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Share Your ESD Story
Share Your ESD Story Your experience can empower others. You’ve overcome challenges as an ESD instructor or student—navigated classroom crises, broke through personal barriers, found your strength. We want your story for the IAESDP “Spectrum of Safety” Editorial Page…
The Power of the Break
The Power of the Break I’ll start by making an admission: I learned everything I know about ESD by teaching it. I’ll start by making an admission: I learned everything I know about ESD by teaching it. What? Well, I…
The Strong Side: A Bold New Step in Violence Prevention in Football from the International Association of ESD Professionals
The Strong Side: A Bold New Step in Violence Prevention in Football The International Association of ESD Professionals (IAESDP) is proud to launch The Strong Side—a powerful new violence prevention initiative in football that brings the life-changing tools of Empowerment…
Notes on the Journey: Breaking the Board
Notes on the Journey: On Breaking Boards You don’t fear the raging river. You are the raging river. The first time I broke a board was after I’d already been on the mat for several hours—our regular Saturday afternoon hour…
From Celebration to Tragedy — What the Paris Violence Teaches Us About Prevention
From Celebration to Tragedy — What the Paris Violence Teaches Us About Prevention Urgant Call for Violence Prevention in Football The recent tragedy that unfolded in Paris—where two people were killed and hundreds injured or arrested following Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA…
Announcement: Groundbreaking Research Collaboration with Johns Hopkins University
IAESDP Announces Groundbreaking Research Collaboration with Johns Hopkins University Creating Milestones in Violence Prevention through Empowerment Self Defense The International Association of Empowerment Self Defense Professionals (IAESDP) is thrilled to share that we are in the final stages of developing…
Post-Yates: 3 Fan-Safety Moves MLS Clubs Still Haven’t Made
Post-Yates: 3 Fan-Safety Moves MLS Clubs Still Haven’t Made A Call to Change: Fan-Safety Must be Treated as a Priority Since the release of the 2022 Yates Report, which exposed widespread safeguarding failures in U.S. Soccer, reforms have focused heavily…
Confronting Structural Violence: The Gérard Depardieu Case and the Imperative for Systemic Change
Confronting Structural Violence: The Gérard Depardieu Case and the Imperative for Systemic Change Empowerment Self-Defense Professionals stress urgent action against rising violence and discrimination The recent conviction of French actor Gérard Depardieu for sexual assault marks a pivotal…
Notes on the Journey: Sometimes Violence is the Answer
Notes on the Journey: Sometimes Violence is the Answer What is Violence? I grew up believing, like most of us I believe, that violence is a physical act that harms another. And, most importantly, the belief that it can only…