Self Defense for Women, Immigrants & LGBTQIA folks and their allies

This self-defense workshop is for LGBTQIA+ folks, women, and immigrant/undocumented students, staff, faculty, and their allies. The Center for Belonging and Inclusion will host three installments of our new Self Defense series. In partnership with the NYC-based organization Fearless Queers, this training occurs during a time when our communities face heightened challenges and urgent calls to stand together. Self-defense is more than physical skill — it’s about reclaiming space, protecting one another, and affirming your right to exist safely and freely. 

This is part of a 2-event series—while we’d love to see you at both, each one stands on its own, so feel free to join us whenever you can.

Please RSVP if you are interested in attending.

This event is Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT) credit approved.

See all list of all Women’s Herstory events at BMCC.

If you have any questions, contact the Women’s Center at (212) 220-8165 or wrc@bmcc.cuny.edu.

This event is sponsored by the BMCC Women’s Herstory Month 2026 and funded by: BMCC Counseling Center and the New York City Council Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual Caucus, and the Office of the Mayor, as part of an initiative supported by the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives.