By building skills in setting boundaries, dealing with conflict, and deescalating violent situations, LEAP equips youth with the knowledge they need to empower themselves and champion their own safety.
Girls’ LEAP provides programs that aim to develop self-esteem and courage.
Girls’ LEAP Foundation Program
Girls’ LEAP Advanced Program
Teen Mentor Program
Teaching Assistant Program
In our programs and workshops, you’ll see girls and gender-expansive youth who are confronting things that scare them and learning that they have the power to change the equation; that they can avoid danger, de-escalate conflict, and, if absolutely necessary, fight back. You’ll see students learning how to keep themselves safe—but above all, you’ll see them learning about themselves; learning that they have courage, that their voices are strong and they can use those voices to set boundaries, to make their needs understood, and to shape their futures.
A Girls' LEAP Program is ten sessions of 2 hours: 20 hours in total length. We cover basic physical self-defense skills including:
Awareness skills
Escape skills
Using our voice as our first line of defense
Strike skills (how to hit, kick, etc.)
How to defend yourself from the ground