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Self defense
ensures safety of CSULB women
Activities:
Two self-defense workshops will teach women to rely on themselves.
By William Marshall
On-line Forty-Niner
On Monday and Thursday
of next week, Sharon Hamilton will be teaching several self-defense
workshops for women at Cal State Long Beach. The three-hour
workshops are sponsored by the Women's Resource Center in
order to teach awareness, assertiveness as well as physical
techniques for defense.
Hamilton has been
a consultant and instructor for the Los Angeles Commission
on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW) in power women's self defense
project since 1993. She specializes in adapted self-defense
for women with disabilities, seniors and children of all ages.
She also served
as a LACAAW hotline counselor and advocate for five years
and was the 1995 recipient of LACAAW's Humanitarian Award
as the volunteer of the year.
Hamilton's knowledge
of issues of domestic violence and sexual assault issues coupled
with her skill as a women's self defense instructor and her
dedication to LACAAW goals and philosophy make her a role
model and a qualified instructor.
Two workshops are
being offered Monday, one specializing in self-defense awareness
and prevention to women with physical disabilities, and one
for women without physical disabilities. The first workshop
is for women with disabilities and will be held from 2:30
to 5:00 p.m. in the USU Alamitos Room. The workshop for women
without disabilities is being held from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m.
in PE-64, as well as another workshop scheduled for the same
time and location on Thursday, Sept. 27.
The workshops are
designed to prepare women to become aware of their environment
and to prevent and protect themselves from violence and sexual
assault, through both philosophical and physical training.
The groups will learn and practice simple, yet effective physical
techniques in order to defend themselves during an attack.
"The workshops
are limited to about 50 persons and have always fill to capacity
in the past, so registering early is recommended," said Barbara
Sinclair, office manager for the Women's Resource Center.
For more information,
or to register call the center at (562) 985-8576.
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