Standing Up for Self and Others Photo credit: Kathleen Grant |
There is nothing that will warm you up faster than a room full of people finding their voice and learning their first physical tools. The attendees brought many things with them: their fear, their feeling of powerlessness, and their desire to be able to not only protect themselves, but to learn how to support someone else in need. They wanted to know how to help.
Workshop Leader Deb leads a knee drill Photo credit: Kathleen Grant |
While IMPACT’s
main program teaches gender-based self-defense from sexual assault, we have
found that the principles behind our empowerment model can apply much more
broadly. For some, the last few weeks have shone a light on a powerlessness
they weren’t aware of in our society; for others, it was a feeling they knew
all too well. In the workshop, we were able to come together as a community, to begin
to have conversations about what this new climate means, own our fear, and
start to take our power back.
Molly Norris
IMPACT Chicago
Instructor
Instructor Molly demonstrates a powerful voice Photo credit: Kathleen Grant |
Thank you to IMPACT Chicago instructors, staff, and volunteers for making this workshop possible: Lisa Amoroso, Kathleen Grant, Rachel Marro, Deb Mier, Molly Norris, and Martha Thompson. Thank you to all those who participated!
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