Empowerment self-defense is a combination of awareness, assertiveness, and verbal confrontation skills, combined with safety strategies and physical techniques. These skills, strategies, and techniques provide a person with the tools to successfully prevent, resist, escape, and survive violent assaults.

The fee for this class is $75. Registrants have the option of paying $75 or by donating a gift card for any grocery or department store (such as Food 4 Less, Target, Grocery Outlet, etc) valued at $75.

For more information, contact jasmine@peaceoverviolence.org

About POV’s Empowerment Self Defense

POV's Empowerment Self-Defense model started as and continues to be a collaborative effort, created and designed by women for women. Participants will learn how to be more assertive, how to resolve conflict, and how to execute some physical self-defense techniques. This women teaching women model is based on empowerment, resiliency, trauma-informed care, and survivor sensitivity.