Strategic Living and Fight the Fear Campaign to Offer Teen Girl Self-Defense Classes

Safety in Seattle News by Joanne Factor of Strategic Living

Jun 6, 2014Education

Seattle's Fight the Fear Campaign (FtFC) is a community-oriented violence-prevention initiative. FtFC provides free training in basic self-defense to those who cannot afford them. Funded by Brandi Carlile's Looking Out F...

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