Empowerment Self Defense will explore the culture of violence, and teach concrete but practical effective skills for personal safety and physical self defense in a wide variety of contexts. Participants will be able to:
- understand how situational awareness can deter or prevent an attack.
- use verbal skills for assertive communication
- evade and set boundaries (verbal & physical)
- use practical options to make ourselves more comfortable when uncomfortable situations occur
- recognize and interrupt unwanted behavior when in social situations, interpersonal/intimate relationships as well as interactions with strangers

Instructor: Candace Dorsey, Empowerment Self Defense Program Manager, University of Michigan - Division of Public Safety & Security.