Posts in Language
DIGICAST NEGROS — Local News in Hiligaynon / Ilonggo Language

Survival Arts Academy was featured in the Bacolod local news channel in the Hiligaynon language, DIGICAST NEGROS for teaching their women’s self-protection to families in Negros Island, Philippines.

Mga babaye gina training para sa self defense.

As part of their “Good Vibes” Broadcast, reporter Romeo Subaldo showcases a typical training day with Survival Arts. Founder Jamie Yancovitz shares why it’s important for Filipinos to connect back to culture and ancestral traditions, while Survival Arts students share their experiences with everyday violence, and why they train.

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#NoMeansNo — Survival Arts Teaches Consent in 13 Languages

In the Philippines, ​a person is reportedly raped per hour​. In America, ​every 92 seconds, an American is sexually assaulted​. In this article, Jamie Yancovitz and Julia Saubier discuss their campaign #NoMeansNo in 7 world languages and 6 languages of the Philippines.

Survival Arts represents a global movement to equip women, girls, and members of the LGBTQ community with the tools and mindset to protect themselves, and to likewise, seek to challenge and dismantle power systems and paradigms which give rise to a world where sexual violence, harassment, and abuse are the norm. The international multilingual Survival Arts #NoMeansNo campaign is just the first step in our global plan to educate the public about sexual consent.

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