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
This is a 2-hour session, which will include lecture, discussion, demonstration and practice of physical skills.
Instructor: Candace Dorsey, Empowerment Self Defense Program Manager, University of Michigan - Division of Public Safety & Security.
The building is locked at 5pm, therefore we will meet at the School of Kinesiology Building, 830 N. University Ave, outside of the main entrance (directly across the street from Hill Auditorium) 5 minutes before class starts. We will proceed to the room together. Please be on time or you may be locked out.
FAQs
What is the cancellation/refund policy?
- You may cancel your registration up to 10 days before class is scheduled to begin. After that, no refunds are offered for cancellations.
- Please double check your schedule before submitting your registration. All refunds will incur a $5 processing fee.
- Refunds will be issued to the credit card used during registration.
- We are not able to issue credits or pro-rate refunds for absences.