Assert Empowerment Self-Defense

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Assert Empowerment Self-Defense ASSERT is a nonprofit dedicated to bringing Empowerment Self Defense Education to communities in need

Our Mission
When Our Voices Are Silenced, Solutions Become Ineffective
We focus on empowering women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, members of marginalized communities, and men & boys to develop and hold healthy relationships, work to prevent and end the cycle of violence, and become influencers and leaders in spaces affecting their health and safety but which have silenced and ignored their voices. We do this work because we believe in a future of empathy, empowerment, and engagement from and for people everywhere.

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 ...
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!

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.

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

Spent the day  listening to wonderful ideas and connecting with the people making them a reality.
08/27/2022

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

In honour of our soldiers and their families for their sacrifice.
05/30/2022

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

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

Address

4908 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN
37209

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 6pm
Tuesday 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday 12pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 6pm

Telephone

+16157204820

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