Survival Arts Academy was featured in Balitang America TFC-USA ABS-CBN News San Francisco. Originally Aired November 2019. “It’s really important that we as women learn how to respond to things like if someone tries to grab you, someone tries to choke you, put you in a corner, intimidate you, put some fear into you...”
Read MoreSurvival Arts Academy was featured in Voyage LA Magazine with an interview by Jamie Yancovitz.
”Survival Arts is a community-based training program for families of color to protect against violence based out of Los Angeles, California. It is a space where womxn and children learn how to respond to grabs, chokes, and other forms of attack, creating sisterhood while connecting to ancestral roots and indigenous knowledge… We work with and within healing spaces including Flora Y Tierra, Hood Herbalism, La Conxa, and Women’s True Healing.”
Read MoreFeatured in Bustle Magazine, Director of Survival Arts Jamie Yancovitz speaks about her training and educational work.
“Yancovitz starts with cultivating basic concepts of consent, respect, and boundaries to her students as young as five years old. ‘With little girls, for example, when I work with six-year-olds or five-year-olds, the first thing I teach them is how to say no,’ she tells Bustle.”
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Julia Saubier speaks on CNN Philippines about the work that Survival Arts Academy is doing to protect women, children, and LGBTQ communities worldwide through Pekiti Tirsia Kali.
Watch her live interview with Charles Tiu on our channel!
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Read More“Warrior chants rang from the center of Gumbiner Park in the East Village early Saturday afternoon, where three long rows of women, each woman wielding a wooden stick, maneuvered in unison.”
In this article and video published in the Long Beach Post, womxn and girls train to protect their bodies from violence, while healing from sexual assault and trauma.