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CAE works within a range of settings to deliver the principles and tools of Empowerment Self-Defense and Upstander content. Click below and send the message as is to submit a request and we will follow up with a conversation to help build a workshop that meets the needs of your community.

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Workshop Menu

Our workshops equip participants with a range of tools to stay safer, including verbal de-escalation, active bystander intervention, and physical blocks and strikes.

Schedule

Please provide us with a minimum of 4 weeks advance notice for your requested workshop date. We offer both one-time and series workshops.

Pricing

Many N.Y.C. nonprofits, public schools, and community-based organizations qualify for free workshops. Custom workshops are available to companies and for-profit entities with sliding scale fees.

Location

The majority of our workshops are conducted over Zoom. We consider requests for in-person programming on a case-by-case basis. We encourage you to read our in-person COVID safety guidelines.

Participating in the Right to Be Safe training with other members of our synagogue community was especially meaningful. It is so valuable to now have common language and a deeper understanding of the concepts as we all strive to be Upstanders. We left the training with enhanced awareness and strategies we can use right away if needed - including both verbal and physical techniques
-Participant, Right to be Safe
There are a variety of different ways to be an upstander and to de-escalate situations. These strategies just add to your toolbox and allow you to make more educated decisions on how and when you would like to stand up for others.
-Participant, Upstander 101
This info is invaluable and of incalculable merit in raising each individual's self-defense knowledge. Thank you so much for your good will and awesome service to all New Yorkers.
-Participant, Introduction to Public Transit Safety

Who We’ve Worked With

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