Fear Less, Build More: Meet The Girl Builders & Designers Of Girls Garage

I must confess, Girls Garage Instagram page is one of my favourite places to mentally hangout. I’ve been stalking them for quite some time now and have fallen in awe of the amazing things that come out from their space, all built by girls. Like this Woodwork that is seen here: 

Chisel technique is on point tonight! These girls are our newest class of woodworkers, and they're off to a great start gouging out their spoon bowls. #armday #fearlessbuildmore @allisonoropallo

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Girls Garage is a program of the nonprofit Project H Design. Project H was founded in 2008 by designer and builder Emily Pilloton to celebrate and cultivate the raw brilliance of youth through rigorous, hands-on design and building projects in the classroom and in their communities.

Using the power of creativity, design, and hands-on building to amplify the raw brilliance of youth, transform communities, and improve K-12 public education from within, the all-girls program for hardcore building and community projects and became the blueprint for Girls Garage.

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These two incredible young women from our summer building institute came up from the South Bay to represent GG! #ywdbi2017 #fearlessbuildmore

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Experiments in Engineering, part 1: down goes the Jenga tower thanks to center of mass, rotational equilibrium, and load paths. And also thanks to @jennisudario's excellent structural engineering instruction and mentorship. Next week: compression and tension in bridge structures! #fearlessbuildmore #girlsinengineering

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Girls have built doghouses, steel sculptures, even furniture for a local women’s shelter. They have learned to jumpstart a car, MIG-weld, and draft in Adobe Illustrator. 

Fruit stand in progress, which we are building and donating to the #refugeetransitions tutoring center at @sf_internationalhs

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Girls Garage, which is located in West Berkeley, is a 3600 sq. ft. space and includes a woodshop, metalshop, digital fabrication studio, and classroom, all designed to accommodate our many activities, from screen-printing and laser-etching to carpentry, craft-making and lock-picking.