Oasis For Girls (a project of the Tides Center), located in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, is a center for girls and young women ages 11– 24. We aim to fulfill the life cycle of a girl from middle school, through high school and slightly beyond – through interdisciplinary programming that builds on each step of the way through a girl's development. We've prioritized our programming and services to reflect this; some of our programs are offered to specific age groups, while others are open to all girls to build on our mentorship model. Opportunities for growth exist through our Arts and Arts Education, Leadership Development and Life Skills Education programs.

Our hours are:
School Year: Mon-Fri 3 - 6:30 pm
Summer and Spring Break: Mon-Fri 1 - 6 pm

Vision Statement : The vision of Oasis for Girls is to cultivate generations of strong and creative women who realize their potential, live healthy lives and make a positive impact in their communities

Mission Statement : The mission of Oasis for Girls is to provide a safe space where girls and young women are inspired and empowered to become strong and creative leaders in their communities.

Oasis for Girls provides culturally relevant and gender specific Arts and Arts Education, Leadership Development, and Life Skills Education programs that support the growth of low-income and immigrant girls and young women of color in urban communities. Through these programs, girls and young women have access to a community of adults who support them in creating change and integrating their skills to address issues they face in their lives and in their communities.

Through our programs, girls build their capacity to address their individual needs for a healthy, empowered life, as well as develop the skills to become an advocate and role model for their communities. Additionally, we believe that Oasis For Girls is making an important and pivotal impact in the lives of the girls and young women that we serve by providing:

1. ongoing, caring relationships with our adult staff and community,
2. roles for girls to determine the activities they participate in and
3. opportunities for increasing responsibility and leadership skills through creative expression.

We also believe that through participation in our programs, the girls we work with are having a positive influence on their family and the greater community through the values we strive to nurture in all of programming: quality, ethics, compassion, diversity, participation, leadership, and initiative.

The long-term social change that we would like to see for girls and women in our community:

• A future in which all girls and women are educated and empowered to make healthy choices in their lives; therefore significantly lowering the rates of teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and incarceration.
  
• A future in which all women have the opportunity and ability to be employed in careers that are meaningful to themselves and their communities, feed their mind, bodies and spirits, and fully provide for the lives that they envision.
  
• A future in which all girls and women are educated and empowered to identify abusive situations and take active steps to seek help and remove themselves from these environments.
  
• A future in which all girls and women receive the best health care possible, regardless of their economic status.
  
• A future in which all girls and women have complete choice and control of their bodies.
  
• A future in which all girls and women have a strong voice and impact in our communities and the future of those communities.
  
• A future in which all girls and women are educated and empowered to fully realize happy, healthy, and productive lives.