Georgia Southern University #nailsit!
When it comes to spring break safety awareness programming, Georgia Southern University #nailsit! (Yes, I just used a hashtag in a blog post. Roll with it.) Their greek organizations are …
Girls Fight Back with The Winston-Salem Jaycees
The Winston-Salem Jaycees are an awesome organization that I have been a part of for almost a year now. They focus on providing social and community service opportunities for young people …
Just this past Tuesday, I did a Girls Fight Back program at Clemson University in South Carolina. It was a Panhellenic program attended by hundreds of sorority women. As a …
Desperate Housewives Learn Self-Defense
OK, so I have been FORCING myself to watch the entire series of Desperate Housewives. I can’t honestly tell you why other than to say that I am very goal …
Let’s Hear it for the Boys!
I had such a great time yesterday at the University of South Carolina – Lancaster campus. I presented a lunchtime Students Fight Back program and I have to say, it …
My Story – Costa Rica
Really, it should be “one of my stories” because there have been many times in my life that I have had to use the things we teach. But I would …
Media Perceptions of Self-Protection: My Little Pony
As the mother of a four year old girl, I spend about one hour a day suffering through a child’s television program. The only TV I really let my daughter …
USD Coyotes have got BITE!
There really are no words to express how deeply I fell in love with the wicked awesome gals of University of South Dakota. They came, they laughed, they whooped tail, …
What’s the Buzz? Rihanna
So, Rihanna did an interview with Oprah and the world is all a buzz. One of the chief topics of the interview was Chris Brown, their past (and current?) relationship, …
What’s the Buzz? Todd Akin
Ok, I think by now most folks have heard about Congressman (and Republican Senate nominee in Missouri) Todd Akin’s comments when asked about the legality of abortion in cases of …
Mickey Shunick: A Warrior and A Hero
GFB Megan brought this story to my attention. It brought me to tears, but the words of this brave woman’s family lifted me back up. “My sister, Mickey Shunick, was …
Media Perceptions of Self-Protection: The Newsroom
I’m currently playing catch up on a several different TV shows, one of which is The Newsroom (the HBO/Aaron Sorkin show about a TV Newroom ala CNN/MSNBC). A few of my friends are …
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 …
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 …
Spring Tour Wrap-up 2011
I really have no idea how to even begin to summarize this semester’s tour. It was my busiest tour to date. I travelled as far south as Pensacola, FL and as far …
Kennesaw State University Kicks off the Spring Tour!
You know, traveling the country as a GFB speaker really is a dream job. I love seeing different parts of this great country we live in, meeting awesome new people …
Link-a-palooza
Bored this afternoon? Looking for some thing entertaining to read on the Internet? I’ve got a few things for you. I’ve been trying to post these on our Facebook page, …
Zombies Fight Back
So, yesterday was Halloween and the students of Stetson University were already gearing up for some spooky games when I visited last week. Evidentially, the school had an elaborate game …
Throwin’ Down at Guilford College
I just loved speaking to the students of Guilford College last week, not only because they are right down the street from me, but also because they came ready to …
Bethany College
So, I recently headed up to West Virginia to teach the awesome students of Bethany College how to kick ass Students Fight Back style. Now, I’m sure we all have …