Building socially just community with girls and trans youth by developing leadership, fostering self-esteem, and encouraging creative expression through music. Building socially just community with girls and trans youth through music Girls Rock! Chicago builds socially just community with girls, transgender youth, and gender-expansive youth by developing leadership, fostering self-esteem, and encouraging creative expression through music. Through our music education programs for girls, trans & gender-expansive youth ages 8 to 16, we are committed to educating girls and trans youth about the musical, technical, and creative aspects involved in musicianship. We believe that they are rarely encouraged to explore self-expressive creative outlets and are less likely to be given access to musical and technical instruction or equipment. We hold that music can be a crucial tool in allowing youth to respond to preconceived notions of what they can do and what they can become.