0403 - #MeToo: Empowerment Self-Defense (Sponsored by the Working Group on Harassment)

Session Submission Type: Course

Description

This hands on workshop has the goal to provide ASA members with the opportunity to reflect on and develop strategies to respond to sexual harassment.

The workshop will be led by the Brooklyn Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) develops and implements comprehensive violence prevention programs for individuals and organizations. Through a combination of education, physical empowerment and leadership development, CAE provides underserved communities with skills to break
cycles of violence—including assault, intimate partner violence, hate crimes, street harassment, and abuse.

Discussions cover strategies for safety and prevention of sexual assault and domestic violence, emotional aspects of self-defense, healthy and unhealthy relationships, and concrete steps we can take to help ourselves, our families, and our communities be more safe.
Role plays allow participants to practice asserting themselves; taking care of themselves and setting clear boundaries with acquaintances, strangers, and family members; and building powerful voices. Basic self-defense strategies include a full spectrum of responses, including the following: avoiding danger, yelling, getting away, tricking someone, defending with physical techniques, and seeking help afterwards.

Sub Unit

• Courses

Session Organizer

• Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University

Leader

• Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University