Students Fight Back

About

Students Fight Back is a gender inclusive program that employs everything we have learned about campus safety over the past 18 years through our original Girls Fight Back program. Expanding our audience lets us complete our mission -- helping people of all gender identities and expressions stand together as a united front against violence & rape culture in all of the ways they present themselves. We focus on being active bystanders and better allies as well as representatives of enthusiastic consent and teach survivor support, verbal de-escalation skills for your everyday life, and boundary setting. We also help you hone your intuition, awareness, and teach you the basics of personal safety and self-defense. All of this combines to create a Title IX compliant program that is audience-interactive, fun, and engaging. SFB is customized to include campus resources to seamlessly fit into your overall safety plans and is presented by one of our three speakers who are trained in self-defense, personal safety, and victim advocacy.

The program is 75 minutes + Q&A and includes these key components:

Using your intuition
Safety tips – awareness, eye contact, verbal boundaries
How to be an active bystander and a good ally
The definition of consent
How to support a survivor
How to set boundaries that work for you
Verbal de-escalation skills
The basics of self-defense in our Badass Basics
Plus a review of improvised weapons, ground fighting, and how to sign up for a full-contact adrenaline based self-defense course near you!

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MEET THE GIRLS

The team at Students Fight Back is proud to announce a partnership with Lyft to offer one more great option to stay safe. We will be giving out free ride coupons for up to $20 for any new Lyft user at all of our events. You can also participate in this partnership now, by downloading the coupon SFBSTRONG here. You can also access this special offer by entering the code SFBSTRONG into the 'Payments' section of the app before requesting your first Lyft.

Click here to see Students Fight Back's new virtual programs tailored to our times.

Fight Back on Spring Break!

Fight Back on Spring Break is a specialized version of Students Fight Back. It is also gender neutral and puts special attention on how we can be safer and look out for each other more actively on Spring Break or any time we want to be social, have a good time, or travel away from home. This program is also 75 mins + Q&A. More information

The Awkward Hug: How to Set Clear Boundaries, Communicate Them to Others, and Live a More Empowered Life

Have you ever participated in unwanted conversations, hugging, kissing, or even . . . relationships? Want to know how to handle the awkward without hurting someone’s feelings? We can all experience social anxiety around setting personal boundaries that work for us, but doing so is essential to living a healthy, happy and empowered life. The tools we will learn can be used every day and the practice of them can ultimately lead to making healthier choices in our work relationships, romantic and friendly interactions, and our day to day social exchanges. It can even help you avoid buying those shoes you really couldn’t afford but felt pressured to charge by a pushy salesperson. Join us for an interactive presentation designed to fine tune your intuition and take full control of your choices. This program is an interactive workshop ideal for groups from 10 to 80 people and a perfect add-on to Girls Fight Back, Students Fight Back, or Fight Back on Spring Break.

Pay it Forward and Spread the Good Word of Personal Safety and Self-Defense

Kirkland Productions in partnership with the Students Fight Back Team is offering a Pay It Forward special to allow colleges and universities already bringing one of our programs to their campus (Girls Fight Back, Students Fight Back, Fight Back on Spring Break, or The Awkward Hug) to host a second program at a local junior high or high school of their choice for a deeply discounted fee.

We know that reaching students at younger ages can be incredibly impactful in helping them live healthier and safer lives, but sadly, those in the greatest need of our message often have the least funding to bring us in. You can be a big part of helping future college students get this training at a younger age. In addition to being useful as a service project for your students, you will have the added benefit of connecting with a student body full of potential future students for your college or university.

For high schools reading this now . . . if you are in need of our programming and are having a hard time with funds, ask us how we can assist you in connecting with campuses in your area to propose a dual venture!

For an additional $950 to a standard contracted show, we will provide a second show on a high school/junior high campus within 40 miles of the initial show location on the same day.
For an additional $1100 to a standard contracted show, we will provide a second show on a high school/junior high campus within 40 miles of the initial show location the day before or the day after your show date.

For more details and to check available dates, please contact us at booking@kirklandproductions.com and mention the code PAYITFORWARD

We look forward to partnering with you in creating safer campus communities for everyone.

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