"I love that her skills are so simple, effective, and practical, and can be applied even if you don’t have a self-defense background."
—MEG JERRARD, CO-FOUNDER, SOLO FEMALE TRAVELER'S CLUB
Girls Fight Back
College, K-12, Private groups, Advocates, Conferences, & More
The Girls Fight Back seminar is designed to be a safe space for women, femme, and girls including cis, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals, to learn about verbal and physical self-defense strategies. This program is great for colleges, sororities, high schools and other all women+ groups who want to learn skills to be their own best protector. We combine core values, a fun and empowering attitude, and the best safety and self-defense methods available. You are worth fighting for!
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The program is 90 minutes + Q&A and includes these key components:
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Using your intuition
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Foundations of safety
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Recognizing tools of manipulation
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How to be an active bystander and a supportive ally
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The definition of consent
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How to support a survivor
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How to set boundaries that work for you
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Verbal de-escalation skills
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The basics of physical self-defense in our Badass Basics
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Plus a review of improvised weapons, ground fighting, and how to sign up for a full-contact adrenaline based self-defense course near you!
Students Fight Back
College, K-12, Private groups, Advocates, Conferences
Students Fight Back is a NASPA Award-Winning, gender inclusive and Title IX compliant prevention, empowerment, and safety seminar. I believe that people of all genders can benefit from learning personal safety and self-defense skills. And when we all come together to be active bystanders, we can create safer communities.
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The program is 90 minutes + Q&A and includes these key components:
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Using your intuition
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Safety strategies – awareness, eye contact, verbal boundaries
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Recognizing tools of manipulation
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How to be an active bystander and a supportive ally
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The definition of consent
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How to support a survivor
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How to set boundaries that work for you
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Verbal de-escalation skills
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The basics of physical self-defense in our Badass Basics
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Plus a review of improvised weapons, ground fighting, and how to sign up for a full-contact adrenaline based self-defense course near you!
Fight Back on Spring Break
College, K-12, Private groups, Advocates, Conferences
Fight Back on Spring Break is a specialized version of Students Fight Back that is also gender inclusive! This program includes all the topics from Students Fight Back and adds in practical and non-restrictive travel & party safe strategies that students can use during all of their Spring Break adventures. Plus, they'll learn skills for how look out for each other more actively and manage their everyday encounters during Spring Break or any time they want to be social, have a good time, or travel away from home.
This program is also 75 mins + Q&A.
S.A.V.E.
Corporate, Military, Realtors, Private groups, Advocates, Conferences
Safety, Assertiveness, Violence Prevention, Empowerment (S.A.V.E.) is a gender inclusive program designed for companies, businesses, or any non-student group that wants to empower their community and employees with personal safety tools, discussions on how to avoid unwanted social interactions with colleagues and co-workers, de-escalation strategies, and how to use verbal strategies to avoid confrontations. We will address the importance of intuition and awareness when managing our safety, and how to be an active bystander for others. The program can include discussion and practice with physical self-defense techniques.
This program is 60min + Q&A and can be customized to fit a variety of corporate needs.
Yes I'm Hiking Solo: Self-Defense for the Outdoors
Outdoor Groups, Brands, College, High School, Corporate, Military, Etc.
Ever been worried about your personal safety when hiking or traveling solo? Do you want to feel confident and independent venturing out on your own? Have you been wanting to learn some badass, simple, and effective self-defense moves for your hiking, backpacking, and camping trips? Then join Nicole, an experienced solo hiker, camper & traveler as she teaches practical and realistic self-defense strategies to empower you to feel more confident about exploring the outdoors or wherever your adventure takes you. Safety is often the #1 barrier that keeps people from experiencing the outdoors or going on a trip. Nicole specializes in alleviating that fear and replacing it with education to open up people's access to exploring the outdoors, and the world, on their terms.
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The program is 60-75 minutes + Q&A.
Boundaries for Personal Empowerment
College, Military, Corporate, Advocates, Conferences, High School
This interactive and gender inclusive program is designed for any group that wants to feel confident setting boundaries in professional and personal settings. Want to know how to handle awkward encounters with people you know in an empowered way? Then this session is for you! We'll discuss the importance of speaking up for your needs, trusting your intuition, and using clear, assertive communication. It will provide tools to help you recognize manipulative behavior as well as feel better equipped to be an active bystander. The goal is to enable you to confidently enforce your boundaries in direct and respectful ways.
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The tools learned can be used every day and the practice of them can ultimately lead to forming stronger relationships in our work, school, romantic and interpersonal interactions, along with helping us navigate our day to day social exchanges.
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This program is 60-90min + Q&A and can be customized to fit a variety of corporate needs.
The Badass Basics Workshop
College, K-12, Corporate, Outdoor Groups, Private Groups, Public Classes
This hands-on, empowerment-based self-defense workshop is designed to be a positive and supportive space for women and people of all gender identities and expressions to learn practical safety skills. These skills can increase your confidence and help you gain independence for walking through the world and doing the activities you love. This small group workshop addresses the basics of personal safety along with non-physical and physical self-defense skills. Participants will have the opportunity to practice the skills through body movement, interactive activities, and striking focus mitts using the techniques taught.
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The program is 2hrs. 15 Students Max
Frequently Asked Questions
Tech Needs For An Event
VENUE NEEDS
A large classroom, ballroom, or auditorium are ideal venue locations.
For Yes I’m Hiking Solo bookings, we can (and have!) presented this in outdoor spaces at the client’s request, which fits in well with the presentation theme!
STAGE REQUIREMENTS
LCD Projector connected to the sound system, screen, a small table on stage for props, 2 chairs, and 1-2 volunteers identified in advance.
VICTIM ADVOCATES
Purchaser will be asked to provide at least one trained and certified victim advocate to be present at the presentation and available afterwards as a resource to students and faculty that would like to discuss the program content or their own experiences.
SOUND REQUIREMENTS
Wireless lavaliere microphone, handheld mic for volunteers, and ability to play music from the speaker’s laptop.
LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS
Basic stage lighting.
GREEN ROOM REQUIREMENTS
1 bottle of water or access to a water refilling station.