U-M students, faculty and staff
are invited to take control of their personal safety by learning physical and
verbal strategies to counter violence through our empowerment self-defense
workshops.
The workshops, led by Sexual Harassment and Rape Prevention (SHARP)-certified instructors, aim to teach participants situational awareness and prevention skills to leave them better equipped to deal with everything from harassment to potentially violent people to sexual assault. Participants will take part in verbal exercises, physical drills and discussion.
Why take an empowerment self-defense workshop?
- Improve your situational awareness skills
- Identify threatening situations
- Learn physical and verbal strategies to counter violence
- Build Self-Confidence
- Develop decision-making skills
How can I sign up for a workshop?
-
Sign
up through Intramural Sports.
DPSS has partnered with Intramural Sports to offer
workshops.
Intramural Sports @ 505 Hoover- Thursday, October 24, 4:30-6 - Strikes w/Strike pads
- Monday, November 4, 3:30pm-5pm - Pressure Points
- Tuesday, November 19, 3:30pm-5pm - Self Defense
- Wednesday, December 4, 3pm-5pm - Pepper Spray Defense & Application
- Fall Semester 2024
- Wednesday, November 6, 12-1:30pm
- Thursday, November 14, 11:30-1pm
- Winter Semester 2025
- Tuesday, February 4, 11:30-1pm
- Wednesday, March 5, 12-1:30pm
Kinesiology Building, 830 N. University Ave, room #4600
- Thursday, December 5 - 5pm-7pm
- Request a department or student organization presentation. DPSS regularly provides group presentations free of charge to students, faculty and staff on a variety of safety and well-being issues, including empowerment and self-defense. If you're interested in hosting a presentation for your department or student organization, fill out our request form or email dpss-safety-security@umich.edu.
