
What Is Empowerment Self Defense?
ESD offers training in assessment as well as verbal and physical prevention, intervention, response, and healing.

What We Do
Prevention. Action. Change. works to counter harassment, assault, and abuse through building awareness, verbal and physical prevention and response skills, and the promotion of healing and growth.

What the Research Says
Empowerment Self Defense (ESD) works.
“I liked most when I got to talk to my mom and explain my feelings.”
Mother/Daughter course participant
“(I learned) how to identify unhealthy relationships and how to defend myself if needed.”