A badass response to street harassment
Emily May is the founder and Executive Director of Hollaback, a non-profit organization dedicated to ending street harassment around the world. Hollaback! was founded because we were pissed off about …
Happy birthday from our finance guru
Greg Ellis is the finance guru at GFB, Partner at Ellis BLB and father to 2 badass kids! Working with the GFB team has been a great experience. Erin has …
Fired up for a safer world
Robert Martin is Vice President of Gavin de Becker & Associates, and is widely regarded as one of the Nation’s leading experts in assessing and managing violently inclined situations. Happy …
The greatest oak was once a little nut…
Lee Paiva-Sinclair is based in San Francisco with 3 teenagers, a husband, dogs– in love with all. She is Founder of NO MEANS NO Worldwide, a global rape prevention program, …
10 Years of oohs and ahhs…
Liz Meitus is a creative thinker, Marketing Manager at myFORCE and inspired to spread the word about this personal security service that you active through your smartphone. 10 years of …
Happy Birthday from Heather Maggs
Heather Maggs is a Girls Fight Back speaker, and has been since 2009. She is based in North Carolina and is an actress while not presenting for GFB. Note from …
Yoga saved my life
Lauren Jonik is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and photographer. She is currently at work on a memoir. Her landscape, cityscape and nature photography can be viewed on www.shootlikeagirlphotography.com. “There’s someone I think you …
An Unassuming Beauty
Today would have been Shannon Elizabeth McNamara’s birthday. The poem below was written by a dear friend of the McNamara family, Sharon Rickerson. Sharon also has written a unique poem …
Birthday wishes from Tony Blauer
Tony Blauer is personal defense & combatives consultant who travels internationally sharing his research with conscientious self-defense experts & military & law enforcement training units. He is CEO & Founder of …
Spring break with CNN and GFB
Abigail Kesner is a Senior Associate at SE2, a Denver communications firm specializing in public policy. She is a former CNN producer and communications director for Colorado Senate Democrats. When …
Breaking Social Taboos in Pakistan
Khalida Brohi is a social entrepreneur leading the Sughar Women Program which is an initiative of PDI, a national organization in Pakistan. Sughar aims at ending the custom of honor …
Don’t ever stop!
Bill Kipp is founder of FAST Defense Inc., one of the world’s leading self-defense systems and was named “Best Women’s Program” by Black Belt Magazine. Note from Erin: When …
From darkness, awareness & education
Jess Weiner is an author, self-esteem expert, consultant and media personality. She is founder of Talk to Jess, LLC and the Actionist Network. We want to send a huge shout …
I am the George Clooney of GFB
Megan Ellis is one of our amazing USA speakers, and for the past 2 years has spoken at schools and colleges across the country. She also works for one of …
True success = Rendering service to others
Greg Walker is a business coach and President of PCS Systems Inc. He has advised the national and global expansion of Girls Fight Back since 2007. It was almost exactly …
Do What You Love
Cheryl Goff is Program Director at Girls Fight Back. She is the ninja in the background, keeping all our operations running smoothly. They say: Do what you love. I didn’t …
Not everyone must be a victim
Gavin de Becker is our Nation’s best-known expert on the prediction and management of violence. His work has earned him three Presidential appointments and a position on a congressional committee. …
It’s not what happens, but what we do about it
Alison Malmon is founder and executive director of Active Minds, Inc., the nation’s only organization dedicated to utilizing the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college …
Cookin’ up change
Robert Egger is the Founder and President of DC Central Kitchen and the Campus Kitchens Project. Learn more at the DCCK website or Robert’s blog. Note from Erin: I saw …
Alpha Phi Fights Back!
Denise Reens is the Director of Training, Development and Communications for Alpha Phi International Fraternity. Pictured at left is one of Erin’s early GFB presentations for Alpha Phi. Ten years! …