2-Part Empowerment Self Defense Series

We're inviting Prevention. Action. Change. back to campus to run their multi-session Empowerment Self Defense workshop. September's workshop series (Sept 11 and 18) will be for students who identify as women.

Empowerment Self Defense (ESD) training includes boundary setting, assertive communication and de-escalation, and goes beyond stranger attacks to expressly address violence by partners and acquaintances.

ESD increases awareness of the social context of violence experienced by women, promoting both bystander intervention and community action for social change. ESD is trauma-informed and committed to ending victim-blaming and supporting healing for survivors of violence.

We ask that students commit to attending both sessions. It will be in-person, masked. Location to be shared with participants after registering.

Questions? Email rreinke@bowdoin.edu.

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Co-hosted with: Sexuality, Women, and Gender Center (SWAG), Counseling and Wellness Services, Gender Violence Prevention and Health Education (OWNER)