Survival Arts x She/Her/I Project Pekiti Tirsia Kali Ilongga Warriors Assembly in Bacolod
Survival Arts Academy was created in Bacolod City, Philippines to protect families against violence through Pekiti Tirsia Kali. Loyalty & Respect to our grandmaster & living legend, Grand Tuhon Leo T. Gaje Jr. Gratitude to She/Her/I Project and Block 17 Art Space, and Bacolod Arts District. Let us know in the youtube comments what you think of our latest videos!
Read MoreSurvival Arts Academy was featured on Voices of America in Kurdish.
Interviewed by journalist Ava Homa, members of Survival Arts talk about training womxn and children against violence and sexual assault. Please share with your Kurdish-speaking friends!
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreRead MoreJoin Survival Arts Academy as we mark the first #MeToo Anniversary with an online panel discussion hosted by South Asian Humanists and Rationalists (SAHARA), and Freethinkers. This all-women’s online panel discussion will be featuring critical thinkers and speakers from India and the US, including Survival Arts Director, Jamie Yancovitz, on the current state of the #MeToo movement and where we can go from here.
Read More“The best way to reduce female victimhood is to teach methods of prevention and self-defense. The current moment is precious, but fragile. #MeToo can be the beginning of a sustained civil rights movement to free woman from the currently pervasive threat of sexual assault” - Allen Frances, MD.
In this article published in the Huffington Post, psychiatrist Dr. Allen Frances speaks with Survival Arts Director Jamie Yancovitz about the #MeToo movement and what women can do in response to sexual assault.
