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SEWA staff members spent a couple weeks intentionally researching and crafting tools for youth to appropriately navigate threatening events and use as a first defense in situational awareness and de-escalation in the case of an emergency.

The goal in giving these to youth is to first initiate a dialogue in interpersonal and communal safety, reduce discomfort in carrying these legal items for protection and not as weapons, and build bodily autonomy and awareness.

During this training, SEWA facilitators first lead the group through icebreaker exercises and games to strengthen the bond in the group and make the space safe for the vulnerability that would accompany this intense training. Dialogue is created on where using these items would be appropriate, and how to improvise in emergent situations.