Name: Safety & Self-Defense Skills for Perilous Times
Start: 2025-02-22T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-22T15:30:00-05:00
Location: Seekers Church

Safety & Self-Defense Skills for Perilous Times

With the new administration, gender-based violence and other hate violence is on the rise. Join us to learn skills to keep yourself safer!
About this Event

Safety + self-defense skills for perilous times

Saturday, February 22, 12:30-3:30 pm in person in DC

With another TrUGHmp administration, gender-based violence and other hate violence is on the rise. Join us to learn skills to keep yourself safer in everyday situations (and in especially dangerous ones too!).

You’ll find the power in your body and mind to practice boundary-setting as the foundation of self-defense, and effective strikes as a last resort.

We’ll cover:

the 5 basic elements of boundary-setting
how to bring the temperature down when someone is escalated
simple physical strikes for the worst-case situation
and more!

Details:

Who: Open to all women, trans men, and nonbinary people age 16 and up.

What: 3 hours of interactive learning with practical exercises based on real-life situations in a small group

When + where: Saturday, February 22, 12:30-3:30 pm at Seeker’s Church, across from the Takoma Metro.

How: $78 per person. Contact us if you can’t afford the full fee; no one is turned away for inability to pay. If you can afford to pay more, please let us know! It helps us offer reduced-fee slots for lower income people.

Class size is limited, so register soon!