Join Rej from Secure the Bag Safety for an interactive training on Upstander Intervention and Self-Defense for TLGBQIA+ folks. We'll cover ways to intervene when witnessing harassment on the street or at the club and how to keep ourselves and our communities safer in the face of transphobic violence. Participants will be expected to join us with their cameras on for the self-defense portion of the training so facilitators can give notes on posture and form. We strongly encourage attending with a partner to practice with and request that if possible, you log on from one shared device, to ensure more participants are able to attend. Due to capacity limits, participants will be capped at 75 for this training. Content warning: this training will feature discussion of physical violence and transphobia.
Rej (he/him) is a co-founder and a lead trainer of STB (Secure the Bag) Safety, which is an organization that centers its work around protecting the lives of our BIPOC T/GNC/NB siblings by equipping them with safety kits and currently offering monthly T/GNC/NB self defense + safety virtual class. Rej has been a practitioner of martial arts (hapkido, TKD, BJJ, muay thai, Kumite Jiujitsu) for over 16 years (and holds black belts in hapkido and TKD). He has been facilitating Upstander intervention, de-escalation, and self defense + personal safety classes from trauma informed lens for the last five years. STB Safety offers a free monthly self-defense and safety class for TGNC folks over zoom. Learn more at: https://stbsafety.org and https://www.instagram.com/stbsafety