Our workshops provide physical, verbal, and emotional tools to stay safer. No experience is required, and the empowerment self-defense model is suitable for all ages and abilities.

Community safety is linked to our ability to show up for each other and keep each other safer. Our Community Empowerment workshops teach violence intervention and prevention, strategies for more equitable and liberated groups and relationships, and education rooted in social justice.

We believe that tending to self and community is central to community safety; not just interpersonally, but also in our interactions with systems that cause collective harm and trauma.  When we don’t have time to address these harms, we’re much less likely to have the capacity to keep ourselves and others safer. We provide low-barrier healing spaces for front-line violence interruptors, organizers, and groups who are looking for more tools to prevent and heal from violence.

Our youth programming has something for everyone, from weekly in-school and after-school programming for middle schoolers and high schoolers to one time workshops or limited series for youth groups across the city. CAE is proud to provide leadership development grounded in anti-violence tools for young people to offer training to their peers. Click here to learn more about our youth programs.

Staff at organizations are doing tireless work with limited resources – burnout is high, and we need each other to build community safety for the long haul. After providing workshops for clients and community members, we are frequently asked if we provide similar - but more tailored - workshops for staff. As a result, we have developed a suite of technical assistance offerings that cover healing, skill-building, communication, and trauma-informed care. Click here to see our technical assistance menu.