Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - Vol. 9/Issue 2

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Park under a light whenever possible, keep your keys in your hand with one key sticking out, it’s a great weapon.

https://youtu.be/YeQxt-_Sf1Q

Play it

SAFE

The best way to be safe, first and foremost is to have a healthy level of awareness. Most people afterbeing attacked will tell you they felt something was off at least sixty seconds before being attacked. Pay attention to your surroundings, don’t walk looking down at your phone, walk looking straight ahead and walk confidently, attackers look for victims. Have a safetly plan in place at home and at work. Have someone on speed dial you know you can count on and a safe word that will let them know you are in trouble. Make certain someone knows where you are at all times. The following are simple safety techniques, remember the goal is to get away, strike like you mean it!

Elbow and knees are great for defense

https://youtu.be/Aq16HowmLPE

Two strikes are harder to defend

https://youtu.be/6NOwX4YwYbc

NDILC Member Tami Bonnell, CEO of EXIT Realty, is a second degree black belt in Taekwondo who has taught Safety nationally for CRS. She has taught at-risk youth for the Attorney General, and she served as President of a battered women's shelter, where she sat on the board for 15 years and taught self defense for their entire families.

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