Malikah is hosting a free self defense workshop for women and gender expansive individuals. The workshop will focus on verbal de-escalation techniques, basic blocks, strikes, and pressure points. Learn how to leverage the power of your own body and voice to feel safe. 

Note: Kids of any gender are permitted, but all youth under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. 

Malikah is a grassroots antiviolence and wellness nonprofit organizing against gender and hate based violence through self-defense training, healing justice, financial literacy, and community organizing for safety and power. Malikah facilitates, trains and organizes through partnerships with CBOs, private sector, public schools and religious institutions. The organization also runs a mutual aid and organizing hub in Queens, NY where it serves an immigrant working class community and recently arrived asylum seekers.