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X-WR-CALDESC:The Blue Bench is pleased to present to the public Safety and 
 Empowerment Skills for Women and Girls\, hosted by Reflective Wellness\, o
 n September 9\, 16\, 23\, and 30!\n\nDETAILS\nCourse Dates: Saturday Septe
 mber 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, and 30th *\nCourse Times: 10:00AM – 1:00PM (each 
 date)\nCourse Location: 13731 E. Rice Pl. #200 Aurora\, CO 80015\nCourse C
 ost: A donation amount of $30 is suggested\, but not required\, for class 
 attendance. Participants are welcomed regardless of ability to donate.\n\n
 ABOUT THE COURSE\nThe Safety and Empowerment Skills course is open to the 
 public for female-identified teens and adults 13 years and older. This cur
 riculum offers a safe space for participants to learn and practice verbal 
 and physical assertiveness and self-protection skills. The curriculum is b
 ased on a toolbox approach – adding tools to participant skills for dealin
 g with situations ranging from sexual harassment to life-threatening situa
 tions. Through this 12-hour course\, participants will gain: \n\n1. Unders
 tanding of the meaning of self-defense \n2. Knowledge of the basics of Col
 orado laws about self-defense\, sexual assault and sexual harassment \n3. 
 Understanding of the appropriate level of response to different kinds of c
 onfrontation \n4. Skills for using stronger parts of their body against th
 e weaker parts of an attacker’s body \n5. Ability to execute self-defense 
 moves: use of voice\, non-verbal assertiveness\, defensive stance\, moving
  in stance\, kick to knee\, hand and elbow techniques\; wrist and torso gr
 ab releases\; strangle hold releases\; and ground-fighting techniques \n6.
  Practice putting techniques together and thinking through an attack situa
 tion to safety \n\nThe highly-trained facilitators emphasize only a perpet
 rator is to blame for making the choice to assault another person – the vi
 ctim is never to blame. Use of self-protection techniques is a personal ch
 oice and one that only the person being attacked can make using all the in
 formation available to them.\n\nREGISTRATION\nTo reserve your space in the
  class\, please complete the registration form (linked below) and return t
 o Caroline Yates. If you are unable to complete the form before the course
 \, please contact Caroline to ensure your spot is held!\n\nPlease contact 
 Caroline Yates at 303.329.9922 x315 or cyates@thebluebench.org with any qu
 estions regarding the course. We hope to see you there!\n\n*Participants a
 ttend each date\, as course content builds upon each session. Participants
  may not attend the last two sessions (September 23rd and 30th) without at
 tending September 9th and 16th\, unless they have attended a previous clas
 s. Please contact Caroline with questions.\n
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DESCRIPTION:The Blue Bench is pleased to present to the public Safety and E
 mpowerment Skills for Women and Girls\, hosted by Reflective Wellness\, on
  September 9\, 16\, 23\, and 30!\n\nDETAILS\nCourse Dates: Saturday Septem
 ber 9th\, 16th\, 23rd\, and 30th *\nCourse Times: 10:00AM – 1:00PM (each d
 ate)\nCourse Location: 13731 E. Rice Pl. #200 Aurora\, CO 80015\nCourse Co
 st: A donation amount of $30 is suggested\, but not required\, for class a
 ttendance. Participants are welcomed regardless of ability to donate.\n\nA
 BOUT THE COURSE\nThe Safety and Empowerment Skills course is open to the p
 ublic for female-identified teens and adults 13 years and older. This curr
 iculum offers a safe space for participants to learn and practice verbal a
 nd physical assertiveness and self-protection skills. The curriculum is ba
 sed on a toolbox approach – adding tools to participant skills for dealing
  with situations ranging from sexual harassment to life-threatening situat
 ions. Through this 12-hour course\, participants will gain: \n\n1. Underst
 anding of the meaning of self-defense \n2. Knowledge of the basics of Colo
 rado laws about self-defense\, sexual assault and sexual harassment \n3. U
 nderstanding of the appropriate level of response to different kinds of co
 nfrontation \n4. Skills for using stronger parts of their body against the
  weaker parts of an attacker’s body \n5. Ability to execute self-defense m
 oves: use of voice\, non-verbal assertiveness\, defensive stance\, moving 
 in stance\, kick to knee\, hand and elbow techniques\; wrist and torso gra
 b releases\; strangle hold releases\; and ground-fighting techniques \n6. 
 Practice putting techniques together and thinking through an attack situat
 ion to safety \n\nThe highly-trained facilitators emphasize only a perpetr
 ator is to blame for making the choice to assault another person – the vic
 tim is never to blame. Use of self-protection techniques is a personal cho
 ice and one that only the person being attacked can make using all the inf
 ormation available to them.\n\nREGISTRATION\nTo reserve your space in the 
 class\, please complete the registration form (linked below) and return to
  Caroline Yates. If you are unable to complete the form before the course\
 , please contact Caroline to ensure your spot is held!\n\nPlease contact C
 aroline Yates at 303.329.9922 x315 or cyates@thebluebench.org with any que
 stions regarding the course. We hope to see you there!\n\n*Participants at
 tend each date\, as course content builds upon each session. Participants 
 may not attend the last two sessions (September 23rd and 30th) without att
 ending September 9th and 16th\, unless they have attended a previous class
 . Please contact Caroline with questions.\n
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LOCATION:Reflective Wellness - 13731 E. Rice Pl. #200 Aurora\, CO 80015
SUMMARY:Safety and Empowerment Skills Class: Session 3 of 4
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