It's Time to Focus on Prevention: VPEC2020
The preparations for the First Global Violence Prevention Education Conference, a joint project of El HaLev and ESD Global, are in full...
Oct 31, 2019
Celebrating Two Years of ESD Global!
Wow! I am humbled and proud of what the ESD Global community has accomplished in our first two years. 101 women from 39 countries are now...
Oct 16, 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
Adding Violence Prevention Education to Organizational Toolboxes
For as long as I can remember, summer camps and scouting programs have been invested in giving children the skills to navigate their...
Sep 25, 2019
ESD Is A Movement
I stood shoulder to shoulder in a circle of about forty women. Some were smiling and some were solemn as we passed a colorful ball of...
Sep 19, 2019
What About The Boys?
Why should ESD be accessible not only to girls and women, but also to boys and men and people of all genders? According to the...
Sep 12, 2019
The Three Stages of Boundary Setting
“Could you please respect my space and take a step away from me?” “I do not want to have this conversation with you right now. I need you...
Sep 5, 2019
She Empowers The World
The theory of the Hundredth Monkey says that when a critical number of people change the way they think and behave a new ERA will...
Aug 29, 2019
Your Needs Matter -- Reflections from a Level 1 Instructor Training
What comes to mind when you hear the term self-defense? For me it always focused on physical skills to protect myself. But Empowerment...
Aug 22, 2019
From Costa Rica to New York
I feel like the energy that I have received teaching both Level 1 and 2 in Costa Rica, in partnership with The University for Peace and...
Aug 1, 2019