This workshop is sponsored by the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi and will be held at the Tribal Office, 100 Grand Avenue, Swanton, VT. It is open to the public at NO COST, but pre-registration is required. Please call the Tribal Office at 802-868-6255 to sign up. Pizza and refreshments will be served!

From 6:00pm until 8:30pm

The Safety Team's level 1 workshop is a 2.5-hour empowerment self-defense program for cis and transgender girls and women ages 14+. This program utilizes both large and small group instruction. By adhering to a 5:1 student-to-instructor ratio, The Safety Team’s trauma-informed trainings focus on boundary setting, affirmative consent, and relevant sexual assault information, as well as the mental and physical skills of Empowerment Self-Defense. The overarching goal of these large-group sessions is to help women discover their collective voice, address victim-blaming by redirecting the responsibility for all assaults on to the perpetrators, improve women’s sense of power and control, and, as a result, reduce the likelihood of sexual assault and violence.