211
Chicago, IL 60622
773-227-6117
(www.guildcomplex.org)

Literature for All of Us
Literature for All of Us offers book discussion groups for young women and girls combing literature discussion and poetry writing to explore and empower oneself.
2010 Dewey Ave
Evanston, IL 60201
847-869-7323
(www.literatureforallofus.org)

Redmoon Theater
Drama Girls is a mentorship between artists and middle school girls from the Logan Square neighborhood in which they are taught the art of creating and performing an original theatrical piece.
2936 N. Southport Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
773-388-9031
(www.redmoon.org)

Street-Level Youth Media
Female Action Voice and Change Program is a media arts program for female high school students wishing to explore gender issues using video production, computer arts, and the Internet.
1856 W. Chicago Ave., 1st Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
773-862-5331
(www.streetlevel.iit.edu)

Center on Halsted
Horizons Youth Program is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth or youth questioning their sexual orientation ages 13-24 hoping to build their understanding of the LGBT community.
961 W. Montana
Chicago, IL 60614
773-472-6469
(www.centeronhalsted.org)

Young Chicago Authors
Young Chicago Authors encourages self-expression among teens in the forms of weekly open mikes, poetry slams and a free three-year Saturday writing program offering tons of publishing opportunities.
2049 W. Division
Chicago, IL 60622
773-486-4331
(www.youngchicagoauthors.org)