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ABOUT:
Women In Jazz Organization is a collective of over 500 professional Jazz Musicians and Composers who identify as Women or Gender Non-Binary. Largely a New York City-based organization, with connections to other individuals and groups nationally and internationally.
MISSION:
Women In Jazz Organization intends to help level the playing field in Jazz, so that women and non-binary people have equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to Jazz, leading to an improved and more rich, diverse, and successful art form.
WIJO is committed to honoring Black Americans as the creators of Jazz.
WIJO AIMS TO IMPROVE THE EXPERIENCE OF WOMEN AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE IN JAZZ THROUGH FOCUSING OUR WORK ON THREE MAIN GOALS:
- To empower individuals in the organization
- To foster inclusivity, solidarity, and strengthen the intersectional community of women and non-binary people in Jazz
- To address inequalities in Jazz culture and on the Jazz scene through activism