Girl Up & ESD Global Combine Forces to Empower Girls
ESD Global combined forces with Girl Up, an international organization advancing girls' skills, rights, and opportunities to be leaders,...
Jul 24, 2020
Innovative Partnerships Provide Online ESD Training to Women Working on the Front Lines of Humanitar
An exciting initiative piloted by ESD Global in collaboration with Global Whole Being Fund and Indigo Volunteers will enable dozens of...
Jun 17, 2020
ESD Global in Latin America and the Caribbean: Making Strides
It has been a very exciting year for ESDG in the Latin America and the Caribbean. We hosted a pilot Instructor Training in July 2019 for...
Dec 10, 2019
Promoting A Culture of Self-Care in Your ESD Classes
“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” ~ Audre Lorde There’s no...
Oct 3, 2019
A Response to "Kickboxing, Rape, and the Myth of Self-Defense"
In the article “Kickboxing, Rape, and the Myth of Self-Defense,” which appeared on Medium on April 10th, 2019, Lauren McKeon shared that:...
May 15, 2019
When Life Gives You Lemons. . .
We have all heard the phrase “when life gives you lemons…..” right? Well, making lemonade is not always the easiest thing to do,...
Jan 30, 2019
Assertiveness vs Aggression
“Today, we’re going to hear stories about knowing when and how to fight. I don’t know about you, but when it comes to physical fighting,...
Jan 17, 2019
A Feminist Response to Critique of Self-Defense
This past October, at a high school gym in Astoria queens, the girls in the junior and senior classes had the opportunity to participate...
Jan 3, 2019
In Praise of Pool Noodles
For my International Women’s Self Defense Day workshop, I started class with pool noodle duels. After a few minutes, I had a group of...
Nov 29, 2018
The Magical Healing Powers of ESD
You already know there's something magical about empowerment self-defense (ESD) that goes way beyond the rush of kicking and yelling....
Oct 17, 2018