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"Thank you for coming to the University of Wyoming. The Friday Night Fever Team had a great time and truly learned how to protect ourselves!"

Friday Night Fever Team
University of Wyoming

Bio

**ERIN WEED VOTED BEST FEMALE PEFORMER 2009 by CAMPUS ACTIVITIES MAGAZINE. GIRLS FIGHT BACK WAS A LECTURES SHOWCASE AT NACA NATIONAL CONVENTION in 2010**

Erin Weed is a professional speaker, author, certified self-defense instructor and Founder/CEO of Girls Fight Back! Her calling to the field of violence prevention and self-defense began in 2001 as a direct response to the murder of her friend and sorority sister, Shannon McNamara at Eastern Illinois University. After Shannon’s death, Erin abandoned her career in TV production to study with the best anti-violence activists, personal safety specialists and self-defense experts in the world. Shortly thereafter, she began traveling the nation giving keynotes and seminars at high schools, colleges & corporations. Erin is the author of "Girls Fight Back! The College Girl's Guide to Protecting Herself." (2010, Pearson Education Publishing)

OUR SPEAKERS

All shows are performed by our highly trained speakers: Heather, Jaime, Michaela & Megan. They are based regionally across the USA. The speakers are young college graduates (in their 20s) and have a hip and savvy approach to staying safe on campus. To date, our events have been presented on nearly 500 college campuses nationwide. Speakers have received intensive personal safety, risk reduction, victim sensitivity and self-defense training.

TOPICS COVERED

Our presentations address the following topics in a very empowering and entertaining way: Statistics of campus violence, realities of campus crime, how to trust intuition, risk reduction strategies, home security, street safety, campus security, acquaintance rape, drinking/drugs (party safe tips), internet safety, self-defense while standing up, ground fighting, improvised weapons students have in their backpacks, spring break safety, helping friends in the aftermath of violence.

PROGRAMS

Our presentations are tailored to the audience who will be viewing the event and the time of year which they occur:

*Girls Fight Back! (women only)
*Students Fight Back! (all men & women)
*Fight Back on Spring Break (both men & women)

MEDIA

Girls Fight Back has been featured in media including: New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Marie Claire, Glamour, Ladies Home Journal and CosmoGirl magazine. Televesion features include CNN, Fox News, the CBS Early Show, the John Walsh Show and Weekend Today on NBC.

COLLEGE AUDIENCES

Audiences who have sponsored Fight Back presentations: include: Student Activities, Peer Educators, Women's Centers and Greek organizations.

CONFERENCES

Our speakers have attended, showcased or exhibited at the following conferences since 2002:
-NACA
-BACCHUS General Assembly
-WRGA (Western Regional Greek Assocaition)
-SEPC (Southeast Panhellenic Conference)
-MGCA (Mid American Greek Council Association)
-NGLA (Northeast Greek Leadership Association)
-Alpha Phi International Convention
-Fraternity Communications Association

training & certifications:

Krav Maga  Broomfield, CO

FAST Defense  Boulder, CO

Gavin de Becker & Advanced Threat Assessment Academy  Los Angeles, CA

AWSDA Instructor  National Certification Certified R.A.D. Instructor  Indianapolis, IN

Model Mugging graduate  Erie, PA

Prepare Inc. graduate  New York, NY

Confined Area Survival Tactics instructor  Modern Warrior Academy, Lindenhurst, NY

Certified Personal Trainer - NASM Specialized training: car jacking defense, multiple assailant attacks, knives/edged weapons defense, firearms, intuition studies, terrorism, school shootings, criminal profiles, case management, bomb threat assessment, risk management and violence in the workplace.

Girls Fight Back!

Beginning with her tragic story of losing a sorority sister to homicide, Erin creates an honest understanding that violence can happen, even on the safest campuses. But the darkness ends there, and the empowerment begins! Erin explains how to trust intuition, ways to reduce the risk of being victimized and strategies for staying safe on the street, in your home, on the Internet, in dating situations and while out with friends at parties. Next comes the fun and interactive part! The crowd stands up, and Erin teaches verbal de-escalation, boundary setting, how to convey strong body language, basic strikes, kicks and easy techniques for using improvised weapons. Students leave her program feeling strong, empowered and believing they are their own best protectors! Watch video clips at the Girls Fight Back website: www.girlsfightback.com

Download the poster to promote your event!

Students Fight Back!

Campus violence is not just a woman’s issue and men aren’t always the perpetrators. Crime and violence is a campus concern, with a campus solution. Students Fight Back is for male and female college students, in an attempt to bring the campus together as a community to end violence at America’s universities. In this program, students learn how to be a hard target of crime, how to secure dorms/apartments from break-ins, how to detect violent people, trust intuition and look out for the safety of fellow students. Then comes the fun part - interactive physical self-defense instruction! Regardless of crowd size, get ready to laugh, learn, feel empowered and become your own bodyguard.!

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Praise!

Students Fight Back was amazing! I had an opportunity to look at the feedback cards and all the students loved Heather. This was a great event that I hope to bring back soon!

Jilly Munios- Speakers Chair
Kennesaw State University

Stayin Alive on Spring Break

Whatever happens on spring break, stays on spring break& right? Well, not really. In March 2006, CNN flew Erin Weed to Daytona Beach as a safety expert for a special report on Spring Break safety. Afterwards Erin created the Stayin Alive on Spring Break program in hopes that college students will realize their personal safety on spring break is 100% in their hands. Topics covered include: safe sex, binge drinking, predatory drugs, air/car/hotel safety, and ways to avoid crime targeted at tourists. She ll also demonstrate her favorite self-defense techniques that could be used to escape a violent confrontation. Using her signature style of combining humor with straight talk, Erin urges students to have a blast on spring break& but to make safe choices in the process. Visit www.safespringbreak.org for more information.