PERSONAL SAFETY EMPOWERMENT SELF-DEFENSE

for women, girls, and people of all genders

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WE'VE EMPOWERED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SINCE 2001

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Girls Fight Back was born in direct response to the June 2001 murder of a dynamic, athletic, and loved college student named Shannon McNamara. After Shannon’s death, her friend and sorority sister, Erin Weed, realized the need for practical and empowering options for young women in college to learn violence prevention and self-defense skills. By combining core values, a fun and empowering attitude, and the best safety and self-defense methods available, Girls Fight Back was born. We later expanded our programs to serve gender-inclusive communities!

In 2020, TEDx Speaker, Self-Defense Expert and International Speaker Nicole Snell took over as owner and CEO of Girls Fight Back. Our award-winning personal safety and empowerment-based self-defense programs aim to make risk recognition, preventing violence, and fighting back an approachable topic for everyone on college campuses and beyond.

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We offer gender-inclusive programs that are empowering, evidence-based, trauma-informed and victim-centered. We believe that we can simultaneously work to prevent violence through culture change and offer people the skills to manage their safety in the present.

No victim blaming! No restrictions on life activities! We focus on providing you with the options to open up your world.

When we are empowered to live our lives freely and confidently, there is no limit to what we can do!

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"In the course of 1 short hour, Nicole is able to transform any fears or anxieties her audience has towards personal safety into feelings of confidence and trust in oneself. What's even more impressive, is that she is able to do this with a mixture of warmth and compassion, that speaks from reason and credibility but does not invalidate any fears or anxieties her audience may have had about personal safety."

Malire Lozada, Product Marketing Manager, Strava

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WE SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES!

We offer a wide range of in-person and virtual violence prevention programming on topics including: empowerment, boundary setting, bystander intervention, and personal safety to a variety of industries both domestically and abroad.

COLLEGE & UNIVERSITIES

For over 20 years, GFB has been leading the conversation on campus safety and violence prevention education for gender-inclusive audiences at colleges and sororities around the US!

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CORPORATE

Violence prevention and safety in the workplace are important to creating healthy work environments and efficient teams.

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HIGH SCHOOL

Educating younger audiences with safety skills and healthy relationship practices helps to raise awareness, increase self-esteem, and prevent violence.

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MILITARY

Nicole has 10 years of experience training audiences from every branch of the US Military and SAPR/SHARP advocates worldwide.

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PUBLIC CLASSES

We offer public classes in the LA area 3-4 times a year! Our 2-hour Badass Basics Self-Defense Workshop offers practical and simple skills for wherever your journeys take you.

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OUTDOOR SAFETY

As a passionate solo traveler, hiker, backpacker, and adventurer, Nicole offers several safety and self-defense programs for outdoor and running groups.

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OUTDOOR DEFENSE

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This hands-on, empowerment-based self-defense workshop is designed to be a positive and supportive space for anyone of any gender to learn realistic safety skills. Learn to manage uncomfortable or dangerous situations in your personal, professional, and everyday life. Stand in your power and walk through the world confidently. You are your own best protector!