Assert Empowerment Self-Defense

06/07/2024

Have you heard The Tale of the Salad and the Donut?

Find out what Donuts have to do with Self Defense.... It's not what you expect: https://youtu.be/uB6KVCOdwTw

Happy Donut Day!

05/26/2023

The Ultimate Father’s Day Gift: A Self-Defense Event That Could Save Their Life and Yours - Don’t miss this chance to give your Dad the gift of safety and confidence. Register now and surprise him with this amazing experience. He’ll thank you for it!

https://mailchi.mp/2bb199ac2023/the-ultimate-fathers-day-gift-a-self-defense-event-that-could-save-his-life-and-yours

09/29/2022

There is something primal about the knowledge that you can physically defend yourself. It changes the way you carry yourself, think and feel about things, and respond to the world around you. That something is Empowerment.

09/24/2022

Private Workshops for Large Groups. Duration and number of participants determine pricing. Based Price is based on a 2.5 hour workshop for 30 participants.

Private Workshops for Large Groups. Duration and number of participants determine pricing. Based Price is based on a 2.5 hour…

09/11/2022

This is who I am.

I am She/Her/ Them. Ella/Elle. I am a Venezuelan-Cuban-Spanish--Basque-French U.S. Citizen. I am educated. I am Gender Q***r. I am a Leader. I am a Bridge. I am a connector. I am a Healer. I am a Leader. I am a safe space creator and holder. And I am Human.

I hold safe space for mistakes from others, and safe space for myself to process my own mistakes.

I am a space for my personal growth. And I hold space for discomfort, so others may grow, safely around me.

I am, still, only human.

I am NO ONE'S pet project. No One's claim to salvage. I am NO ONE'S Black Sheep. I am No One's White Savior Projects or Barbarian to Tame.

I. Am. Me.
I. Am. Free.
I. Need. No. Colonialist. Guidance.
And, while I may be 80% Spanish, Basque, and French, I am also
20% Indigenous South American and Northwestern and Western African.

I am Gender Q***r and have been so since before there was a word for it.

My pronouns may now be She/ Her/ They, but the truth is the no one word can define all of what I am, so it doesn't matter.

I may now be a US Citizen, but I am no less the lands that ALL of my ancestors came from.

My name is Lissette and for 50 years I have accommodated your need to call me Liz, because it is familiar to you. But that is NOT MY NAME.

And it is time that YOU make an attempt to know ME... And for me to stop, after 50 years, to make it easy for you.

09/08/2022

Single person ticket

ASSERT Empowerment Self Defense is registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions to the organization are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law.

08/27/2022

Spent the day listening to wonderful ideas and connecting with the people making them a reality.

05/30/2022

In honour of our soldiers and their families for their sacrifice.

04/15/2022

ASSERT ESD Private Group – 4 Hr./ up to 10 People

ASSERT Empowerment Self Defense is registered as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions to the organization are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by U.S. law.

11/17/2021

Have you ever heard the ASSERT Empowerment Self Defense origin story? Well, here's your chance.

It all started back in 2003, when our oldest son was mugged in the 6th grade.

The journey led to us partnering with members from Mental Health and Wellness, Social Justice, Self Defense, and Safety and Security communities to develop the ASSERT ESD Program.

Over the years, we have continued to improve and grow the program into a gender-inclusive, community-geared, culturally relevant, empowerment-based program that is easy to adapt for specific groups and situations, including daily personal self-defense, protestor safety, community building, and inter-community engagement.

As we round out 2021, we are focusing our fundraising efforts on the launch of an ongoing school violence prevention program at Moses McKissack Middle School and hope that you can help us out. So, please, remember ASSERT ESD this upcoming Giving Tuesday (Nov. 30th), as you plan your year-end charitable giving and your on-going giving strategies for 2022 and beyond.

The best is yet to come!

10/20/2021

Guess where we'll be this coming Tuesday, November 16th! Our Founder, Liz Delgado-Fitzgerald, will be leading one of the Morning Breakout sessions at the Belmont University Next Level Leadership Conference! The schedule is packed with amazing speakers and sessions and is not to be missed. Hope to see you all there! You can register for the event here:

Next Level Conference was developed in response to the rising need to explore, discuss, and support women in business and leadership roles. This 4-hour conference, open to all business executives, will feature keynote speaker Carol Rollie Flynn and two 1-hour long workshop sessions, covering a wide....